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Gender and Sexuality
Professor Hector Torres explains the development of gay identity, shame and the impact this identity has on gay men, and offers recommendations for therapists.
Gender Strain
Gender strain is a theory that addresses the stress and distress an individual feels due to the gender construction.
Homonegativity
This film discusses homonegativity, the social stigmatization of sexual minorities.
Psychotherapy with Gay, Lesbian and Bisexual Clients, Program 1: Historical Perspectives
The history of mental health practice with gay, lesbian and bisexual people is both complex and constantly evolving. This introductory program to the series focuses on some of the most important historical developments from ancient times to the present.
Psychotherapy with Gay, Lesbian and Bisexual Clients, Program 2: Individual Assessment and Psychotherapy
Gay, lesbian, and bisexual people utilize mental health services at a rate considerably higher than heterosexuals, and over 95 percent of psychotherapists treat GLB clients in their practice. This program focuses on some of the most salient assessment and treatment issues that clinicians should know.
Psychotherapy with Gay, Lesbian and Bisexual Clients, Program 3: Relationships, Families and Couples Counseling
Until recently, the couples and family therapy literature has ignored same-sex families and few clinicians have had training in this area.
Psychotherapy with Gay, Lesbian and Bisexual Clients, Program 4: The Coming Out Process
This program features three diverse personal coming out stories: A young African American woman who was institutionalized when she told her parents; a retired professional Latino man who came out to his wife and children later in life; and an affirming mother who shares the process her family went through when her teenage son came out to them.
Psychotherapy with Gay, Lesbian and Bisexual Clients, Program 5: The Bisexual Experience
The emerging body of scientific evidence over the past 30 years suggests a new paradigm of sexual orientation that is multidimensional, sometimes fluid, and highly individual, allowing for a greater validation of bisexuality.
Psychotherapy with Gay, Lesbian and Bisexual Clients, Program 6: Diversity and Multiple Identities
Diversity and Multiple Identities Lesbians, gay, and bisexual people of color must manage conflicting allegiances with divergent social worlds including their ethnic culture, the majority culture and the gay/bisexual community.
Psychotherapy with Gay, Lesbian and Bisexual Clients, Program 7: Sexual Minority Adolescents
This video combines the latest research and effective treatment approaches by such experts as Dr. Ritch Savin-Wiliams, Dr. Karla Anhalt and Teresa DeCrescenzo, and includes vital information for working with this special population.
Sexual Orientation
Hector Torres explains the definition and ranges of sexual orientation.

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