Contemporary Perspectives on Psychotherapy with Lesbians and Gay Men

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xiv

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2. Introduction

   1. Introduction

      • Terry S. Stein, Carol J. Cohen

      Pages 1-6

3. New Perspectives on Theory and Practice in Psychotherapy

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 7-7

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   2. Psychotherapy with Gay Men and Lesbians

      • James P. Krajeski

      Pages 9-25

   3. Reconceptualizing Individual Psychotherapy with Gay Men and Lesbians

      • Carol J. Cohen, Terry S. Stein

      Pages 27-54

4. General Topics in Psychotherapy

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 55-55

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   2. Psychotherapy and the Dynamics of Merger in Lesbian Couples

      • Beverly Burch

      Pages 57-71

   3. Notes on the Management of Difference

      • Carmen de Monteflores

      Pages 73-101

   4. Psychodynamic Psychotherapy with Gay Male Couples

      • Marshall Forstein

      Pages 103-137

   5. On the Analytic Therapy of Gay Men

      • Richard A. Isay

      Pages 139-155

   6. Group Psychotherapy with Gay Men

      • Robert D. Schwartz, Norman B. Hartstein

      Pages 157-177

5. Special Topics in Psychotherapy

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 179-179

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   2. Psychotherapy with Lesbian Mothers

      • JoAnn Loulan

      Pages 181-208

   3. Psychotherapy and AIDS

      • Stuart E. Nichols

      Pages 209-239

   4. The Pregnant Lesbian Therapist Experiences of a Clinician

      • Nikki Sachs

      Pages 241-263

6. Back Matter

   Pages 265-271

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The psychiatric view of homosexuality has undergone a fascinating evo­ lution in recent years. This includes not only the change from viewing homosexuality as a diagnosable illness, as opposed to an alternative life style, but also the development of considerable professional concern for providing appropriate mental health services to this previously under­ served minority community. There has been an increasing recognition of the need for comprehensive services including, but not limited to, counseling, individual psychotherapy, and couples therapy. This book is written for the practicing clinician, and offers a compre­ hensive survey of the important clinical issues involved in the counsel­ ing and psychotherapy of gay men and lesbian women. It is an extraor­ dinarily practical book and its breadth and depth make it appropriate for both the novice and the experienced therapist. SHERWYN M. WOODS Series Editor ix Preface We hear our mentors but do not often heed them. Freud's supportive, nonjudgmental approach to homosexuality provided an ambience with­ in which discoveries could be made, that is, the discovery that homosex­ uality was not a disease of mental degeneration and that sexuality, in the sense of a fundamental human propensity to find pleasure in social and physical attachments, was at its root directed to both sexes. The ad­ herence to a nonjudgmental approach was short-lived, suffered repres­ sion by homophobic defenses, and scientific zeal was directed toward "cure" rather than comprehension of the homosexual state.

• Counseling
• management
• sexuality
• therapy
• women
• sexual behaviour

• Michigan State University, East Lansing, USA

  Terry S. Stein

• Berkeley, USA

  Carol J. Cohen

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