Queering Couple and Family Counseling in Taiwan: Questions for the First Day of Teaching and Beyond

Abstract

This article reflects on teaching couple and family counseling in Taiwan through a queer, trans-affirming, anti-oppression, and experiential pedagogical lens. Drawing on the author’s sabbatical teaching, family memoir, and long-term engagement with Taiwan’s LGBTQ+ movements, it explores how flipped classrooms,  role play, and social justice prompts can deepen student engagement, expand counselor identity, and connect family counseling education to democracy, activism, mutual aid, and collective care.