LGBTQ+ Psychoanalysts as Parents
Living Outside the Box
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7982811 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Susan McNamara (0009-0006-4543-4410, corresponding author), Don Spivak, Cary Friedman, Sidney H Phillips, Sheelagh Phillips, Susan Donner |
| Year | 2025 |
| Volume | 45 |
| Issue | 10 |
| Pages | 864-879 |
| Publication date | 2025-11-26 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Psychoanalytic Inquiry (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0735-1690 • E-ISSN: 1940-9133 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/07351690.2025.2548175 |
| OpenAlex | W4414062961 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 21 |
What is it like being an LGBTQ+ parent? In June 2017, the American Psychoanalytic Association Committee on Gender and Sexuality sponsored a discussion group in the format of a round table that primarily included LGBTQ+ psychoanalysts speaking on the joys and challenges of parenting in a heteronormative world. (The + is used metaphorically to capture all the identities that fall outside traditional gender norms.) The goal of the discussion group was to describe the impact of all types of family relationships on child development and demonstrate how to foster a social environment in which all children and their families are valued, experience support and recognition, and in which discrimination and prejudice have no place. We are pleased to finally publish this updated paper, which is dedicated to the memory of Don Spivak, whose commitment to the welfare of children is dearly missed
Psychoanalytic theory · Unconscious mind · Attachment and Relationship Dynamics · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development · Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications
The Reproduction of Mothering
The Second Individuation Process of Adolescence
The Self and the Object World
Mother—infant interaction structures and presymbolic self‐ and object representations
Ghosts in the Nursery
On Human Symbiosis and the Vicissitudes of Individuation
The transmission of maternal disturbance to the infant
Aggression in the Service of Separation-Individuation
Rapprochement Subphase of the Separation-Individuation Process
Internalized Homophobia in Men
Chaotic possibilities
Rethinking Homosexuality
Oedipus or Orestes? Homosexual Men, Their Mothers, and Other Women Revisited
Separation-Individuation Phenomena in Adulthood
Parenthood As A Developmental Phase
Replacement Children
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2026 - 2026 (1) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |