The Sexual Component in Family Therapy:

MacKinnon, Laurie; Miller, Dusty

doi:10.1300/j291v03n02_08

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“…There are also relatively few papers in journals which are not specifically family therapy journals, though American authors seem to have been much more active in this field than British or other English-speaking authors (Milton and Coyle, 1998). The papers that there are (DiBella, 1979;MacKinnon and Miller, 1985;Roth, 1985;Rothberg and Ubell, 1985;Ryder, 1985;Shernoff, 1984;6 Maeve Malley and Fiona Tasker Weinstein, 1992), are cited again and again in the relevant literature -an indication of the lack of other work in the field.…”

Section: Family Therapy Literature On Lesbians and Gay Menmentioning

confidence: 99%

Lesbians, gay men and family therapy: a contradiction in terms?

Malley¹,

Tasker

1999

Journal of Family Therapy

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This paper seeks to review the history of discussions about lesbian and gay male sexuality in family therapy theory and practice. It examines whether homophobic and heterosexist attitudes are present in family therapy thinking. Possible connections are explored between attitudes towards lesbian and gay issues and the professional backgrounds of family therapists, wider debates on homosexuality within society, and conceptualizations of the family life cycle. The question of why relatively little has been written on the issues raised by lesbians, bisexuals and gay men in therapy is discussed. The implications of this oversight on practice are addressed and suggestions made for future work.In recent years there has been an adjustment within family therapy theory and practice to incorporate a diversity of family forms within the concept of family. However, family therapy in general has been slow to consider sexuality as an influence on family life, and in particular to address the issues raised by families led by a lesbian or gay parent or a lesbian or gay couple. Much more work has been done on considering factors such as divorce, gender and ethnicity, both that of our clients and of ourselves as therapists (see, among others, Carter and McGoldrick, 1989;Goldner, 1985Goldner, , 1988Lau, 1984;McGoldrick et al., 1982;Walters et al., 1988) but much less attention has been paid to sexuality, the topic of this paper. It should be made clear at this point that we are not discussing sexual activity within relationships, a territory reviewed by family therapists such as Skynner (1976), but what is often described as sexual orientation.It is, of course, entirely appropriate that ethnicity and gender should be a focus of attention in order to fully engage with the cultural perspectives that influence the family, but attention also

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Section: Family Therapy Literature On Lesbians and Gay Menmentioning

confidence: 99%

Lesbians, gay men and family therapy: a contradiction in terms?

Malley¹,

Tasker

1999

Journal of Family Therapy

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“…Family therapists have used family of origin, structural, cybernetic and systemic/relational interventions in treating sexual difficulties. Mackinnon and Miller (1984) reviewed the literature on sexuality and sexual difficulties, focusing on relationships, dysfunction and abuse in heterosexual and gay relationships. They found the family therapy literature frequently less sexist than other paradigms.…”

Section: Family Therapy and Sex Therapymentioning

confidence: 99%

Fundamentals of Theory and Practice Revisited: Sex Therapy: Historical Evolution, Current Practice. Part I

Goodwach

2005

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Family Therapy

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This is the first of a two‐part series, and provides a contextual history of major trends in sex therapy, notably the psychoanalytic, behavioural and medical models, as well as detailing the family therapy contribution to the field. Part 2 will present the outline of a first interview, and use it to demonstrate a systemic model which explores the interrelationship between the symptom, the presenting person(s), the ‘sexual’ as part of the relationship, the biological, the broader cultural view of sexuality — and the therapist's framework and thinking. Case studies are used as illustration.

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“…It is no doubt relevant to note that all of the members of the Milan Group were psychoanalytically trained (Tomm, 1984), which may help to explain their perspective, but the result is that mothers again bear the blame for a system gone awry. As MacKinnon and Miller (1985) point out, while second order cybernetics may have the potential for integrating feminist thought and systems theory, it has thus far failed to do so. Everett and Volgy (1988) began their "family7' assessment of borderline personality disorders from an Object Relations perspective, and found, "When the milieu offered by the mother is experienced as erratic, ranging from clinging to withdrawal, the normal developmental crisis is exacerbated7' (p. 51).…”

Section: Journal Of Feminist Family Therapymentioning

confidence: 99%

When Do We Stop Mother-Blaming?

Holten¹

1990

Journal of Feminist Family Therapy

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The Sexual Component in Family Therapy:

Cited by 7 publications

References 10 publications

Lesbians, gay men and family therapy: a contradiction in terms?

Lesbians, gay men and family therapy: a contradiction in terms?

Fundamentals of Theory and Practice Revisited: Sex Therapy: Historical Evolution, Current Practice. Part I

When Do We Stop Mother-Blaming?

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