Abstract

Sexual minority populations experience disproportionately high rates of depression and anxiety relative to their heterosexual counterparts. Unfortunately, both sexual minority clients and their therapists experience difficulties in therapy. After conducting a review of the extant literature focused on approaches to treating depression and anxiety among sexual minority individuals in psychotherapy, this manuscript aims to: (1) Propose a taxonomy of existing practice models for treating sexual minority clients for depression and anxiety (protocol-based approaches, principles-based approaches, and relationship-based approaches); (2) Describe the current research findings of the evaluations of these practice models; (3) Offer recommendations for research and practice.

摘要

与异性恋者相比，少数民族人口的抑郁症和焦虑症发生率高得多。不幸的是，性少数客户和他们的治疗师在治疗上都遇到困难。在对以心理疗法治疗性少数群体中的抑郁和焦虑的方法为重点的现有文献进行回顾之后，该手稿的目的是：（1）提出一种用于治疗性少数群体患者的抑郁和焦虑的现有实践模型的分类法（协议基于方法，基于原则的方法和基于关系的方法）；（2）描述这些实践模型评估的当前研究结果；（3）为研究和实践提供建议。