Pink therapy
Subtitle: a guide for counsellors and therapists working with lesbian, gay, and bisexual clients
By: edited by Dominic Davies and Charles Neal.
Contributors: Davies, Dominic, 1959-; Neal, Charles, 1948-
Publisher: Open University Press
Published: 1996
Place of publication: Buckingham [England]; Bristol, Pa
Language: eng
Number of pages: 246
Subjects: Gays -- Mental health.; Bisexuals -- Mental health.; Gays -- Counseling of.; Bisexuals -- Counseling of.
Description: Pink Therapy is the first British guide for counsellors and therapists working with people who are lesbian, gay or bisexual. It provides a much needed overview of lesbian, gay and bisexual psychology, and examines some of the differences between lesbians, gays and bisexuals, and heterosexuals. Pink Therapy proposes a model of gay affirmative therapy, which challenges the prevailing pathologizing models. It will help to provide answers to pressing questions such as: What is different about lesbian, gay and bisexual psychologies? How can I improve my work with lesbian, gay and bisexual client? What are the key clinical issues that this work raises? The contributors draw on their wide range of practical experience to provide - in an accessible style - information about the contemporary experience of living as a lesbian, gay or bisexual person, and to explore some of the common difficulties. Pink Therapy will be important reading for students and practitioners of counselling and psychotherapy, and will also be of value to anyone involved in helping people with a lesbian, gay or bisexual orientation.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [222]-234) and index.