Jerry J. Bigner, Andrew R. Gottlieb

" This text is informative and thought-provoking yet not overwhelming...Interventions are not only presented in the text but are applied to real families in theraputic practice...Educators, students, clinicians, and supervisors would be wise to add this book to their collections." -- The Family Journal, October 2008

• Introduction (Andrew R. Gottlieb and Jerry J. Bigner) OVERVIEW Systemic Therapeutic Approaches with Sexual Minorities and Their Families (Janie K. Long, Josephine Bonomo, Barbara V. Andrews, and Jeremiah M. Brown) THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF SUPPORT GROUPS Connection and Community: How the Family Pride Coalition Supports Parents and Children of GLBT Families (Corri Planck) Healing an Invisible Minority: How the Straight Spouse Network Has Become the Prime Source of Support for Those in Mixed-Orientation Marriages (Amity P. Buxton) COLAGE: Providing Community, Education, Leadership, and Advocacy by and for Children of GLBT Parents (Katherine A. Kuvalanka, Beth Teper, and Orson A. Morrison) RESEARCH AND GLBT FAMILY THERAPY Terms of Connection: Mother-Talk About Female-to-Male Transgender Children (Sarah F. Pearlman) Guiding the Acquisition of Therapist Ally Identity: Research on the GLBT Stepfamily as Resource (Jean M. Lynch and Kathy McMahon-Klosterman) SUPERVISION AND TRAINING IN CLINICAL WORK WITH GLBT FAMILIES Revisiting the Sexual Orientation Matrix for Supervision: Working with GLBTQ Families (Janie K. Long and Josephine Bonomo) CLINICAL WORK WITH GLBT FAMILIES Talking About Gender in Motion: Working with the Family of the Transgender Person (Christopher Behan) From Otherness to Alliance: Transgender Couples in Therapy (Jean Malpas) Finding Our Way: Guiding a Young Transgender Child (Karen Saeger) Index Reference Notes Included

Jerry J. Bigner, Andrew R. Gottlieb

" This text is informative and thought-provoking yet not overwhelming...Interventions are not only presented in the text but are applied to real families in theraputic practice...Educators, students, clinicians, and supervisors would be wise to add this book to their collections." -- The Family Journal, October 2008

• Introduction (Andrew R. Gottlieb and Jerry J. Bigner) OVERVIEW Systemic Therapeutic Approaches with Sexual Minorities and Their Families (Janie K. Long, Josephine Bonomo, Barbara V. Andrews, and Jeremiah M. Brown) THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF SUPPORT GROUPS Connection and Community: How the Family Pride Coalition Supports Parents and Children of GLBT Families (Corri Planck) Healing an Invisible Minority: How the Straight Spouse Network Has Become the Prime Source of Support for Those in Mixed-Orientation Marriages (Amity P. Buxton) COLAGE: Providing Community, Education, Leadership, and Advocacy by and for Children of GLBT Parents (Katherine A. Kuvalanka, Beth Teper, and Orson A. Morrison) RESEARCH AND GLBT FAMILY THERAPY Terms of Connection: Mother-Talk About Female-to-Male Transgender Children (Sarah F. Pearlman) Guiding the Acquisition of Therapist Ally Identity: Research on the GLBT Stepfamily as Resource (Jean M. Lynch and Kathy McMahon-Klosterman) SUPERVISION AND TRAINING IN CLINICAL WORK WITH GLBT FAMILIES Revisiting the Sexual Orientation Matrix for Supervision: Working with GLBTQ Families (Janie K. Long and Josephine Bonomo) CLINICAL WORK WITH GLBT FAMILIES Talking About Gender in Motion: Working with the Family of the Transgender Person (Christopher Behan) From Otherness to Alliance: Transgender Couples in Therapy (Jean Malpas) Finding Our Way: Guiding a Young Transgender Child (Karen Saeger) Index Reference Notes Included

Jerry J. Bigner, Andrew R. Gottlieb

" This text is informative and thought-provoking yet not overwhelming...Interventions are not only presented in the text but are applied to real families in theraputic practice...Educators, students, clinicians, and supervisors would be wise to add this book to their collections." -- The Family Journal, October 2008

• Introduction (Andrew R. Gottlieb and Jerry J. Bigner) OVERVIEW Systemic Therapeutic Approaches with Sexual Minorities and Their Families (Janie K. Long, Josephine Bonomo, Barbara V. Andrews, and Jeremiah M. Brown) THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF SUPPORT GROUPS Connection and Community: How the Family Pride Coalition Supports Parents and Children of GLBT Families (Corri Planck) Healing an Invisible Minority: How the Straight Spouse Network Has Become the Prime Source of Support for Those in Mixed-Orientation Marriages (Amity P. Buxton) COLAGE: Providing Community, Education, Leadership, and Advocacy by and for Children of GLBT Parents (Katherine A. Kuvalanka, Beth Teper, and Orson A. Morrison) RESEARCH AND GLBT FAMILY THERAPY Terms of Connection: Mother-Talk About Female-to-Male Transgender Children (Sarah F. Pearlman) Guiding the Acquisition of Therapist Ally Identity: Research on the GLBT Stepfamily as Resource (Jean M. Lynch and Kathy McMahon-Klosterman) SUPERVISION AND TRAINING IN CLINICAL WORK WITH GLBT FAMILIES Revisiting the Sexual Orientation Matrix for Supervision: Working with GLBTQ Families (Janie K. Long and Josephine Bonomo) CLINICAL WORK WITH GLBT FAMILIES Talking About Gender in Motion: Working with the Family of the Transgender Person (Christopher Behan) From Otherness to Alliance: Transgender Couples in Therapy (Jean Malpas) Finding Our Way: Guiding a Young Transgender Child (Karen Saeger) Index Reference Notes Included