by Jeff Levy | Jan 29, 2016 | Articles
Reprinted from In The Family Magazine, Volume 7, Number 2, Fall 2002, pp. 8-11. “You don’t need any special training to work with gays and lesbians, but it is essential to be ‘gay friendly’.” So read the August, 2001 issue of...
by Jeff Levy | Jan 28, 2016 | Articles
Reprinted from In The Family Magazine, July 1998, pp. 22-24. Celia was referred to me by a colleague who was treating her grown daughter, Janie, a survivor of incest by her older brother. The family had been living with this secret for almost 30 years, never having...
by Jeff Levy | Jan 27, 2016 | Articles
Reprinted from Positively Aware, September/October, pp. 40-42. HIV: Either of two retroviruses that invent and destroy helper T cells of the immune system causing the marked reduction in their numbers that is diagnostic of AIDS-called also AIDS virus, human...
by Jeff Levy | Jan 27, 2016 | Articles
Reprinted from Positively Aware, March/April 2008, pp. 40-43. I’m here because my doctor referred me to you,” Michael* said quietly, haltingly, and with his eyes on the floor. “He said I should be in your group.” Since I facilitated a number of...
by Jeff Levy | Jan 26, 2016 | Articles
How We Can Hurt and Be Hurt and Never Know It Reprinted from Positively Aware. WITH ADVANCES in HIV medications, the U.S. Supreme Court’s overturning (in part) the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), and the expanding diversity of people living in this country, it is easy...
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...
by Enid Vazquez | Jan 24, 2016 | Articles
Reprinted from Positively Aware Magazine, June/July 2005 Studies from around the world, with both men and women, have found that sexual abuse leads to a greater risk of getting HIV. Researchers and therapists say this happens for a number of reasons. For example,...
by Jeff Levy | Jan 23, 2016 | Articles
Reprinted from In The Family Magazine, Volume 10, Number 4, Spring 2005, pp. 6-8. When we talk about homophobia and heterosexism in this country, we frequently think of how it manifests in the socio-political arena. Those words conjure images of self-righteous...
by Jeff Levy | Jan 22, 2016 | Articles
Reprinted from Illinois Parks and Recreation, January/February 1989, pp. 20-21. Residential treatment for disturbed and/or delinquent youth is an often forgotten setting for therapeutic recreation service delivery. These residential treatment agencies, located...
by Jeff Levy | Jan 21, 2016 | Articles
Reprinted from the Illinois Society for Clinical Social Work Newsletter, Summer 2008, pp.12-15. Preface to the Article (excerpt from ISCSW Newsletter) In November 2006, Jeff Levy presented a Sunday Morning Seminar for the Illinois Society of Clinical Social Work...
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