Counseling LGBTQ Couples and Partners

Filmore, Joel M.; Baretto, David; Ysasi, Noel A.

doi:10.1891/9780826171825.0064

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“…Family of Origin and Social Support. SM couples face more obstacles than couples with two heterosexual partners in forming cohesive support systems (Filmore et al, 2016) and report comparatively less support from family but more from friends (Kurdek, 2005). Decreased social support is associated with decrements in SM couple satisfaction, commitment, well-being, and levels of overall stress (e.g., Kertzner et al, 2009).…”

Section: Environmental-level Sm Stressmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The lack of normative templates may be perceived by couples as freeing, allowing them to develop their own division of and preferences for tasks within their relationship detached from traditional gendered scripts (Kurdek, 2005). As a result, same-sex couples often develop a more egalitarian sharing of household tasks than different-sex couples (Filmore et al, 2016). However, navigating a couple relationship without clear role models can also be confusing or frustrating given that the couple must negotiate roles more effortfully (Addison & Coolhart, 2015).…”

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A clinical framework for sexual minority couple therapy.

Baucom¹

2022

Couple and Family Psychology: Research and Practice

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Sexual minority (SM) couples share similar predictors of relationship distress and dissolution with couples with two heterosexual partners, highlighting a need for quality couple therapy. Though many SM couples desire culturally tailored couple care and most couple and family therapists have worked with SM clients, most therapists report feeling underprepared to deliver tailored couple therapy that best meets SM couples' needs. Effective, evidence-based couple therapies exist to treat relationship distress, yet these treatments have been overwhelmingly developed for and studied with mixed-gender, heterosexual couples. Consequently, most couple therapists are left tailoring therapy for SM couples ad hoc, without a guiding framework. This article offers a clinical framework to guide the systematic tailoring of evidence-based couple therapy for SM couples, specifically encouraging couple therapists to attend to (a) universal factors relevant to all couples' relationship functioning, (b) SM-specific factors impacting couple functioning including differentiating between the environmental-level origin of SM stress and its multilevel impact on couple well-being, and (c) within-group diversity and meaningful subgroups of SM couples to ensure we do not view SM couples as monolithic. We highlight key nonspecific/common factors that underlie SM-affirming couple therapy. Finally, we discuss the couples field's progress in offering tailored SM couple care and consider broader clinical implications of this framework in expanding the reach of evidence-based couple therapy to historically underserved groups.

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Section: Environmental-level Sm Stressmentioning

confidence: 99%

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A clinical framework for sexual minority couple therapy.

Baucom¹

2022

Couple and Family Psychology: Research and Practice

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“…Family of Origin and Social Support. Same-sex couples face more obstacles than different-sex couples in forming cohesive support systems (Buzzella, Whitton, & Scott, 2015;Filmore, Baretto, & Ysasi, 2016). Decreased social support is associated with decrements in same-sex couple satisfaction, commitment, well-being, and levels of overall stress (Kertzner, Meyer, Frost, & Stirratt, 2009;Porche & Purvin, 2008;Szymanski & Owens, 2009).…”

Section: Environmental-level Sexual Minority Stressmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Regarding gender roles, the lack of normative templates may be perceived by couples as freeing, allowing them to develop their own identity and preferences for tasks within their relationship detached from traditional gendered scripts (Kurdek, 2005). As a result, same-sex couples often develop a more egalitarian split of household tasks than different-sex couples (Filmore et al, 2016). Navigating a romantic relationship without clear role models can also be confusing or frustrating given that the couple must negotiate roles more effortfully (Addison & Coolhart, 2015).…”

Section: Couple-level Sexual Minority Stressmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Internalized Homonegativity. Over time, SM individuals may internalize messages from society that one's orientation is inherently bad or sinful or that they are a globally bad person due to their sexual orientation (Filmore et al, 2016). Internalized homonegativity may contribute to significant relationship distress if it underlies core beliefs about the value, acceptability, or possibility of one's relationship.…”

Section: Individual-level Sexual Minority Stressmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Cognitive‐behavioral couple therapy for same‐sex female couples: A pilot study

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Despite comparable levels of relationship satisfaction and intimacy, same-sex couples break up faster and more often than different-sex couples highlighting a need for quality couple therapy. Research suggests that culturally tailored services are desired by same-sex couples and may be more effective and better received. Although efficacious couple therapies exist to treat relationship distress, they have been overwhelmingly studied with different-sex couples. Sexual minority (SM) affirming couple therapies have not been systematically developed or evaluated. The current study involved developing and pilot testing a tailored couple therapy for distressed same-sex female couples. This treatment integrates the empirically-supported cognitive-behavioral couple therapy framework and SM stress model. Doctoral student therapists delivered the treatment in an open-trial format to a pilot sample of 11 same-sex female couples experiencing relationship distress and SM stress. Treatment was delivered with high adherence to the treatment manual. Participants reported high treatment satisfaction. As hypothesized, participants experienced significant decreases in relationship distress and improvements in couple coping with SM stress from pre-to post-treatment. The small sample size and floor effects precluded clear conclusions regarding anticipated improvements in individual mental health. Participants experienced comparable or stronger improvements in relationship functioning compared to couples in a similar benchmark study. Given this

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Contemporary Adlerian Family Counseling

Devlin,

Birkey,

Smith

2023

The Family Journal

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The following theoretical article presents a contemporary Adlerian Family Counseling model, which describes the salient elements of Adlerian Family Counseling as well as its implications for marriage, family, and couple counselors. The authors of the article cover areas of Adlerian Family Counseling and its integration into family systems. Specifically, the article represents contemporary Adlerian Counseling and its application to family systems as well as working with diverse family and couples’ contemporary issues. Lastly, the article pays special attention to working with cultural and LGBTQIA + areas of marriage, family, and relational counseling.

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Counseling LGBTQ Couples and Partners

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A clinical framework for sexual minority couple therapy.

A clinical framework for sexual minority couple therapy.

Cognitive‐behavioral couple therapy for same‐sex female couples: A pilot study

Contemporary Adlerian Family Counseling

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