The fruit of years of training, research and counseling experience, Janelle Hallman has drawn together a comprehensive resource for those who are interested in understanding and counseling women in conflict with same-sex attraction.
Acknowledgments 9Prologue 11The Building Blocks: Understanding Their Stories 15The Women and Their Right to Choose 17The Therapist and Professional Competency 36Missing a "Home": Attachment and Self 50Lost in Confusion: Gender Nonconformity and Socialization 73Looking for Home: Depending on You for Me 98The Work of Restoration: Leading Them Home 115Securing the Foundation: Acceptance and Attunement 117Rebuilding on a Corrective Relationship: Trust and Empathy 138Four Basic Blueprints: Understanding the Various Profiles 158Discovering Her Own Home: Opening Doors to Healthy Intimacy 181Leaving the Home of Another: Dealing with Same-Sex Attractions 206Forgotten Rooms: Transference and Countertransference 232Finding the Feminine Within 258Venturing Out: The World of Men and Closure 280Epilogue 293Group Therapy 295Male Therapists 301References 304