Becoming Gay
The Journey to Self-Acceptance
Published on 17. November 2010
208 pages
978-0-307-77282-4 (ISBN)
Description
Now revised and updated for the 21st-century, Becoming Gay is the classic guide on how to accept one's homosexuality. By exploring the psychological development of gay men through personal case histories—including his own—Dr. Isay shows how disguising one's sexual identity can induce anxiety, depression, and low self-esteem. Individual chapters tackle acceptance in any stage or circumstance of life, whether it be adolescence, married-with-children, retirement age, or living with HIV and AIDS. Dr. Isay's insights provide invaluable support to gay men and will enliven families, friends, and therapists who want to better understand the process of coming out and help their loved ones or patients to embrace a positive gay identity.
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05/2009
Random House Inc
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Dr. Richard Isay is a professor of psychiatry at Weill Cornell Medical College and the Payne Whitney Psychiatric Clinic and a faculty member of the Columbia University Center for Psychoanalytic Training and Research. He was instrumental in getting the American Psychoanalytic Association to adopt a non-discrimination policy for the training of candidates.
Content
- Intro
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Preface
- Introduction: Being Homosexual and Becoming Gay
- Chapter 1 - Becoming Gay: A Personal Odyssey
- Chapter 2 - The Gay Therapist
- Chapter 3 - The Homosexual Adolescent
- Chapter 4 - The Dilemma of Heterosexually Married Homosexual Men
- Chapter 5 - Developing a Positive Gay Identity with HIV or AIDS
- Chapter 6 - Becoming Gay as an Older Homosexual Man
- Chapter 7 - Opposing Institutional Bias: Anti-Gay Discrimination in Psychoanalysis
- Notes
- About the Author
- Other Books by This Author
- Books By Richard A. Isay
