Lesbian Families' Challenges and Means of Resiliency: Implications for Feminist Family Therapy

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Anne M. Prouty Lyness

Lesbian Families' Challenges and Means of Resiliency

Implications for Feminist Family Therapy

Anne M. Prouty Lyness

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Routledge
26 January 2007

Gay & Lesbian studies; Psychotherapy

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 more

Lesbian 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.

Edited by: Anne M. Prouty Lyness
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 19mm
Weight: 510g
ISBN: 9780789034274
ISBN 10: 0789034271
Pages: 188
Publication Date: 26 January 2007
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Anne M. Prouty Lyness

Reviews for Lesbian Families' Challenges and Means of Resiliency: Implications for Feminist Family Therapy

This edited book of various feminist authors comprises a variety of issues that lesbian families face and overcome. One of the most beneficial aspects of it are the myriad of topics that are covered: from anonymous donor insemination to working with lesbian families in counseling to understanding domestic violence and the part it plays in the gay and lesbian culture. -- The Family Journal, October 2009