Due to common emphasis on emotional responsiveness a Lesbian Family may easily be misread as enmeshed and also be more vulnerable to enmeshment. Disassociation from religion of origin often causes individuals to limit the religious or spiritual associations they bring to their Lesbian Family. Framework of the relationship is more consciously defined according to personal desires than social pressure. The above is only a list of the points of differences present for your consideration when treating the Lesbian Family. When you treat the Lesbian Family you are treating a multi-cultural family often judged not by color, religion, class or nationality alone but by the core of who they are and who they love.
Conflict is an important ingredient in relationships.
You can not avoid it. It's here to stay so you might as well find a way to have it work for you. Conflict with resolution is what long term relationships have in common. Way to Cooperation in action using the Principles of Cooperation Charlene Crilley, MFT is in private practice in the Kensington area of San Diego. She is the Membership Chair for the San Diego Chapter of the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists.