Title: Lesbians and lesbian families : reflections on theory and practice /
Authors: Laird, Joan.
Publisher: Columbia University Press,
Year: 1999
Subjects: Lesbians United States; Lesbians United States Psychology; Lesbian couples United States.; Lesbian mothers United States.; Family psychotherapy United States
Contents: pt. 1. Lesbians and the social context. Uncon[s]ciousness-raising: hidden dimensions of heterosexism in theory and proctice [i.e. practice] with lesbians / Elaine Spaulding. Ascribing master status to lesbians: clinical echoes of identity dilemmas / Susan Donner. Gender and sexuality in lesbian relationships: feminist and constructionist perspectives / Joan Laird. The long road to equality: lesbians and social policy / Ann Hartman -- pt. 2. Lesbian couples. A struggle for language: patterns of self-disclosure in lesbian couples / Tara Healy. Therapy with a lesbian couple: the art of balancing lenses / Kathryn Karusaitis Basham. Object relations couples therapy with lesbians / Carol Sussal -- pt. 3. Lesbians, parenting, and children. Lesbian co-parenting: on being/being with the invisible (m) other / Cheryl Muzio. Lesbian parents: understanding developmental pathways / Betty Morningstar. The family lives of lesbian mothers / Laura Lott-Whitehead and Carol T. Tully. Voices from the heart: the developmental impact of a mother's lesbianism on her adolescent children / Ann O'Connell -- pt. 4. Special themes in theory and practice. A relational perspective on mutuality and boundaries in clinical practice with lesbians / Carolyn Dillon. Resilience in lesbians: an exploratory study / Sandra Anderson and Barbara Sussex. The application of control mastery theory in clinical practice with lesbians / Jo Nol.