Out of The Closet Support for The Straight Spouse

Roughly two million lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) individuals in the United States have married someone of the opposite sex.  When these partners come out of the closet, one third of these relationships break up right away, a third stay together for a year and then separate, and another third commit to making it work - although three years later, only half of this last group of relationships are still intact. Our guest Amity Buxton. Ph.D. http://www.straightspouse.org/home.php , discusses the grieving and healing process the straight spouse experiences upon learning of this revelation.  To read more about this topic, Deborah writes about it in more.ca.

Topics include:

• When a spouse comes out how it impacts the family
• The six stages of recovery
• Children’s reaction to a their parents disclosure
• Understanding the healing journey

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