Psychotherapy with Gay/Lesbian Couples and Their Children in "Stepfamilies":

Baptiste, David A.

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“…Kurdek (1988) suggested that lesbian relationships are not necessarily better than gay relationships, rather that higher scores for lesbians may be due to socialization which reinforces nurturance, expressiveness, and caring among females. Baptiste (1987) used the term "stepfamily" to denote a cohabitative living arrangement which includes two adults and their children-biological, adopted, or conceived through alternative insemination from previous heterosexual relationships. The family science literature rarely identifies as stepfamilies two same-sex adults who live together and raise children who were conceived in previous heterosexual relationships.…”

Section: Characteristics Of Lesbian Couplesmentioning

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“…The family science literature rarely identifies as stepfamilies two same-sex adults who live together and raise children who were conceived in previous heterosexual relationships. However, these same-sex relationships are characterized by mutual commitment, property sharing, emotional and physical intimacies similar to cohabiting heterosexual couples with children (Baptiste, 1987). Still, the family science and family therapy literature has all but ignored them, including the unique challenges they face and their possible similarity with the growing number of heterosexual stepfamilies.…”

Section: Characteristics Of Lesbian Couplesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Custody problems, differing discipline philosophies, involvement of coparent, or disclosure to family, friends, and co-workers are among those issues being addressed by family practitioners (Baptiste, 1987;DiBella, 1979;Roth, 1985;Sagle, 1989;Wright, 1990). …”

Section: Characteristics Of Lesbian Stepfamiliesmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Relationship Quality in a Sample of Lesbian Couples with Children and Child-Free Lesbian Couples

Koepke¹,

Hare²,

Moran³

1992

Family Relations

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Section: Characteristics Of Lesbian Couplesmentioning

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Section: Characteristics Of Lesbian Couplesmentioning

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Relationship Quality in a Sample of Lesbian Couples with Children and Child-Free Lesbian Couples

Koepke¹,

Hare²,

Moran³

1992

Family Relations

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“…Lesbian mothers and their families have been shown to benefit from family therapy where changes in the family structure can be discussed (Kirkpatrick et al, 1981;Kirkpatrick, 1987), or where factors affecting families with gay step-parents can be addressed (Baptiste, 1987). There are also suggestions that adolescents who have a gay or lesbian parent may sometimes benefit from therapeutic intervention (Ross, 1988), if they have difficulties in forming a stable sexual identity.…”

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Family and couples therapy with gay and lesbian clients: acknowledging the forgotten minority

Ussher

1991

Journal of Family Therapy

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Family and couples therapy in; the main concentrates on heterosexual clients, and has thus been described as limited in its outlook, or discriminatory. It is argued that family and couples therapy is at present not offered to gay and lesbian clients because of an absence of appropriate referrals, the inability of therapists to recognize the sexual orientation of their clients, a belief that skills held by therapists are not appropriate for this client group, or because of the homophobia of the therapist. It is suggested that family and couples therapy should be more readily available for gay and lesbian clients, and a number of different issues which these families might face are discussed. This includes problems associated with the gay adolescent and the gay or lesbian parent, as well as the gay or lesbian couple. It is concluded that established forms of intervention are effective with gay clients, provided that the specific needs and prolblems of the gay and lesbian community are addressed by the therapist. IntroductionJudging by the dearth of information on the gay and lesbian client in the family therapy literature, it would seem that family and couples therapists at present have little to s,ay about, or offer to, the gay and lesbian community; they are thus open to the accusation that they are limited in their outlook and operate discriminatory practices (Stein, 1988). It has been argued by some critics that the very terms 'family' and 'marital' or 'couple' therapy in themselves appear to exclude the gay and lesbian client (MacKinnon and Miller, 1984) -the terms tend to assume a man and a woman as the 'couple', with the 'family' usually conceived of as containing children.One argument in defence of family therapists is that many have little knowledge or experience of the homosexual community, and are unsure as to the applicability of farnily-based interventions with gay or lesbian couples or families. In this review, I will present a case to demonstrate that couples and family therapy is both needed and of * Psychology Division, University of Sussex, Falmer, Brighton, BN1 9QN, UK. 132Jane M. Ussher benefit within the gay and lesbian community. In order to address the issue that homosexual family work is somehow different, I will outline some of the issues which need to be considered by therapists working in this area, in order to provide positive suggestions for future developments for the practice of family and couples therapy with gay and lesbian clients. 'All my clients are straight': Reasons for heterosexual biases in family and couple therapyOne of the most common reasons which therapists put forward for their concentration on heterosexual clients is that homosexual clients are not referred to them, implying that this section of the population is not in need of couple or family therapy, or at the very least that they are not presenting with their problems to any referral agencies (Ussher, 19896;Wyers, 1987). There may be some truth in the latter assumption, but it could be argued that referrers or the...

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“…Lesbian/gay-parented families remain underrepresented, largely ignored, and even presented as deviant in education (Byard et al 2013;Casper, Schultz & Wickens 1992). Further, children often experience rejection, bullying, or discrimination from their peers (Baptiste Jr 1987;Breshears 2011;Butler, Alpaslan, Strümpher & Astbury 2003;Gartrell, Deck, Rodas, Peyser & Banks 2005;Lewis 1980). In perhaps the largest study of school experiences in the United States, including surveys from 588 lesbian and gay parents and 154 children, Kosciw and Diaz (2008) found that many children reported being mistreated at school for having a lesbian or gay parent, with 40% reporting verbal harassment because of their families.…”

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Creating supportive learning environments: Experiences of lesbian and gay-parented families in South African schools

Breshears

Beer

2016

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Through in-depth interviews with 21 parents and 12 children in lesbian/gayparented families, we explored the experiences of this unique family form in South African schools. Specifically, families reflected on their positive and negative experiences in the children's education and used these reflections to offer advice to teachers and administrators wishing better to support lesbian/ gay-parented families. The results of our study offer an understanding of the challenges and needs of this diverse family in the school system, as well as a starting point for administrators and teachers wanting to create inclusive environments for all family types.

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Psychotherapy with Gay/Lesbian Couples and Their Children in "Stepfamilies":

Cited by 29 publications

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Relationship Quality in a Sample of Lesbian Couples with Children and Child-Free Lesbian Couples

Relationship Quality in a Sample of Lesbian Couples with Children and Child-Free Lesbian Couples

Family and couples therapy with gay and lesbian clients: acknowledging the forgotten minority

Creating supportive learning environments: Experiences of lesbian and gay-parented families in South African schools

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