{"product_id":"samesex-couples-and-other-identities-9780367364465","title":"SameSex Couples and Other Identities","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book provides a contemporary exploration of psychoanalytic theory and its application to therapy with lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans and queer relationships, challenging heteronormative practice and introducing new perspectives on working with gender and sexual diversity. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this wide-ranging collection, international contributors draw on key aspects of couple psychoanalytic theory and practice, whilst also expanding hetero and mono-normative frames of reference to explore the nature of relating in open, closed and poly relationships. Developments in regard to gender and sexuality within the contexts of family and culture and an examination of same-sex parenting are also included, as are psychosexual considerations and the process of aging. A major focus of the book is the importance of the therapist's own gender and sexuality in the clinical encounter and how to manage adjustments in approach to counter the dominance of heteronormative thinking in practice.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"This excellent book covers in extensive detail the many vicissitudes of modern psychoanalytic work with same-sex couples. It is comprehensive and ground-breaking in its range of topics, and much needed to break the silence and ignorance that too often prevail in this area. All the experienced contributors maintain the necessary tension between understanding the internal and the external sources of conflict in same-sex relationships. It will be an invaluable resource for years to come, to all couple therapists whatever their identities.\"\u003c\/strong\u003e – \u003cem\u003eJoanna Ryan, The Site for Contemporary Psychoanalysis\u003c\/em\u003e;\u003cem\u003e co-author of\u003c\/em\u003e Wild\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eDesires and Mistaken Identities: Lesbianism and Psychoanalysis \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"If a successful outcome of psychoanalysis or psychotherapy is an ability to relate to the otherness of the other, then in the tradition of Ralph Roughton who encouraged us to engage in Rethinking Homosexuality, Damian McCann has produced an edited volume of challenging papers by accomplished clinicians to foster such rethinking about sexual otherness in couples. The book thus appeals to psychoanalysts to adopt new ways of thinking about sexuality when treating couples, which is based in contemporary research-based understandings and not in otherwise-biased thinking and clinical practices that have historically done much harm, both to patients and candidates.\" – \u003ci\u003eDr Timothy Keogh, President, Australian Psychoanalytical Society\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"In 2021 seventy-two jurisdictions across the world still criminalise homosexuality; in eleven of these the death penalty can be imposed. This outstanding edition reminds us that we cannot afford to be complacent and that it is essential that psychoanalysis engages with these external realities as well as applying its well-honed approach to investigating the internal world of the patient. The contributors challenge us to be mindful of the heteronormative biases and prejudices that continue to affect psychoanalytic thinking and practice even when we like to think that we are open and liberal. They powerfully illustrate through their work with couples that psychoanalysis has much to offer to our understanding of sexuality and gender as long as it can stand up to the self-questioning and scrutiny that contribute to the evolution of any discipline. This book is highly recommended. It is also essential reading.\" – \u003ci\u003eProf. Alessandra Lemma, Psychoanalysis University College London and Anna Freud National Centre For Children and Families.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e1. Sexuality and Gender in Development: Facets of Bedrock and Beyond \u003cem\u003ePaul E. Lynch \u003c\/em\u003e2. Revitalizing the Oedipal Model for LGBTQ Couples and Families \u003cem\u003eShelley Nathans \u003c\/em\u003e3. Family Matters: The impact of family and sociocultural context on LGBTQ Identities and Psychodynamics \u003cem\u003eAndi Pilecki Eliza-Christie \u003c\/em\u003e4. Cultural and Intercultural Considerations in Working with Same-Sex Couples \u003cem\u003ePatricia Porchat\u003c\/em\u003e 5. The same or different? Exploring unconscious anxieties for couple psychoanalytic psychotherapists working with same-sex couples \u003cem\u003eKate Thompson \u003c\/em\u003e6. Bisexual People and their Partners in Relational Psychoanalytic Therapy: Aesthetic Conflict, Multiple Selves and the Uncontainable \u003cem\u003eEsther Rapoport \u0026amp; Irit Kleiner Paz \u003c\/em\u003e7.\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003eQueer Relationships: Unmapped Intimacies \u003cem\u003eIggy Robinson \u0026amp; Alice Kentridge\u003c\/em\u003e 8. The fear of difference and desire to differentiate: Working with two transitioning couples \u003cem\u003eLinsey Blair and Dorota Mucha\u003c\/em\u003e 9. They \"went in two by two\": The challenge for couple psychotherapists of working with those in open and polyamorous relationships \u003cem\u003eDamian McCann \u003c\/em\u003e10. Psychosexual considerations in working with LGBTQ+ couples and individuals \u003cem\u003eMarian O’Connor\u003c\/em\u003e 11. The Process of Aging for Same-sex Couples \u003cem\u003eDavid Richards\u003c\/em\u003e 12. Responding to the challenge that same-sex parents pose for psychoanalytic couple and family therapists: Confronting implicit bias \u003cem\u003eDamian McCann \u0026amp; Colleen Sandor\u003c\/em\u003e 13. The LGBTQ Couple choice of therapist he\/she\/they, straight or gay: Creativity vs Defense \u003cem\u003eColleen Sandor\u003c\/em\u003e 14. \"I love you and you have the scars to prove it\": Understanding and responding to intimate partner violence and abuse in same-sex couple relationships \u003cem\u003eDamian McCann\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51017881583959,"sku":"9780367364465","price":31.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780367364465.jpg?v=1750774974","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/samesex-couples-and-other-identities-9780367364465","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}