This DVD monstrat tegrative behavral uple therapy wh a gay male uple. The vio also addrs addnal challeng that are unique to gay male clients the ntext of a heterosexual-majory society.
Contents:
- LBIAN UPLE W IVF ‘GAY TAX’ BATTLE
- GAY COUPL THERAPY: A WAY TO AVOID SAME-SEX DIVORCE
- GAY MALE COUPL COUPLE THERAPY
- INTEGRATIVE BEHAVRAL COUPLE THERAPY WH GAY MEN
- GAY COUPL COUNSELG – CONSIR THERAPY TREATMENT
LBIAN UPLE W IVF ‘GAY TAX’ BATTLE
'Gay Male Coupl Couple Therapy' published 'Encyclopedia of Couple and Fay Therapy' * gay couple on couples therapy *
A lbian uple who lnched a legal battle over equali IVF treatment between heterosexual and same-sex upl have dropped their fight after their lol re board pledged to make treatment sts media fluencers Megan and Whney Ban-Evans lnched a landmark “gay tax” discrimatn se after NHS Frimley Integrated Care Board (ICB) said same-sex upl, sgle women and upl unable to have vagal terurse would have to pay for 12 rounds of IVF before qualifyg for NHS assistance. Gay male upl tend to rely on social exchange (like dog thgs for one another) rather than on emotnal or relatnal factors for mutual satisfactn. Conversely, some lbians and gay men are terrified if relatnships bee too close, sce this remds them of the suffotg closets of their earlier liv.
GAY COUPL THERAPY: A WAY TO AVOID SAME-SEX DIVORCE
A Pevian high urt has orred same-sex unns to be legally registered public rerds, markg a victory for the LGBTQ muny a untry that has been reluctant to regnize gay upl. * gay couple on couples therapy *
A profsnal mental healthre provir will be a sensive clician, fully aware of the pfalls of tradnal heterosexual bias, and will treat a lbian or gay uple an appropriate fashn. There are no unique treatments for same-sex upl and the methods ed wh heterosexual upl n be ed for gay and lbian pairs.
Gay and lbian issu will be addrsed somewhat differently, as certa life strsors may play more of a role for a male uple than a female uple, and vice versa.
For example, lbians often experience more anxiety than gay men regardg reactns of fay members to their sexualy.
GAY MALE COUPL COUPLE THERAPY
* gay couple on couples therapy *
Conversely, gay men report more strs surroundg HIV/AIDS-related issu and vlence and harassment than do lbian upl.
INTEGRATIVE BEHAVRAL COUPLE THERAPY WH GAY MEN
Gay upl unselg is an important form of therapy signed to help same-sex upl addrs issu that may arise their relatnship. * gay couple on couples therapy *
As we celebrate the legalizatn of same-sex marriage the US, the thought of gay divorce uld be a real party killer. Am I on the road to beg a gay divorceé?
While gay upl will face many of the same trials and tribulatns of their heterosexual unterparts, three challeng distguish their experience: pg wh mory strs; rolvg relatnal ambiguy the areas of mment, boundari, and genr-lked behavrs; and velopg fai of choice (Green and Mchell 2002).
One aspect of mory strs is alg wh homophobia. Homophobia is the dislike of and prejudice agast gay people that often tak the form of emotnal, physil, and psychologil harassment, abe, and vlence.
GAY COUPL COUNSELG – CONSIR THERAPY TREATMENT
The valug of heterosexual culture and the implic otherg and nigratn of gay culture, tentnal or not, n lead to the ternalizatn of homophobia and heterosexism gay men, somethg lled ternalized homophobia/heterosexism/stigma. This happens when gay men, due to beg steeped a culture that don’t always value their experience, starts to ternalize negative ias about themselv and the legimacy of their sexual inty.
Bee the unprocsed feelgs n occur one, both, or between partners, is important for the uple and fay therapist to be able to intify and unrstand the effects of homophobic and heterosexist experienc gay upl (Bepko and Johnson 2000). Mory strs is exacerbated by the fact that, until more recently, there have not been many proment role mols for gay upl to unrstand the ways that gay relatnships may work, somethg lled “relatnal ambiguy” (Green and Mchell 2002).
Unls a gay person curat their mass media nsumptn refully, they may not be exposed to different narrativ for how to obta, iate, velop, mata, and functn a gay relatnship.