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Lesbians and Lesbian Families: Reflections on Theory and Practice

Name: Lesbians and Lesbian Families: Reflections on Theory and Practice
Author: Joan Laird
ISBN: 9780231102520

by Joan Laird

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This cutting-edge collection of articles examines the sociocultural context of the lives of lesbians and lesbian families and reveals how new insights about lesbian identities, experiences, and relationships can be integrated into clinical theory and practice. A family therapist, Joan Laird presents several clinical approaches to working with lesbians as individuals and in couple and parenting relationships and to viewing sexual orientation in its full complexity of race, class, gender, and cultural identity.Rich with clinical case studies and research on the everyday lives of lesbian families, this book includes chapters on the strategic language of self-disclosure, the family lives of lesbian mothers, and lesbian mothers who "come out" to their adolescent children.

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Rich with clinical case studies and research on the everyday lives of lesbian families, this book includes chapters on the strategic language of self-disclosure, the family lives of lesbian mothers, and lesbian mothers who "come out" to their adolescent children.

K. Jean Peterson

A wonderful collection of articles that will help to story and restory the lives of lesbians and their families. . . . I would highly recommend this book to anyone interested in increasing their understanding of lesbians and lesbian families.

About the Author, Joan Laird

Joan Laird is professor emerita of Smith College School for social work, where she chaired the Human Behavior in the Social Environment sequence. Her most recent book (coedited with Robert-Jay Green) is Lesbians and Gays in Couples and Families: A Handbook for Therapists.

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Expanded from a special issue of (June 1993), this text analyzes family permutations for what has been called the last invisible minority to be outed in national discourse. Offers 16 perspectives on: the social context of lesbians, lesbian couples, lesbian parenting, and special issues in theory and clinical practice (mutuality and boundaries, resilience, and application of control mastery theory). Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)