APA rolutns and rmatn regardg LGBT issu such as sexual orientatn and marriage, child ctody or placement, transgenr issu, genr inty and genr exprsn nondiscrimatn, amic briefs and lbian and gay parentg.
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ISSU PSYCHOTHERAPY WH LBIAN AND GAY MEN: A SURVEY OF PSYCHOLOGISTS
Relatnships are as different as the people them. The same go for lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and queer/qutng (LGBTQ) are quali all healthy relatnships should have and abe is never one of them. No matter who you love or how you intify, everyone serv a safe and healthy relatnship. * lgbt relationship problems *
Th, there is likely more rearch on LGBTQ+ relatnship experienc journals such as Psychology & Sexualy, LGBT Health, Journal of Lbian Studi, Journal of Homosexualy, and the APA Journal of Sexual Orientatn and Genr Diversy. In this article, although is limed spe, the acronym LGBTQ—standg for lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, and queer—is ed to nnote a prehensive group of sexual and genr mori, cludg, but not limed to, the aforementned inti.
* lgbt relationship problems *
If a therapist is unable to accept the LGBTQ inty of a patient or uple, whether on relig grounds or other bias, we believe that is that therapist’s rponsibily to disclose this om the outset and offer the patient or uple the optn of workg wh a different therapists n themselv have unexamed or unnsc bias the form of ternalized homophobia and are not immune to makg assumptn and judgments about their LGBTQ patients. It is our opn that, as psychoanalysis has evolved the directn of greater openns, this has bee ls of a ntroversy, favorg judic and reflective e of self-disclosure as some parts of the world, acts labeled as “homosexual” are agast the law and n lead to imprisonment or ath. A therapist’s abily to listen and to be open about discsg all sexual matters whout judgment n go a long way gag the patient’s openns and and Adam are two gay men their late 20s who are formg a new relatnship.