Posts & Articles on Gay Couple Counselling
Five Secrets of Happier Gay Couples
How do long-term gay relationships manage when the stereotypical view of gay male couples are “short-term”? Gay couples in couple therapy begin to exhibit certain successful relationship behaviours. Here are five of them…
read moreDoes a Counsellor’s Sexuality Factor in Couple Counselling?
Does the sexuality of the counsellor make a difference to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered couples when they all work together in couple relationship therapy?
read moreSex and Intimacy: Conflicting Concepts in Gay-Male Couples?
As a gay men grows up, historically being the “hidden enemy within the family”, he hides his true feelings. For an adult gay man sex can be emotionless, so demonstrations of intimacy towards his life-partner can be a struggle to learn. How do gay male couples manage the differences and overlap between sex and intimacy?
read moreCouple 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...
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...
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