Coming Out, Coming Home: Helping Families Adjust to a Gay or Lesbian Child
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| Rating | : | 4.25 (650 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0231143834 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 304 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-01-02 |
| Language | : | English |
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Essential reading for anyone involved in a counseling position and even parents who are having difficulties with helping their children to come out. (Journal of Homosexuality) . (Lezly Herbert Out in Perth)Coming Out, Coming Home is an informative and accessible book that contains myriad insights into the many obstacles, both internal and external, that families face as gay and lesbian children reach out for acceptance and support
A "life changer"! Even as a Social Worker, I found myself in unchartered territory when my daughter explained to me that she was gay.I had heard about this book from a friend and purchased it the same night that my daughter came out to me. It was a life saver at the moment and helped me to better understand the "process" it would be as a parent of a gay or lesbian child and that what I was feeling was completely normal - I strong. KenD said Essential Reading. Dr. LaSala's book invites readers to listen in as lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender young people reveal themselves to their parents. We see families break through the tension of pre-disclosure into the drama that often comes with revelation, and, finally, achieve hard-won benefits as they reach the calm that eventually follows.Balancing case narratives with concise recommendations, Dr. LaSala gives us a bo. Excellent read! Jane Doe I recommend parents as well as social workers / therapists read this book for better understanding of the coming out process and all it entails.
Michael C. He currently treats LGBT families and individuals at the Institute for Personal Growth in Highland Park, New Jersey, and his work can be found in Social Work, Family Process, Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, Families in Society, and Journal of Lesbian and Gay Social Services.. He has been in practice for more than twenty-five years and is a much-sought-after lecturer and researcher. LaSala, Ph.D., is director of the Mast
The discovery that a child is lesbian or gay can send shockwaves through a family. All in all, learning a child is gay challenges long-held views about sexuality and relationships, and the resulting uncertainty can produce feelings of anger, resentment, and concern.Through a qualitative, multicultural study of sixty-five gay and lesbian children and their parents, Michael LaSala, a leading expert on this issue, outlines effective, practice-tested interventions for families in transition. By confronting feelings of depression, anxiety, and grief head on, LaSala formulates the best approach for practitioners who hope to reestablish intimacy among family members and preserve family connections—as well as individual autonomy—well into the child's maturation. From the child's perspective, gay and lesbian youth fear their families will reject them and that they will lose financial and emotional support. A mother will question how she's raised her son; a father will worry that his daughter will experience discrimination. His research reveals sur