Handbook of LGBT-Affirmative Couple and Family Therapy

“Students, beginners, and seasoned professionals will benefit from the wisdom of established leaders in the field as well as the innovative ideas of newcomers represented in this volume.” – Michael C. LaSala, PhD, LCSW, Director, MSW Program and Associate Professor, School of Social Work, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, USA

“This landmark work reaches out to the very edge of theory, practice, and current social and political reality concerning the LGBTQ community. For any therapist working in this multifaceted population, it is a necessary read―to become informed, to situate oneself, and to deepen the consideration of how therapy might be most effective.” – Jane Ariel, PhD, Professor, Wright Institute, Berkeley, California, USA

Jerry J. Bigner, PhD, was Professor Emeritus in the Department of Human Development and Family Studies at Colorado State University, and was the editor of the Journal of GLBT Family Studies. He has had over 50 research publications and 20 chapters in texts relating to parent-child relations as well as gay and lesbian family issues.

Joseph L. Wetchler, PhD, is Professor and Director of the Marriage and Family Therapy Program at Purdue University Calumet, Hammond, Indiana. He served as Editor of the Journal of Couple and Relationship Therapy from 1999 through 2008, and is an Associate Editor for the Journal of GLBT Family Studies. Dr. Wetchler is a licensed marriage and family therapist in Indiana.