Tác giả: Mark Pope

Sari H. Dworkin, Ph D, MFT, is a professor emerita of California State University, Fresno. She taught in the Marriage and Family Therapy master”s program for 25 years. Currently she is in a limited private practice, is licensed as a psychologist, and does volunteer counseling and supervision at the Community Counseling Center in San Luis Obispo, California. Her long career has included many publications and presentations on LGBT issues. In addition, she has held positions in both the American Psychological Association (APA) and the American Counseling Association (ACA) advocating for LGBT issues. Some of these positions include president of the Society for the Psychological Study of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Issues (APA Division 44), cochair of the Association for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Issues in Counseling (ACA), and chair of the Committee on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Concerns (APA). In 2009 APA”s Committee on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Concerns presented her with its Outstanding Achievement Award. In 2007 she was elected as an inaugural Legacy Fellow of the Association for Gay, Lesbian, and Bisexual Issues in Counseling. Mark Pope, Ed D, NCC, MCC, MAC, ACS, is professor and chair of the Division of Counseling and Family Therapy at the University of Missouri-Saint Louis. He is the author of six books, more than 30 book chapters, more than 40 journal articles, and more than 100 professional presentations at the international, national, and state levels. Dr. Pope has written extensively on various aspects of counseling, including counseling with and the career development of ethnic, racial, and sexual minorities; violence in schools; teaching career and multicultural competence in counseling; psychological testing; international issues in counseling, and the history of and public policy issues in career counseling. His work has appeared as books, as conference presentations, and in such journals as the Journal of Homosexuality, Journal of Lesbian and Gay Social Services, Journal of Counseling & Development, The Career Development Quarterly, The Counseling Psychologist, The Family Journal, Journal of Multicultural Counseling and Development, and American Psychologist. Dr. Pope has served as president of the American Counseling Association; the National Career Development Association; the Association for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Issues in Counseling; and the Society for the Psychological Study of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Issues (APA Division 44). He has been elected a Fellow of the American Counseling Association; American Psychological Association; National Career Development Association; Society of Counseling Psychology; Society for the Psychological Study of Ethnic Minority Issues; and Society for the Psychological Study of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Issues. He has also served as the editor of The Career Development Quarterly, on the editorial boards of several other professional journals, as well as as the Director of Psychological Services for the American Indian AIDS Institute and the Native American AIDS Project in San Francisco. He has special expertise in Native American, Asian, and sexual minority cultures.