2005
DOI: 10.1080/14034950510033336
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Speaking vulnerable issues into existence: Their consequences for psychotherapy

Abstract: Background: Healthcare has traditionally been dominated by norms making the sexual orientation of clients invisible. Aim: To explore processes counteracting or promoting invisibility. Method: A single case study based on notes from psychotherapy and a research interview. Results: The client's story can be understood in terms of pathology but also in terms of finding her lesbian lifestyle. A special focus is required for transcending heterosexuality and for realizing the meaning of being a lesbian in everyday l… Show more

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“…The intermediate group of bisexuality further adds to the conceptual confusion [12]. Besides, for some women, sexuality is fluid with different orientations at different times in her life, and navigation between different positions occurs within a life span [35]. How then, can lesbianism be singled out as the commonality within the study group, distinguishing it from the population at large?…”
Section: Conceptual Indistinctnessmentioning
confidence: 97%
“…The intermediate group of bisexuality further adds to the conceptual confusion [12]. Besides, for some women, sexuality is fluid with different orientations at different times in her life, and navigation between different positions occurs within a life span [35]. How then, can lesbianism be singled out as the commonality within the study group, distinguishing it from the population at large?…”
Section: Conceptual Indistinctnessmentioning
confidence: 97%
“…Tidligere studier har vist sammenheng mellom en trygg lesbisk identitet, sosialt nettverk og positiv helse (27)(28)(29)(30). Deltakere MEDISIN OG VITENSKAP Originalartikkel i vår studie fortalte om helseplager som forsvant etter hvert som de utviklet trygghet i sin seksuelle orientering.…”
Section: Helse Er Mer Enn Fravaer Av Sykdomunclassified
“…If misconceptions of this sort narrow the therapeutic space, little room is left for clients to voice their worries with professional helpers. Clients are often silenced in this way in situations where helpers are unaware of how they are influenced by hegemonic norms and of the power they possess in these encounters (Ohnstad, 2005). Identity understood as "storying" is also related to the story of our life in the past, the present and the future.…”
Section: What Is Identity?mentioning
confidence: 99%