Sarah F Pearlman
Biographic Data
| ID | 8995312 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Sarah F Pearlman |
| GIVEN NAMES | Sarah F |
| FAMILY NAME | Pearlman |
| SIGNATURE | PEARLMAN S F |
| AFFILIATIONS | associate professor in the Doctoral Program in Clinical Psychology at the University of Hartford and a private practitioner. She was a contributing editor and author for Lesbian Psychologies: Explorations and Challenges and has also published in the Journal of Feminist Family Therapy and the Journal of Lesbian Studies. |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 19 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 8 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1989 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2007 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
From Feminist Bookstore to Lesbian Cyberspace
Terms of Connection
This article is based on a qualitative study of 18 mothers who learned that their daughters identified as transgender. The interviews reveal a process of reconciliation that included themes of initial devastation, daughter-loss, and recollections of early gender-variant behaviors. Turning points such as adjustment to a male presentation and a perceptual-cognitive shift enabled mothers to view their daughters as male and begin to respond to them a…
When Mothers Learn a Daughter Is a Lesbian
This manuscript is based on in-depth interviews of 3 groups of mothers who learned that their daughters were lesbian. The first group consisted of 10 mothers interviewed in 1990. A second group of 16 mothers were interviewed in 2000-2001. The third group, also interviewed in 2000-2001, consisted of 14 mothers whose daughters initially disclosed as lesbians, but later identified as transgender. Conducted 10 to 11 years apart, these studies offer a…
Loving Across Race and Class Divides
Similar to their heterosexual counterparts, lesbians are increasingly meeting and falling in love with women very different than themselves -- differences which include race and class and thus, cultural background. Yet, there are distinct challenges which confront the interracial lesbian couple such as homophobia, racism, and limited social support from family and friends as illustrated through the narratives of two composite couples. A race, cla…
Lesbian Clients/Lesbian Therapist
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…
Late Mid-Life Astonishment
This paper describes and explores a developmental transition called "late mid-life astonishment." This transition of passage most typically begins between the ages of 50 and 60, is marked by a sudden awareness of the acceleration and stigmatization of aging, and characterized by feelings of amazement and despair at the multiple losses and changes brought about or occuring simultaneously with increase of age. This transition then is a developmenta…
Heterosexual Mothers/Lesbian Daughters
This article is based on an interview study of ten Caucasian mothers who, following disclosure of a daughter's lesbianism, ultimately engaged in some activity supportive of parental acceptance and/or the gay civil rights movement. Findings showed that similar to their lesbian daughters, these mothers had assimilated the behaviors and coping skills of an oppressed and stigmatized group, and thus shared similar experiences as part of their acceptan…
Distancing and Connectedness
No abstract available for this article
Distancing and Connectedness
No abstract available for this article
When Mothers Learn a Daughter Is a Lesbian
This manuscript is based on in-depth interviews of 3 groups of mothers who learned that their daughters were lesbian. The first group consisted of 10 mothers interviewed in 1990. A second group of 16 mothers were interviewed in 2000-2001. The third group, also interviewed in 2000-2001, consisted of 14 mothers whose daughters initially disclosed as lesbians, but later identified as transgender. Conducted 10 to 11 years apart, these studies offer a…
Late Mid-Life Astonishment
This paper describes and explores a developmental transition called "late mid-life astonishment." This transition of passage most typically begins between the ages of 50 and 60, is marked by a sudden awareness of the acceleration and stigmatization of aging, and characterized by feelings of amazement and despair at the multiple losses and changes brought about or occuring simultaneously with increase of age. This transition then is a developmenta…
Lesbian Clients/Lesbian Therapist
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…
Heterosexual Mothers/Lesbian Daughters
This article is based on an interview study of ten Caucasian mothers who, following disclosure of a daughter's lesbianism, ultimately engaged in some activity supportive of parental acceptance and/or the gay civil rights movement. Findings showed that similar to their lesbian daughters, these mothers had assimilated the behaviors and coping skills of an oppressed and stigmatized group, and thus shared similar experiences as part of their acceptan…
Distancing and Connectedness
No abstract available for this article
Heterosexual Mothers/Lesbian Daughters
This article is based on an interview study of ten Caucasian mothers who, following disclosure of a daughter's lesbianism, ultimately engaged in some activity supportive of parental acceptance and/or the gay civil rights movement. Findings showed that similar to their lesbian daughters, these mothers had assimilated the behaviors and coping skills of an oppressed and stigmatized group, and thus shared similar experiences as part of their acceptan…
Late Mid-Life Astonishment
This paper describes and explores a developmental transition called "late mid-life astonishment." This transition of passage most typically begins between the ages of 50 and 60, is marked by a sudden awareness of the acceleration and stigmatization of aging, and characterized by feelings of amazement and despair at the multiple losses and changes brought about or occuring simultaneously with increase of age. This transition then is a developmenta…
Loving Across Race and Class Divides
Similar to their heterosexual counterparts, lesbians are increasingly meeting and falling in love with women very different than themselves -- differences which include race and class and thus, cultural background. Yet, there are distinct challenges which confront the interracial lesbian couple such as homophobia, racism, and limited social support from family and friends as illustrated through the narratives of two composite couples. A race, cla…
Lesbian Clients/Lesbian Therapist
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…
When Mothers Learn a Daughter Is a Lesbian
This manuscript is based on in-depth interviews of 3 groups of mothers who learned that their daughters were lesbian. The first group consisted of 10 mothers interviewed in 1990. A second group of 16 mothers were interviewed in 2000-2001. The third group, also interviewed in 2000-2001, consisted of 14 mothers whose daughters initially disclosed as lesbians, but later identified as transgender. Conducted 10 to 11 years apart, these studies offer a…
Terms of Connection
This article is based on a qualitative study of 18 mothers who learned that their daughters identified as transgender. The interviews reveal a process of reconciliation that included themes of initial devastation, daughter-loss, and recollections of early gender-variant behaviors. Turning points such as adjustment to a male presentation and a perceptual-cognitive shift enabled mothers to view their daughters as male and begin to respond to them a…
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