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How to handle professional invalidation of sexual identity

I am finally comfortable being gay but my therapist keeps suggesting that my sexuality might be trauma response from childhood abuse.

Juana
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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Therapeutic relationships become harmful when they pathologize rather than support authentic self-understanding.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Gay and lesbian identity across cultures?”

If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.