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Papers by Dominic Davies

We were delighted to see all of the major psychological and therapeutic bodies signing the Memora... more We were delighted to see all of the major psychological and therapeutic bodies signing the Memorandum of Understanding on Conversion Therapy which was launched at the Department of Health earlier this year (UKCP, 2015). This little-read document makes it an ethical obligation that therapists are adequately trained to work with requests for change to clients’ sexuality (and we hope to see gender added to this soon). To meet that obligation, training organisations will need to develop a curriculum that embeds gender and sexual diversity issues throughout the syllabus as well as ensuring some specialist and specific material that stands separate to it.

The recent publication of the memorandum of understanding on gay to straight conversion therapy b... more The recent publication of the memorandum of understanding on gay to straight conversion therapy brought many key psychology, health, counselling, and psychotherapy organisations together for the first time to collaborate on a subject on which they had no disagreement. The memorandum clearly states that efforts to try to change sexual orientation through psychological therapies are unethical and potentially harmful. Clearly, therapy has come a long way since the declassification of homosexuality as a mental disorder in the American Psychiatric Association Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM, 1973) and the World Health Organization’s International Classification of Diseases (ICD, 1992). What the document left out was conversion therapy as it applies to gender and sexual diversity (GSD) identities and practices beyond gay identities and same sex attractions. For example, in relation to transgender, some therapists still deem it acceptable to try to eliminate behaviour in children th...

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Issues in therapy with lesbian, gay, bisexual ... more Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Issues in therapy with lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender clients / edited by Charles Neal and Dominic Davies. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-335-20332-9 (hb)-ISBN 0-335-20331-0 (pbk.) 1. Gays-Mental health. 2. Bisexuals-Mental health. 3. Gays-Counseling of. 4. Bisexuals-Counseling of.

University & College Counselling, 2017

The concept of sex addiction is not without its critics. Dominic Davies argues in favour of alter... more The concept of sex addiction is not without its critics. Dominic Davies argues in favour of alternative understandings of compulsivity to inform our work with clients concerned about their sexual behaviour

The Psychotherapist, 2015

The recent publication of the Memorandum of Understanding on gay to straight conversion therapy1 ... more The recent publication of the Memorandum of Understanding on gay to straight conversion therapy1 brought together many of the key psychology, health, counselling, and psychotherapy organisations working collaboratively for the first time on a subject on which we had no disagreement. The Memorandum clearly states that efforts to try to change or alter sexual orientation through psychological therapies are unethical and potentially harmful. Clearly therapy has come a long way since the declassification of homosexuality as a mental disorder in the American Psychiatric Association Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM, 1973) and the World Health Organisation International Classification of Diseases (ICD, 1992).

The Person-Centred Journal, 1998

ABSTRACT. The six necessary and sufficient conditions (Rogers, 1957) are offered as a conceptual ... more ABSTRACT. The six necessary and sufficient conditions (Rogers, 1957) are offered as a conceptual framework for therapy with lesbian, gay, and bisexual individuals. “Gay affirmative the represents a special range of psychological knowledge which challenges the traditional view that homosexual desire and fixed homosexual orientations are pathological.

The Psychotherapist, 2015

Dominic Davies and Meg John Barker argue that Gender and Sexual Diversity issues need to be integ... more Dominic Davies and Meg John Barker argue that Gender and Sexual Diversity issues need to be integrated throughout
therapy training and have a practical rather than theoretical focus

ogers’ Therapeutic Conditions: Evolution, Theory and Practice, 2002

The chapter is intended to address some of the professional development needs of therapists worki... more The chapter is intended to address some of the professional development needs of therapists working in the Person-Centred Approach, irrespective of sexual identity. We feel the issue of psychological contact matters as much in same-sexual orientation dyads as it does where sexual orientation of client and therapist are not matched.

Sage Handbook for Counselling and Psychotherapy, 2017

Gender, Sexuality and Relationship Diversity (GSRD) therapy is at the forefront of current thinki... more Gender, Sexuality and Relationship Diversity (GSRD) therapy is at the forefront of current thinking on working with the more traditionally known LGBT(IQ) (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender/sexual, intersex, questioning). This chapter outlines the core ideas.

Drafts by Dominic Davies

Cultural sensitivity is key when working therapeutically with clients from sexual minorities. Th... more Cultural sensitivity is key when working therapeutically with clients from sexual minorities. Therapist self-disclosure of sexual identity is particularly important for therapists who are themselves members of sexual minorities as it relates to the key issue of being "out" for a sexual minority client and providing an appropriate level of honesty and openness that is therapeutically valuable and associated with positive client outcomes (King et al 2007).

We were delighted to see all of the major psychological and therapeutic bodies signing the Memora... more We were delighted to see all of the major psychological and therapeutic bodies signing the Memorandum of Understanding on Conversion Therapy which was launched at the Department of Health earlier this year (UKCP, 2015). This little-read document makes it an ethical obligation that therapists are adequately trained to work with requests for change to clients’ sexuality (and we hope to see gender added to this soon). To meet that obligation, training organisations will need to develop a curriculum that embeds gender and sexual diversity issues throughout the syllabus as well as ensuring some specialist and specific material that stands separate to it.

The recent publication of the memorandum of understanding on gay to straight conversion therapy b... more The recent publication of the memorandum of understanding on gay to straight conversion therapy brought many key psychology, health, counselling, and psychotherapy organisations together for the first time to collaborate on a subject on which they had no disagreement. The memorandum clearly states that efforts to try to change sexual orientation through psychological therapies are unethical and potentially harmful. Clearly, therapy has come a long way since the declassification of homosexuality as a mental disorder in the American Psychiatric Association Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM, 1973) and the World Health Organization’s International Classification of Diseases (ICD, 1992). What the document left out was conversion therapy as it applies to gender and sexual diversity (GSD) identities and practices beyond gay identities and same sex attractions. For example, in relation to transgender, some therapists still deem it acceptable to try to eliminate behaviour in children th...

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Issues in therapy with lesbian, gay, bisexual ... more Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Issues in therapy with lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender clients / edited by Charles Neal and Dominic Davies. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-335-20332-9 (hb)-ISBN 0-335-20331-0 (pbk.) 1. Gays-Mental health. 2. Bisexuals-Mental health. 3. Gays-Counseling of. 4. Bisexuals-Counseling of.

University & College Counselling, 2017

The concept of sex addiction is not without its critics. Dominic Davies argues in favour of alter... more The concept of sex addiction is not without its critics. Dominic Davies argues in favour of alternative understandings of compulsivity to inform our work with clients concerned about their sexual behaviour

The Psychotherapist, 2015

The recent publication of the Memorandum of Understanding on gay to straight conversion therapy1 ... more The recent publication of the Memorandum of Understanding on gay to straight conversion therapy1 brought together many of the key psychology, health, counselling, and psychotherapy organisations working collaboratively for the first time on a subject on which we had no disagreement. The Memorandum clearly states that efforts to try to change or alter sexual orientation through psychological therapies are unethical and potentially harmful. Clearly therapy has come a long way since the declassification of homosexuality as a mental disorder in the American Psychiatric Association Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM, 1973) and the World Health Organisation International Classification of Diseases (ICD, 1992).

The Person-Centred Journal, 1998

ABSTRACT. The six necessary and sufficient conditions (Rogers, 1957) are offered as a conceptual ... more ABSTRACT. The six necessary and sufficient conditions (Rogers, 1957) are offered as a conceptual framework for therapy with lesbian, gay, and bisexual individuals. “Gay affirmative the represents a special range of psychological knowledge which challenges the traditional view that homosexual desire and fixed homosexual orientations are pathological.

The Psychotherapist, 2015

Dominic Davies and Meg John Barker argue that Gender and Sexual Diversity issues need to be integ... more Dominic Davies and Meg John Barker argue that Gender and Sexual Diversity issues need to be integrated throughout
therapy training and have a practical rather than theoretical focus

ogers’ Therapeutic Conditions: Evolution, Theory and Practice, 2002

The chapter is intended to address some of the professional development needs of therapists worki... more The chapter is intended to address some of the professional development needs of therapists working in the Person-Centred Approach, irrespective of sexual identity. We feel the issue of psychological contact matters as much in same-sexual orientation dyads as it does where sexual orientation of client and therapist are not matched.

Sage Handbook for Counselling and Psychotherapy, 2017

Gender, Sexuality and Relationship Diversity (GSRD) therapy is at the forefront of current thinki... more Gender, Sexuality and Relationship Diversity (GSRD) therapy is at the forefront of current thinking on working with the more traditionally known LGBT(IQ) (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender/sexual, intersex, questioning). This chapter outlines the core ideas.

Cultural sensitivity is key when working therapeutically with clients from sexual minorities. Th... more Cultural sensitivity is key when working therapeutically with clients from sexual minorities. Therapist self-disclosure of sexual identity is particularly important for therapists who are themselves members of sexual minorities as it relates to the key issue of being "out" for a sexual minority client and providing an appropriate level of honesty and openness that is therapeutically valuable and associated with positive client outcomes (King et al 2007).