| Description |
224 pages ; 22 cm |
| Contents |
Introduction: Lesbianism as a model of a positive lifestyle for women / Esther D. Rothblum -- Beyond thou shalt not: thinking about ethics in the lesbian therapy community / Laura S. Brown -- Not in man's image: lesbians and the cultural oppression of body image / Sari H. Dworkin -- Married lesbians / G. Dorsey Green and D. Merilee Clunis -- Choosing children: Psychological issues in lesbian parenting / Joanna Bunker Rohrbaugh -- Psychosocial development of children raised by lesbian mothers: a review of research / Elizabeth D. Gibbs -- Distancing and connectedness: impact on couple formation in lesbian relationships / Sarah F. Pearlman -- Lesbian victims of relationship violence / Nancy Hammond -- The lesbian victim of sexual assault: special considerations for the mental health professional / Ann M. Orzek -- Lesbian Women in a rural helping network: Exploring informal helping resources / Anthony R. D'Augelli -- Alcoholism, chemical dependency and the lesbian client / Kathleen O'Halleran Glaus -- Attaining and maintaining positive lesbian self-identity: a cognitive therapy approach / Christine A. Padesky -- Using Kohut's self psychology in work with lesbian couples / Valory Mitchell -- Nonmonogamy in the lesbian community / Elizabeth Kassoff -- The lesbian academic: negotiating new boundaries / Michèle Aina Barale -- Lesbian-related issues in couseling supervision / Robin A. Buhrke -- Lesbian mothers: ethical issues in social work practice / Karen Lee Erlichman |
| Summary |
"Loving boldly highlights the lesbian experience as an affirmative model of nontraditional lifestyles. In this enlightening volume, the authors--counselors, psychologists, and therapists--raise some of the vital issues that need to be understood in the context of our extremely homophobic society. Challenging the traditional stigmas held by both the general public and mainstream mental health prefessionals about lesbianism, the authors review over 30 years of research indicating that lesbians experience positive adjustment and mental health. They explore issues never before discussed in print-married lesbians, lesbians in rural settings, and lesbian nonmonogomy."--Publisher's description |
| Analysis |
Lesbianism |
| Notes |
"Simultaneously issued by The Haworth Press, Inc., under the title Lesbianism: affirming nontraditional roles, a special issue of Women & therapy, volume 8, numbers 1/2, 1989." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Subject |
Lesbian mothers -- United States -- Psychology.
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Lesbianism -- Psychological aspects.
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Lesbians -- United States -- Psychology.
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Homosexuality.
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| Author |
Cole, Ellen.
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Rothblum, Esther D.
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| LC no. |
88021415 |
| ISBN |
0918393582 |
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