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The Benefits of Gay Couples Counseling
It&#;s no secret that communication is key in any relationship. This is especially true for gay couples, who often tackle unique challenges that can be difficult to navigate without professional help. Gay couples counseling can provide a much-needed space for couples to openly speak their relationship issues and work towards solutions together.
Whether you are struggling with communication, conflict resolution, or simply want to fortify your relationship, gay couples counseling can help. However, it can be hard for gay couples to find counseling that is tailored to their specific needs and relationship. For the counseling to be effective and helpful, it is important to locate an inclusive therapist who is experienced and knowledgeable about working with gay couples.
Reasons why gay couples seek counseling
It&#;s no classified that gay couples tackle unique challenges when it comes to relationships. From dealing with discrimination to navigating difficult family dynamics, there are a lot of potential obstacles that can make sustaining a ha
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The First Session
There is an important question I seek of Gay Couples.
As a counsellor, over my 25 years in practice I began to specialise in therapies for lesbian, gay and mixed-sexuality couples around 16 years ago.
During the initial interview session, I recognised a common battle amongst gay male partners. I developed an key question for the couple to begin to recognise this:
&#;What makes this relationship distinctly yours…?&#;
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This is a deceptively hard question to answer (if the individual partners attempt to answer it alone). The question is deliberately constructed to:-
(a) give the couple an example of what it may be like to work in counselling with me,
(b) provoke thoughtful conversation between the couple (as it&#;s a question that their relationship may answer better together than the individuals alone), and
(c) reveal how the relationship&#;s framework has been constructed.
For some gay couples, this will
LGBTQ+ Couples Counselling
Our LGBTQ+ therapists are here to facilitate with the following:
How To Communicate Better In Your LGBTQ+ Relationship
In many cases, conflicts occur as a result of poor communication. Moreover, when you verb betrayed, guilty, or ashamed, the right words to describe your feelings can be even harder to find. This discord makes it feel like the wedge in the relationship only grows wider.
Adam D. Blum, founder of the Gay Therapy Center, discusses the process of improving communication and intimacy for couples.
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Communication in Open LGBTQ+ Relationships
Good communication is necessary for any healthy relationship: especially when navigating open relationships, which require a more advanced level. Negotiating terms and conditions require a new level of vulnerability that many couples aren&#;t prepared for. The couples that experience difficulties may find that the issue could have been avoided had they been more honest from the commencement. Not all couples can handle the vulnerabilities of open relationships, but many find renewed possibilit
LGBTQI+ couples experience conflicts and challenges similar to heterosexual couples and desire the same levels of passionate, physical and sexual intimacy. Achieving this can be very difficult given many LGBTQI+ individuals experienced trauma growing up in families and communities where they felt different and alone. This often results in low self-esteem and feelings of shame, guilt, disgust and inferiority. This may prohibit them from being their authentic self for fear of criticism, bullying and physical abuse. Some may even have been cut off from family.
Building and sustaining a secure, safe and intimate relationship with another individual, who may have experienced similar emotions growing up, is difficult. Many relationships understandably do not survive. When therapeutic support is sought, LGBTQI+ couples need and want a therapist who understands their childhood and adolescent trauma and challenges faced. They want a therapist who is familiar with their community, their lack of role models as couples and same-sex parents (where applicable) and understand their struggle wit