Counseling our own : lesbian/gay subculture meets the mental health system /
This is the first and only book existing on the lesbian/gay counseling service, mental health movement in the United States. It covers how gay counseling services arose from the lesbian/gay subculture and gay movement, why they were needed, their history, organization, philosophy, staff, clients, an...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Seattle, Washington :
Consultant Services Northwest,
[1986]
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| Summary: | This is the first and only book existing on the lesbian/gay counseling service, mental health movement in the United States. It covers how gay counseling services arose from the lesbian/gay subculture and gay movement, why they were needed, their history, organization, philosophy, staff, clients, and relationship with their lesbian/gay communities and the established mental health system. It provides recommendations and advocates measures the on-gay mental health professionals and agencies. It chronicles lesbian/gay history and the struggle for positive mental health services in a context of cultural homophobia and labeling gays as mentally ill. |
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| Item Description: | The Cushing Library/Women & Gender Studies copy was acquired as part of The Don Kelly Research Collection of Gay Literature and Culture. |
| Physical Description: | vii, 232 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm Also issued online. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-232). |
| ISBN: | 096172160X 9780961721602 |