Lesbians and Gays in Couples and Families
Subtitle: A Handbook for Therapists
Contributors: Joan Laird (Editor); Robert-Jay Green (Editor)
Edition: 1st ed edition
Publisher: Jossey-Bass; Jossey-Bass Publishers
Published: June 13, 1996
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 480
ISBN-13: 9780787902223
Subjects: Family & relationships; Family welfare; Gay & Lesbian studies; Psychotherapy - General; Gays; Homosexuality; Psychotherapy; United States; Social Science; Psychology; Gay/Lesbian Nonfiction; Gay Studies; Lesbian Studies; Family psychotherapy; Psychology & Psychiatry / Human Sexuality; Psychology-Psychotherapy - General; Social Science / Gay Studies; Social Science-Lesbian Studies; Family relationships; Gay couples; Gay parents
First sentence: I remember when I was eight years old being brought to the Veterans of Foreign Wars building by my Uncle Ted and my father, along with my cousin and my younger sister.
Description: "The first book to focus on clinical work with lesbians and gays in family relationships This groundbreaking resource provides you with a wealth of fascinating research and case examples, as well as recommendations and suggestions for working with gay couples and families. Joan Laird and Robert-Jay Green have gathered a distinguished panel of practitioners to create this comprehensive collection. The contributors address the experiences of lesbians and gay men as couples and as parents?and examine their relationships with the families in which they were raised."--Publisher description.