David E Greenan, Gil Tunnell

Couple Therapy with Gay Men

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book illuminates the unique needs of gay male couples in therapy and provides a practical framework for clinical intervention. The authors review the basic principles of structural family therapy and guide therapists in adapting treatment goals and interventions to better serve gay clients. Addressed are the universal issues faced by all couples in therapy, gay and straight, as well as the particular challenges gay men face in building nurturing, intimate relationships in a homophobic society. Extensive case examples and session transcripts are used to illustrate effective strategies for helping clients affirm the strength of their union, even in the absence of familial and social support; learn to resolve differences constructively; and overcome culturally conditioned barriers to connection and trust.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Guilford Publications
• Seitenzahl: 214
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. Oktober 2002
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 223mm x 173mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 449g
• ISBN-13: 9781572308084
• ISBN-10: 1572308087
• Artikelnr.: 21365116

Autorenporträt

David E. Greenan, EdD, is Executive Director of The Minuchin Center for the Family, where he teaches family therapy and consults to agencies that serve inner-city poor families. He is also a psychologist and family therapist in private practice in New York City. Gil Tunnell, PhD, is a clinical psychologist in full-time private practice in New York City. He supervises and trains psychiatric residents and psychology interns in family therapy at Beth Israel Medical Center.

Inhaltsangabe

1. The Marginalization of Gay Male Couples
2. Implications for Man-to-Man Closeness from Growing Up Gay
3. An Overview of Structural Family Therapy
4. Joining with Male Couples
5. Enactments: Identifying Complementary Roles
6. Unbalancing: Discovering New Steps
7. A Case Study: Male Couples and Connectedness
8. Toward the Future
References
Index