Loren A. Olsen
Auteur van Finally Out: Letting Go of Living Straight, A Psychiatrist's Own Story
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Loren A. Olson, MD, is a board-certified psychiatrist who came out at the age of forty. A father and grandfather; he is also a Distinguished Life Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association and a recipient of the Exemplary Psychiatrist Award from the National Alliance on Mental Illness. He has toon meer presented findings from his research on mature gay men at the World Congress of Psychiatry in Prague. In 2009, Dr. Olson legally married Doug Mortimer, his partner of thirty years. toon minder
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Of particular note was that Dr. Olson again and again points out the recurring nature of doubt, confusion and depression that faces gay people. Some people get stuck in one part of this journey or another; others end up using various coping mechanisms that hinder their ability to grow. Because many of these are so clearly outlined in this book, I find it a useful guide to the family and friends of those coming out as much as for adults coming to terms with their own sexuality. I have especially recommended this work to family and friends who are from a more conservative background or from an older generation.
And yet, oddly, I think the audience that can be most helped by this book is younger gay and lesbian people who can have some understanding and sympathy at previous generations and the added struggles they have had in this regard.… (meer)