Use new knowledge of the LGBT culture to ably counsel same-sex couples! Relationship Therapy with Same-Sex Couples provides psychologists, therapists, social workers, and counselors with an overview of the array of treatment issues they may face when working with couples from the LGBT community. This intriguing resource covers clinical issues, sex therapy, special situations, and training issues for helping therapists successfully counsel same-sex couples. It explores the therapist’s role in working through universal issues in couples therapy, such as communication problems, infidelity, and decision-making, with a focus on how therapy should differ for same-sex couples.
Key Features
- Guidance for working with gay and lesbian parents
- Insights for heterosexual spouses and ex-spouses
- Strategies for couples in HIV serodiscordant relationships
- Understanding 'lesbian bed death'
- Support for couple and family dynamics regarding transgender and sexual reassignment issues
- Utilisation of the Sexual Orientation Matrix for Supervision (SOMS) to assist supervisors and trainers
- Guidelines for heterosexual therapists planning to work with same-sex couples
Additional Information
This book highlights the experiences of therapists who have encountered concerns particular to LGBT clients—especially those in intimate relationships. It identifies which problems are unique to couples as an aspect of their sexual orientation, including gender role socialization and societal oppression. With this book, you will be able to provide appropriate therapy without over- or under-attributing a couple’s problems to their LGBT status.
