Out of the Closet, Still in the Home Providing Queer Affirmative Therapy for Youth and Their Families

This paper focuses on clinical ork ith families of youth ho are coming out to their families. Societal attitudes toards queers are changing, yet many families continue to hold negative beliefs about homosexuality. e discuss hat therapists need to kno in order to ork ith these families and provide sp...

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Published inJournal of feminist family therapy Vol. 15; no. 1; pp. 21 - 35
Main Authors Tanner, Litsa Renee, Lyness, Kevin P.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Binghamton Taylor & Francis Group 15.04.2004
Taylor & Francis LLC
Subjects
bisexual
Bisexuality
Coming out
Counseling
Family Therapy
family transitions
feminist family therapy
Feminist perspectives
gay
Gays & lesbians
Homosexuality
Homosexuals
Human relations
Interpersonal communication
lesbian
Lesbianism
Personal relationships
Psychology
Queer
Self Disclosure
Therapy
transgendered
Transsexuality
Young people
Youth
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Summary:This paper focuses on clinical ork ith families of youth ho are coming out to their families. Societal attitudes toards queers are changing, yet many families continue to hold negative beliefs about homosexuality. e discuss hat therapists need to kno in order to ork ith these families and provide specific guidelines for this ork. Assessment topics are suggested, as are clinical techniques recommended for ork ith families ith a queer member. e focus on the family's loss of their heterosexual paradigm (using a grief and loss perspective) and suggest ays for the family to build a ne, more inclusive, paradigm.
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ISSN:0895-2833
1540-4099
DOI:10.1300/J086v15n01_02