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Couples Connecting: An On-Line Column for and About LGBT Couples

by Bruce Koff | Jan 2, 2018 | Uncategorized

Even with the benefits of legal marriage in some states, LGBT couples face unique challenges. In spite of these, and sometimes in response to them, many such couples develop principles and strategies that sustain their relationships and help them to thrive. In order...

Families in Flux: A Therapist’s Perspective On Gay and Lesbian Couples and Families

by Bruce Koff | Jan 30, 2016 | Articles

This is a transcript of an address delivered on November 11, 2005 at the annual conference of the Family Institute of Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois. I am delighted to be here and am very grateful to the Family Institute for incorporating into this...

Something To Tell You: The Road Families Travel When A Child Is Gay

by Bruce Koff | Jan 25, 2016 | Articles

Even now, at the end of the twentieth century, many still have difficulty standing up and saying, “I am the parent of a gay child.” Something to Tell You recounts the stories of families whose lives have been touched by the discovery that a child is...

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