Books
Couple Therapy with Gay Men
Could not find image https://gaycouplecounselling.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2012/06/Couple-Therapy-With-Gay-Men.png using column post_name “Couple Therapy with Gay Men”. Authors: David E. Greenan & Gil Tunnell. ISBN: 1-57-230-808-7 Very easy to read and written in a friendly, non-technical language. The authors begin by summarising some of gay history (Stonewall etc.) in order to outline how gay male couples have grown to manage their visibility (or lack of) in society and how the partners manage this. Whilst the book is getting on for 10 years now (and some of the comments about marriage, etc., are getting out of date) the therapeutic methodology...
Read MoreSystemic Couple Therapy and Depression
Could not find image https://gaycouplecounselling.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2012/06/Systemic-Couple-Therapy-and-Depression.png using column post_name “Systemic Couple Therapy and Depression”. Authors: Elsa Jones, Eia Asen. ISBN: 1-85575-221-2 In 1991 The London Depression Intervention Trial (LDIT) set out to compare three treatments for depression of individuals: CBT (cognitive behaviour therapy), Systemic Couple Therapy and Anti-Depressants. All approaches were to be manualised (i.e. the intention and approaches by all therapists were documented). This book is mostly the product of the Systemic Couple Therapy portion of the trial (whilst adding...
Read MoreHandbook of Structured Techniques in Marriage and Family Therapy
Could not find image https://gaycouplecounselling.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2012/06/Handbook-of-Structured-Techniques-in-Marriage-and-Family-Therapy.png using column post_name “Handbook of Structured Techniques in Marriage and Family Therapy”. Authors: Robert Sherman & Norman Fredman. ISBN: 0-87630-424-2 In couple therapy it’s important that the couple be encouraged and assisted in coming up with their own perturbing solutions to their restricting relationship problems. The therapist “prescribing” courses of action may be helpful, but without the couple’s own investment in their own recovery, prescriptive advice can become...
Read MoreRelationship Therapy with Same-Sex Couples
Could not find image https://gaycouplecounselling.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2012/06/Relationship-Therapy-With-Same-Sex-Couples.jpg using column post_name “Relationship Therapy with Same-Sex Couples”. Editors: Jerry J. Bigner, Joseph L. Wetchler. ISBN: 0-7890-2555-8 This book is a collection of sections written by therapists who work in therapy with gay and lesbian intimate couple relationships. The book is divided into larger sections, each encompassing two to five articles written by different authors. This book is therefore useful to refer to when a particular topic comes up in therapy (or in a relationship). The sections are:- Clinical Issues with...
Read MorePsychoanalytic Therapy & The Gay Man.
Could not find image https://gaycouplecounselling.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2012/06/71Z0V5Y6XGL._SL500_AA300_1.jpg using column post_name “Psychoanalytic Therapy & The Gay Man”. Author: Jack Drescher, M.D. ISBN: 0-88163-208-2 Jack Descher is a gay man – and a psychoanalyst. There was a time when gay men were not allowed to be psychoanalysts because being gay was considered as a mental illness. Drescher has gathered a lot of information regarding the analytic therapy of gay men and writing as a gay psychoanalyst the book comes across as helpful, friendly and useful. This was one of the first books we studied regarding therapy and gay men....
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