Gender, Sex, and Relationship Diversity Therapy

‘After reading this book, I am left with a feeling of joy, wanting to read the book again! It offers valuable insights, reflections, and approaches to a group having faced discrimination, devaluation, neglect, shame and fear for so long. This is another step in the affirmative and explorative approach led by Pink Therapy, guiding “therapists in delivering effective and ethical therapy with GSRD clients”, applicable to any psychotherapeutic approach, psychodynamic, behavioural or gestalt; they all have their distinctive contributions to the big picture!’ Elsa Almås, professor emerit, University of Agder ‘This collection deconstructs and decolonises therapy; queers the binaries of exploration and affirmation, acceptance and change; challenges paternalism and hierarchies in therapeutic communities and spaces; embraces the ongoing fluidity of selfing; and encourages us to face our personal and collective shadows with kindness and honesty. I’m so grateful to this exceptional group of authors for their thoughtful, tender words, which expand and deepen what GSRD therapy can be, as well as applying it across a wide range of client groups.’ Meg-John Barker, co-author of Graphic Guides and ‘How to Understand Your…’ books on GSRD ‘This book provides a bold and excellent insight into the values and benefits of GSRD-oriented therapy and the application of such across the spectrum of therapeutic modalities. Clinicians will find comprehensive resources to embrace discriminated, disadvantaged and often marginalised clients with fluid, diverse experiences whilst working to reduce any impact of heteronormative pathologization with social justice as a key driver. As therapeutic models expand systemically this is an exceptional resource to recommend that should ensure a meaningful impact is evident for both clinicians and clients.’ Professor Kevan Wylie, MD FRCP FECSM, Past President, World Association for Sexual Health ‘This book is an inspiring and deeply moving journey through the lives and realities of GRSD people. Too often rendered invisible or rejected in society, they are at risk of being re-exposed to similar dynamics within the therapy room. Whether through personal bias or theoretical distortions, therapists may unintentionally replicate those same damaging patterns. This courageous publication – a continuation of the earlier and now iconic Pink Therapy series – offers a powerful opportunity to shift that reality.’ Dr Bartosz Grabski, MD, PhD, FECSM, WPATH-CM, Sexology Lab, Department of Psychiatry, Medical College, Jagiellonian University ""Gender, sex, and relationship diversity (GSRD) therapy is an exciting and important new development in the counselling and psychotherapy field: offering a flexible, sophisticated, and de-pathologising approach that is open to all. GSRD therapy aligns with what we know works best in therapy: a knowledgeable, skilled, and deeply affirming therapist who is able to practice with compassion and humility. I thoroughly commend this book as a comprehensive, in depth, and engaging guide to this emerging practice."" Mick Cooper, Professor of Counselling Psychology, University of Roehampton