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 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 MoreAs 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 MoreCould 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 Whilst the book is getting on for 10 years now (and some of the comments about marriage, etc., are getting out of date) the therapeutic methodology...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 MoreDad/Son couples can be a common phenomenon in gay male relationships. These relationships can be as successful as any other form of intimate relationship, and they can also suffer distinct conflicts that their core-match brings to the partners.
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