Relationship-Focused Therapy for Sexual and Gender Minority Individuals and Their Parents

Gary Diamond; Rotem Boruchovitz; Inbal Gat; Ofir Nir-Gottlieb

doi:10.1093/med-psych/9780190669300.003.0019

Relationship-Focused Therapy for Sexual and Gender Minority Individuals and Their Parents

Gary Diamond, Rotem Boruchovitz, Inbal Gat, Ofir Nir-Gottlieb

Department of Psychology

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Abstract

This chapter describes the negative impact that ongoing parental rejection can have on sexual and gender minority individuals and the importance of promoting parental acceptance. It then introduces and describes the structure and intervention strategies of relationship-focused therapy—a time-limited, experiential, family-based treatment specifically designed to increase parental acceptance, reduce parental rejection, and help sexual and gender minority individuals and their parents re-establish or develop loving, supportive, mutually respectful, meaningful relationships. Then, research findings supporting the model are summarized, a clinical vignette illustrating the treatment is presented, and some of the constraints and limitations of the model are noted.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Handbook of evidence-based mental health practice with sexual and gender minorities.
Editors	John E. Pachankis, Steven A. Safren
Publisher	Oxford University Press
Pages	430-456
Number of pages	27
ISBN (Electronic)	9780190669331
ISBN (Print)	9780190669300
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1093/med-psych/9780190669300.003.0019
State	Published - Mar 2019

Keywords

Family Therapy
Parents
Relationship Therapy
Sexual Minority Groups
Gender Identity
Well Being
Transgender
Negative Emotions

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Diamond, G., Boruchovitz, R., Gat, I., & Nir-Gottlieb, O. (2019). Relationship-Focused Therapy for Sexual and Gender Minority Individuals and Their Parents. In J. E. Pachankis, & S. A. Safren (Eds.), Handbook of evidence-based mental health practice with sexual and gender minorities. (pp. 430-456). Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/med-psych/9780190669300.003.0019

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Handbook of evidence-based mental health practice with sexual and gender minorities.. ed. / John E. Pachankis; Steven A. Safren. Oxford University Press, 2019. p. 430-456.

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