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Zusatztext "Students! beginners! and seasoned professionals will benefit from the wisdom of established leaders in the field as well as the innovative ideas of newcomers represented in this volume." -Michael C. LaSala! PhD! LCSW! Director! MSW Program and Associate Professor! School of Social Work! Rutgers! The State University of New Jersey! USA"This landmark work reaches out to the very edge of theory! practice! and current social and political reality concerning the LGBTQ community. For any therapist working in this multifaceted population! it is a necessary read-to become informed! to situate oneself! and to deepen the consideration of how therapy might be most effective." - Jane Ariel! PhD! Professor! Wright Institute! Berkeley! California! USA Informationen zum Autor Jerry J. Bigner, PhD, was Professor Emeritus in the Department of Human Development and Family Studies at Colorado State University, and was the editor of the Journal of GLBT Family Studies. He has had over 50 research publications and 20 chapters in texts relating to parent-child relations as well as gay and lesbian family issues. Joseph L. Wetchler, PhD, is Professor and Director of the Marriage and Family Therapy Program at Purdue University Calumet, Hammond, Indiana. He served as Editor of the Journal of Couple and Relationship Therapy from 1999 through 2008, and is an Associate Editor for the Journal of GLBT Family Studies. Dr. Wetchler is a licensed marriage and family therapist in Indiana. Klappentext The Handbook of LGBT-Affirmative Couple and Family Therapy provides a unique and important contribution to the LGBT clinical literature. It is a comprehensive and specific overview, spanning thirty chapters, of the diverse and complex issues involved in LGBT couple and family therapy. It is the first comprehensive overview of LGBT couple and family therapy in almost fifteen years, and only the second in the history of the field. It discusses in depth clinical issues with LGBT couples and families (including raising LGBT children, coming out issue, and elderly LGBT couple issues), sex therapy, ethical and training issues, and special issues such as health, domestic violence, substance abuse, and spirituality. Because of the breadth of the book, its specificity, and the expertise of the contributing authors and editors, it will be the definitive Handbook on LGBT Couple and Family Therapy. Zusammenfassung The editors and contributors of this comprehensive text provide a unique and important contribution to LGBT clinical literature. Spanning 30 chapters, they discuss the diverse and complex issues involved in LGBT couple and family therapy. In almost 15 years, this book provides the first in-depth overview of the best practices for therapists and those in training who wish to work effectively with LGBT clients, couples, and families need to know, and is only the second of its kind in the history of the field. The clinical issues discussed include • raising LGBT children • coming out • elderly LGBT issues • sex therapy • ethical and training issues Because of the breadth of the book, its specificity, and the expertise of the contributing authors and editors, it is the definitive handbook on LGBT couple and family therapy. Inhaltsverzeichnis Giammatti, Green, GLBTQ Couple and Family Therapy: History and Future Directions. Section I: Clinical Issues with LGBT Couples. Tunnell, Gay Male Couple Therapy: An Attachment-Based Model. Connolly, Lesbian Couple Therapy. Bradford, Affirmative Bisexual Couple Therapy. Malpas, Can Couples Change Gender? Couple Therapy with Transgender People and their Partners. Section II: Sex Therapy with LGBT Couples. Rutter, Sex Therapy for Gay Male Couples: Affirming Strengths and Stemming Challenges. Cobin, Angello, Sex Therapy with Lesbian Couples. Lev, Sennott, Trans-Sexual Desire in Differently Gendered Bodies. Section III: Cl...
