Intro
Contents
About the Editors
Contributors
Chapter 1: Contemporary Latine/x LGBTIQ+ Affirmative Psychological Interventions. An Introduction
Affirmative Therapies and the Understanding of Diverse Sexualities and Gender Identities
References
Part I: Experiences of Trans and Gender Non-conforming People Among Latine/x Communities
Chapter 2: Psychotherapy and Affirmative Practices with Trans and Gender Non-conforming (TGNC) Patients in Chile
Structural Conditions for Trans* People in Chile
Legal and Human Rights Framework
Health System and Access Barriers

Provision of Health and Mental Health
Trans* Mental Health
The Gender Affirmation Process in TGNC People
Psychotherapy and the Gender Affirmation Process
The Problem of Diagnostic Evaluation
The Body Dimension
Internalized Stigma
Project T: Example of a Psychological Care Program for TGNC People in Chile
Conclusions
References
Chapter 3: Systematization of the Experience of Working with Trans Women: Tensions Between Research and Transformation
Introduction
Research with Trans Women
About Systematization of the Project's Fieldwork

Immersion in the Fieldwork
The First Approach: Academic Knowledge Versus Ignorance of Trans Realities
On the Trust of the Cisgender Researcher Toward the Population
On the Trust of the Trans Population Toward the Researcher
About Instruments
Analysis of the Information
Lessons Learned
Learning from Ontological and Political Involvement
Epistemological Learning
Methodological Learning
Ethical Implications Learning
References
Chapter 4: The Body as Psychic Materiality. Spaces of Reflection with Gender Nonconforming People
Introduction

Resituating the Body: From Signification to Materiality
Joint Reflection in Psychological Spaces
Body and Identity: A Complex Bond
Some Subjective Transformations
General Considerations
Final Reflections
References
Chapter 5: Between Social Rejection and Gender Reaffirmation: An Approach to the Narratives of Trans Women in Colombia
Introduction
Approaches to Sex and Gender
Theoretical Positions
Methods
Results
Tensions Between Sex and Gender
Discussion
References

Chapter 6: Research on Coping with Stress Due to Prejudice in Transgender People: Some Neglected Aspects and New Ideas
Introduction
Minority Stress Model
Trans People's Coping with Prejudice
Coping Strategies Research: Some Neglected Aspects and New Ideas
Using Appropriate Samples
Coping and Situation
Coping and Stressors
Coping and Gender Affirmation Process
Relevant Coping Assessment
Health Indicators and Coping
Cultural Dependence of Coping
Coping, Gender Identity, and Primary Socialization Processes