title: Psychotherapists' approaches to gay and lesbian patients/clients: A qualitative study.
abstract: We used qualitative research methods to examine the core issues relating to the approaches of psychodynamic and psychoanalytic psychotherapists to gay and lesbian patients and clients. The paper begins with a review of the psychoanalytic approaches to gay and lesbian sexuality and continues with material of a clinical nature, providing information about the experience of lesbians and gay men in psychotherapy. It also explores the attitudes of therapists towards gay and lesbian sexuality by discussing a range of psychoanalytic theories and their application to clinical work with patients and clients.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Sciences, Royal Free and University College Medical School, UK.
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Phillips
authors.forename: Annie
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bartlett
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: King