Share, Learn, and Support: How Group Therapy Can Benefit Gay Men
Share, Learn, and Support: How Group Therapy Can Benefit Gay Men Do you find yourself struggling to connect with others? Is it difficult to build intimate relationships with other men? Are you fe ...
Ways that Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy Can Help Gay and Lesbian Couples
Ways that Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy Can Help Gay and Lesbian Couples by Ian Hammonds When coming into therapy, many couples want to know how their couples therapy will be approached. ...
Gay, Monogamous Relationships. A Sex Positive Perspective
Gay, Monogamous Relationships. A Sex Positive Perspective Our society generally props up monogamy as the gold standard of relationships. I'm not saying monogamous relationships can't work. But it's a ...
Traumatic Shame in Living with HIV
Traumatic Shame in Living with HIV Over the past 2 decades, there have been tremendous advancements in the treatment of HIV. Despite this, there is still a lot of shame that people live with when the ...
Therapy for Lesbian Couples: Challenges That Often Get Ignored
Therapy for Lesbian Couples: Challenges That Often Get Ignored Whether you are in a heterosexual or same-sex relationship, every couple experiences joys and struggles. Every relationship starts wi ...
How Thinking Systemically Can Help LGBT Families
How Thinking Systemically Can Help LGBT Families Have you ever heard of systemic therapy? Do you know what thinking systemically entails? Have you ever given any thought to how many systems exist in ...
Heteronormativity: What It Is and How It Affects You
Heteronormativity: What It Is and How It Affects You As both an affirmative and a systemic therapist, I hold a high value in not assuming any of my clients’ personal struggles with family, relationsh ...
Bisexual and Straight? Another Type of Mixed Orientation Marriage
Bisexual and Straight? Another Type of Mixed Orientation Marriage When we talk about mixed orientation marriages, we most often think about gay/straight marriages. The difference in sexual orientatio ...
The Benefits of LGBT Affirmative Therapy
The Benefits of LGBT Affirmative Therapy LGBT affirmative therapy may have been something that you've heard of. But what exactly does this mean? Here, Phillip McCulley talks about his perspecti ...
Why You Should Avoid Reparative Therapy
Why You Should Avoid Reparative Therapy For people who are coming to accept that they are gay, lesbian, bisexual, or transgender, there can be a lot of fear. One of the biggest things that you might ...