Coming Out: 5 Practical Ways to Handling Unaccepting Family Members
Coming Out: 5 Practical Ways to Handling Unaccepting Family Members The decision to share your sexual orientation with friends and family is a big step for many people. It is important to recognize t ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Being a Straight Spouse in a Mixed Orientation Marriage
Being a Straight Spouse in a Mixed Orientation Marriage If you're in a relationship where you've found out that your partner is gay or lesbian, this can be an extremely challenging time. The feelings ...
Handling Hard Conflict For Gay Couples
Handling Hard Conflict For Gay Couples Managing conflict is one of the most common reasons that couples struggle. The aftereffects of handling hard conflict tends to result in couples either reaching ...