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The purpose of this art-based study was to work with non-binary people to explore the impact of their sexual objectification experiences (SOEs) on their relationships with their bodies. Ten non-binary people completed body maps, or artistic representations of their bodies in the context of sexual objectification. Results revealed an idiosyncratic, complicated picture of mixed metaphors and powerful imagery illustrating non-binary SOEs. Themes included a focus on sex characteristics where participants played with nudity, censorship, and boundaries to express and assert themselves. Other forms of expression involved language, facial, gender and cultural expression as well as nature imagery and pain. Participants spoke to their positive, interesting, and challenging experience with the body map itself. Psychologists and clinicians are encouraged to follow best practices when working with non-binary people experiencing sexual objectification, paying attention to how heterogeneous gender identities create unique experiences. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This study examines the everyday positive identity of spiritual/religious lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer (LGBTQ+), Black, Indigenous, People of Color (BIPOC). By enriching our knowledge about the positive developmental processes (e.g., strengths, resilience, protective factors) that multiply marginalized and underrepresented populations employ to navigate their identity, we can better understand the impact and dynamics of systemic oppression on an individual's expression and development of self. Ten individuals from Canada and the US provided diarized voice entries to a daily prompt in an experience sampling method (ESM). We analyzed voice clip entries collected over a period of two to four weeks and conducted an interpretative phenomenological analysis for local and global expressions of identity that weave real-time processes to generate a broader frame of positive identity mechanisms, contexts, and content. Real-time concrete events prompted participants to reflect on their broader identity conceptualizations across time (past, present, and future) through the experiences of presence and gratitude. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Microaggressions are hurtful interpersonal interactions that pathologize minoritized identities and affect the well-being of people of color (POC) and can contribute to racial trauma. Research thus far has focused on college students and therapy clients. Little research has focused on the experiences of POC who are training as mental health service providers. In a collaborative autoethnography, 10 POC trainees shared their experiences of witnessing or experiencing microaggressions in various professional capacities (e.g., therapist, supervisee, consulting colleague). We identified four primary themes: (a) trainees experience a broad variety of microaggressions across Sue et al.'s (2007) typologies; (b) microaggressions impacted trainees' emotional well-being; (c) the impact of microaggressions was absorbed in the moment and supervisory support was obtained after; and (d) microaggressions represented opportunities for personal/professional growth and these came at a high cost. Results suggest that POC clinicians' experiences of microaggressions in a therapy context are ubiquitous and varied. Training programs should prepare all trainees and supervisors to recognize and address microaggressions in the therapy training context. Programs should consider policy and curricular updates that would increase effectiveness in addressing microaggressions. Public Significance Statement: Clinicians of color report encountering various forms of derogatory insults that target marginalized identities in training. These microaggressions impact their well-being. We found that clinicians of color in training are frequently unsure about how to handle microaggressions when they arise. To support workforce diversity, training programs should understand the experiences of trainees of color and use them to inform program-wide training and policies to effectively address microaggressions that would benefit all trainees. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]