Next to a person who discovers within himself or herself that he or she is gay, lesbian, bisexual, or has a gender identity that society often still considers as divergent, there is always a family that is involved in this discovery, sometimes in a less gradual way. Even when this important family transition takes place without drama, when faced with the coming out of sons and daughters, parents can go through a paralyzing fatigue: certainties waver, the mind becomes crowded with doubts, fears, questions, even unexpected prejudices. Love alone is sometimes not enough to restore balance in the family and positively change perspective. The author, a psychologist-psychotherapist, with the collaboration of the AGedO association of Turin, composes in this text a reasoned vademecum to help parents and families navigate this new situation, find clear information and concrete answers to the most frequently asked questions on the topics of affective, sexual orientations and gender identity. (Source IBS.co.uk)
Turin-based psychologist psychotherapist and writer
