Posts Tagged "Couple therapy"
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 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 Whilst the book is getting on for 10 years now (and some of the comments about marriage, etc., are getting out of date) the therapeutic methodology...
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...
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