Reclaiming the Authentic Self: Dynamic Psychotherapy with Gay Men

by Carlton Cornett

Book Overview

American culture is overwhelmingly heterosexual, filled with the symbolism, rites of passage, and rituals that affirm and strengthen heterosexual identity. Homosexuality is scorned, disparaged, and treated with contempt in myriad subtle and obvious ways. The homosexual boy who becomes the homosexual man is bombarded by assaults on his identity and self-esteem. In this milieu of rejection, the homosexual man cannot help but internalize some self-hatred...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1568213956
• ISBN13: 9781568213958
• Release Date: July 1977
• Publisher: Jason Aronson
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.7" x 8.3"