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 ...
Transgender Care and Trauma
Transgender Care and Trauma There are many assumptions that many people in the general population have about those who are in the transgender community. Unfortunately, many of these assumptions can c ...
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 ...
LGBT Progress… and Barriers
LGBT Progress... and Barriers This month of LGBT pride month. Although the LGBT community has much to be proud of, there are still many barriers that impact the community. Coming out is still diff ...
If You’re Gay and Struggling to Accept Who You Are, Therapy can Help
If You’re Gay and Struggling to Accept Who You Are, Therapy can Help While LGBTQ rights and social acceptance have come a long, long way in recent years, that doesn’t mean that realizing you’re gay i ...
Dealing with the Initial Shock of an HIV Diagnosis
In my Dallas therapy practice , I have had the opportunity of working with many gay men who are dealing with a diagnosis of HIV. Some have had this diagnosis for many years, while others are dealing ...
Coming Out for Yourself
Today is National Coming Out day, which helps to provide national awareness to the coming out process and issues relating to it. With a national day specifically set aside for this process, pressure c ...
Behind Closed Doors: Uncovering Abuse in the Gay and Lesbian Community
An underestimated problem in the gay and lesbian community is that of domestic violence. A typical assumption of domestic violence is that it is a man hitting a woman. Because of these typical gender ...