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Lesbian Families' Challenges and Means of Resiliency

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  • Title: Lesbian Families' Challenges and Means of Resiliency
  • Author : Anne M. Prouty Lyness
  • Release Date : January 13, 2013
  • Genre: Family & Relationships,Books,Nonfiction,Social Science,
  • Pages : * pages
  • Size : 948 KB

Description

An inside look at the unique challenges of the lesbian experience

Lesbian Families’ Challenges and Means of Resiliency: Implications for Feminist Family Therapy is a unique collection of interdisciplinary feminist examinations of the resiliency of lesbian couples and families. Leading feminist researchers and clinicians discuss parenting within lesbian families, with a focus on personal resiliency. These thought-provoking and insightful articles address the challenges of having and raising children in a society that struggles to accept alternative family structures.

Lesbian Families’ Challenges and Means of Resiliency examines a wide range of issues facing lesbian couples, with a special focus on parenting and couple violence. The book’s contributors examine the unique challenges of lesbian and gay parenting; adversities facing lesbian parents and the coping methods they employ; violence among lesbian couples and the lesbian community’s response to domestic violence; and the application of feminist theory to validate, strengthen, and promote resiliency in lesbian couples. The book also includes interviews with single or partnered lesbians who had children through adoption, artificial insemination, or a previous relationship.

Topics examined in Lesbian Families’ Challenges and Means of Resiliency include:
parenting
artificial insemination
lesbian family therapy
family law
couple violence
lesbian community
feminist research
feminist couple therapy
and much moreLesbian Families’ Challenges and Means of Resiliency is a vital professional aid for psychotherapists, family therapists, psychologists, social workers, and counselors. It’s an equally valuable resource for academics working in family studies, women’s studies, queer studies, gender studies, and sociology.


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