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ArticleJournal of marital and family therapy2025

Barriers to Systemic Therapy Services Among Transgender and Nonbinary Adults in Canada.

Chichun Lin, Nate Fuks, Lukas Maitland, Haeon Kang

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Article in Journal of marital and family therapy, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

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4 authors.

Chichun LinMaster of Marriage and Family Therapy Program, Faculty of Education, The University of Winnipeg, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8834-5887
Nate FuksYorkville University, Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada.
Lukas MaitlandMaster of Marriage and Family Therapy Program, Faculty of Education, The University of Winnipeg, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
Haeon KangMaster of Marriage and Family Therapy Program, Faculty of Education, The University of Winnipeg, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.

Funding

This study was funded by the University of Winnipeg Major Research Grant (#20642) and the University of Winnipeg Research Start Up Grant.
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Systemic therapies, including relational, couple, marriage, and family therapy services, play a key role in supporting transgender and nonbinary people who experience mental health and relational challenges. However, limited research studies have examined this population's barriers to accessing these therapy services. This study aimed to explore these barriers to enhance the cultural competence of relational and family therapists. This study involved 12 TNB adult participants in Canada. Regarding methodology, the semi-structured interviews were conducted via Zoom and recorded, and the interpretative phenomenological analysis was applied. The results included the following: (1) Challenges in finding competent and affirming therapists; (2) Geographic limitations; (3) Financial concerns; and (4) Systemic and institutional barriers to accessing RCMFT services. The results can be shared in teaching, supervision, workshops, and conference presentations to improve cultural competence and reduce the barriers.

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Cultural CompetencyFamily TherapyHealth Services AccessibilityTransgender PersonsAdultCanadaFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedQualitative Researchbarrierssystemic therapy servicestransgender and nonbinary

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PMID40838482
PMCPMC12368928

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