Psychotherapy with lesbian and gay clients
In 1995 the Division of Counselling Psychology commissioned a study of psychologists' views and practices in working with lesbian and gay clients in psychotherapy. Martin Milton and Adrain Coyle prsent the key findings and offer some thoughts on future practice developments.
BRITISH psychologists have paid
relatively little attention to the
issues involved in working with
lesbian and gay clients in psychotherapeutic
contexts. The British
psychological literature on lesbian and
gay issues has largely concentrated on
the psychosocial difficulties of being lesbian
or gay within a heterosexist society
and the implications for psychological
well-being (e.g. Kitzinger, 1991; Coyle,
1993; Kitzinger & Coyle, 1995; Kitzinger
& Wilkinson, 1995; Rivers, 1995a, 1995b).
It is only in recent years that British publications
related to therapeutic practice
with lesbians and gay men have started
to appear (e.g. Hitchings, 1994; Ratigan,
1995; Davies & Neal, 1996; Milton, 1996).
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