Becoming Visible: Counseling Bisexuals Across the Lifespan
Becoming Visible offers cutting-edge psychological perspectives on bisexual and queer identities and the cultural and mental health issues facing bisexual, lesbian, gay, queer, and questioning individuals and their partners. Essential for any professional seeking to provide "best practice" services to this population, Becoming Visible addresses the therapeutic needs of bisexuals at every stage of the life cycle.\ This volume explores why some people resist identity labels and what bisexual...
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Becoming Visible offers cutting-edge psychological perspectives on bisexual and queer identities and the cultural and mental health issues facing bisexual, lesbian, gay, queer, and questioning individuals and their partners. Essential for any professional seeking to provide "best practice" services to this population, Becoming Visible addresses the therapeutic needs of bisexuals at every stage of the life cycle. This volume explores why some people resist identity labels and what bisexual men and women consider exemplary and harmful in their therapeutic experiences. It also helps practitioners distinguish between the stresses brought on by being part of a sexual minority and the clinical symptoms that indicate serious mental health issues. It includes research on ethnic minority bisexuals, youth, elders, gender-variant individuals, and bisexuals engaging in alternative lifestyles and sexual practices such as polyamory and BDSM.Edited by a psychologist who specializes in sexual-orientation and gender-identity issues and with contributions from scholars and professionals from multiple disciplines, the book embraces perspectives from the empirical to the phenomenological, and outlines both scientific and practice-based approaches to the subject while carefully considering the psychological, cultural, and spiritual dimensions of the issues confronting bisexual men and women. Becoming Visible is a crucial step in the improved mental health and well-being of bisexuals, transgender individuals, and other sexual minorities. This book offers a path toward awareness and compassion for those who seek to understand, treat, and empower this underserved and frequently misunderstood group of mental health clients.
Foreword Beverly Greene xiPreface: Embracing the Revolution xiiiAcknowledgments xvIntroduction: Becoming Visible xviiCritical Issues in Counseling Bisexual ClientsThe Construction and Reconstruction of Bisexuality; Inventing and Reinventing the Self Paula C. Rodriguez Rust 3A Review of Mental Health Research on Bisexual Individuals When Compared to Homosexual and Heterosexual Individuals Brian Dodge Theo G. M. Sandfort 28Bisexual Women's and Men's Experiences of Psychotherapy Emily Page 52What's in a Name? Why Women Embrace or Resist Bisexual Identity Robyn Ochs 72Counseling Bisexual Women and Men Across the LifespanDevelopmental and Spiritual Issues of Young People and Bisexuals of the Next Generation Luke Entrup Beth A. Firestein 89Counseling the Bisexual Married Man Greg Carlsson 108Cultural and Relational Contexts of Bisexual Women: Implications for Therapy Beth A. Firestein 127Bisexuality and Broken Relationships: Working with Intimate Partner Violence Sharon G. Horne Shana V. Hamilton 153Bisexual Inclusion in Addressing Issues of GLBT Aging: Therapy with Older Bisexual Women andMen Bobbi Keppel Beth A. Firestein 164Disability and Bisexuality: Confronting Ableism at the Intersection of Gender and Queer Desire Stacey L. Coffman 186Counseling Ethnic Minority and Gender-Variant Bisexual ClientsAddressing Social Invalidation to Promote Well-Being for Multiracial Bisexuals of African Descent Raymond L. Scott 207Counseling at the Intersection of Identities: Asian/Pacific American Bisexuals James Fuji Collins 229Counseling Bisexual Latinos: A Minority Within a Minority Luigi Ferrer L. Angelo Jurgen Gomez 246Transgender Identities and Bisexual Expression: Implications for Counselors Dallas Denny 268Identity and Lifestyle Diversity Among Bisexual Women and MenQueer Identities and Bisexual Identities: What's the Difference? Evalie Horner 287Gender Expression in Bisexual Women: Therapeutic Issues and Considerations Heidi M. Levitt Sara K. Bridges 297Counseling Bisexuals in Polyamorous Relationships Geri Weitzman 312Playing with Sacred Fire: Building Erotic Communities Loraine Hutchins 336Counseling Bisexuals on BDSM Lifestyle Issues William A. Henkin 358Future TrendsTraining Counselors to Work Ethically and Effectively with Bisexual Clients Tania Israel 381Counseling Heterosexual Spouses of Bisexual or Transgender Partners Amity Pierce Buxton 395Index 417
