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Consensual Non-Monogamy Affirming Mental Health Care

Today on The Thoughtful Counselor, Dr. Megan Speciale talks with Drs. Theodore Burnes and Michelle Vaughan about their new book, The Handbook of CNM-Affirming Mental Health Practice. The conversation explores the counseling considerations for working with diverse clients involved in consensually non-monogamous relationships, as well as some of the common misconceptions and biases impacting this community.

Consensual Non-Monogamy Affirming Mental Health Care

Episode

Today on The Thoughtful Counselor, Dr. Megan Speciale talks with Drs. Theodore Burnes and Michelle Vaughan about their new book, The Handbook of CNM-Affirming Mental Health Practice. The conversation explores the counseling considerations for working with diverse clients involved in consensually non-monogamous relationships, as well as some of the common misconceptions and biases impacting this community.

Presenter

Michelle D. Vaughan, PhD, (she/her) is a white, cisgender, pansexual, queer, able-bodied, polyamorous woman living on the land of the Kaskaski in Dayton, Ohio as an Associate Professor in the School of Professional Psychology at Wright State University. 

Theodore R. Burnes, PhD, (he/his) is a white, cisgender, queer, able-bodied man living on the land of the Chumash, Tongva, and Kizh in Los Angeles, California as a Clinical Full Professor of Education in the Rossier School of Education at University of Southern California. 

Links

Listeners can receive a 25% discount on the book when purchasing from the publisher's website: https://rowman.com/ISBN/9781538157121/The-Handbook-of-Consensual-Non-Monogamy-Affirming-Mental-Health-Practice

Use the following code for your 25% off discount: RLFANDF25 

Learn more about our contributors:

theoburnesphd.com

https://people.wright.edu/michelle.vaughan

Transcript

Citation

Speciale, M. (Producer). (2022, July 15). Consensual Non-Monogamy Affirming Mental Health Care [Audio Podcast]. The Thoughtful Counselor. Retrieved from https://concept.paloaltou.edu/resources/the-thoughtful-counselor-podcast/consensual-non-monogamy-affirming-mental-health-care?hs_preview=XdtUeIIC-79216969776

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