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About Just out. (Portland, OR) 1983-2013 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 21, 2001)
21.2001 | * | | 2 äs» T M I mM I SU CM? Ü** New Years Ere Bash! Got the ho-ho-hums? The holidays can be especially stressful for gay and lesbian families. Help is available from a variety of sources this season—and beyond. R in g in 2 0 0 2 a t P o r tla n d ’s N ew est, C lassiest, H ottest & Biggest ALL WOMEN’S MONTHLY NIGHT SPOT!!! THIS HOLIDAY SEASON, W HY NOT GIVE THE GIFT OF SM UT? by O r ia n a G reen <@ > The Male Nude Now. Artful yet torrid erotica by 114 photographers and artists. $40. < © ) 2002 Calendars: Colt Men. $15.95. Real Naked Marines. $14.95. Naked Youth. $13. < © Bidgood. Lush male photos by 60s film maker. 5-star camp! Reg $40. Sale $19.99. DOWNTOWN @ 9 2 7 SW OAK • 2 2 6 -8 1 4 1 F r e e H o r s d ’O e u v r e s Door Prizes, Hot Music, Full Bar & Hundreds of W a ll- t o - W a ll W o m e n ! $10 Advanced /$14 At the Door Get tix early before they sell out! We haven’t had a class act party like this in years! Arrive early to ensure entry. 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Factor in the ples and case studies, making this an accessi prospect of finding ways to work yourself ble book for a general audience. into a holiday mood, and lots of us are suc cumbing to full-blown, kick-the-cat, Portland lesbian therapist, now with two drown-in-mac ’n ’ cheese depression. books to her credit, has a unique approach. Now for the good news: Help is out Marilyn Sorensen, Ph.D., specializes in there— both low-tech and high-tech. One treating low self-esteem. of the easiest things to do is Swimming against the read a book. A c u ti» TU tide of the one and only offi QSJE6R- A rFUíMAÍlVB PSVOtÓTKntU»Y If you’re considering thera cial diagnostic manual, she j;r: v py, a good place to start is It’s believes low self-esteem is a Your Hour: A Guide to Queer- diagnosis all by itself, not just Affirmative Psychotherapy by a symptom or side effect of Michael Bettinger, Ph.D. He something else—depression, starts out with this point: “It’s for example. Because low not easy being queer, being part self-esteem is not yet recog of one of the few groups that nized as a diagnosis, insur large parts of our society feel it ance companies won’t pay for is acceptable to legally and treatment. socially discriminate against.” Even if your therapist He says that we have unique manages to get around that issues and that if we are substan with another diagnosis, man tially bothered or hindered by aged care policies often limit M IC H A E L B E T T IN G E R FH .D ., MKT them, psychotherapy can help. the number of visits to Bettinger believes the basic iden between 10 and 20 a year. tity issue for gay men is that society often And that, Sorensen says, probably isn’t views them as fools throwing away their enough to deal with such a deep-seated birthright to heterosexual male dominance. issue—especially one that can erode every Lesbians, he notes, have a double problem, area of your life. because society devalues them first as women She suggests patients think of long-term and again as lesbians. The author also men therapy as they would any other major pur tions the paucity of positive role models for chase: an investment that will pay long-term either gender. benefits. But if that kind of financial commit Of course, given that there are still thera ment just isn’t possible and you are wondering pists out there who were taught homosexuality whether low self-esteem is part of your pic is a disease, choosing the right one is para ture, you always could start with her first mount. Bettinger has been practicing in San book, Breaking the Chain of Low Self-Esteem. Francisco for 20 years, working primarily with Her follow-up, published this year, is Low people who are gay, lesbian, bi or trans, so he Self-Esteem: Misunderstood & Misdiagnosed, seems well qualified to advise readers on the which makes her case for changing the diag ups and downs of therapy. nostic manual as well as the thinking of an His guide includes 20 pages of resources entire profession. 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