Abstract

There are multiple decisions and necessary conversations that are a crucial part of psychodynamic clinical practice between lesbian clients and lesbian therapists. These necessary conversations, which can make or break effective psychotherapy, include approach and timing of therapist disclosure of sexual orientation; boundary concerns; feelings which arise as the result of contact between therapist and client in lesbian social space; transference feelings; wishes for future friendship or lover relationship with the therapist; as well as conversations about these conversations. Necessary conversations also include those internal dialogues within the therapist so as to contain feelings and monitor behaviors when over identification with lesbian client occurs.

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