Lesbian Parenting: Facts and Fantasies

January 11, 2014 | San Francisco, CA

Presented by the Northern California Chapter
Program

Co-Chairs: Velia Frost, LCSW & Rita Karuna Cahn, LCSW
Program: 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Home Office of Gabie Berliner, PhD, LCSW
120 Commonwealth Ave., San Francisco, CA 94118 [ Map ]
Tel: 415-751-3766 | Seating is limited. RSVP to: ritakaruna@mac.com

Dr. Linder observes that, “intentional lesbian parenting is a relatively recent socio-cultural phenomenon. Here in the San Francisco Bay Area we have one of the largest lesbian parenting communities in the country, and in fact, in the world.” She will present research findings from her Sanville Institute doctoral dissertation, “Lesbian Non-biological Mothers/Parents During the Transition to Parenthood,” and she will share fantasies of lesbian mothers and parents from her interviews and clinical work. Her presentation will address relationship satisfaction, division of labor, gender dynamics, sex, and point to contrasts with opposite sex parenting couples. The transition to parenthood and the role of the non-biological mother/parent will be emphasized. As always, we welcome your observations and countertransference experiences from your own clinical work.

Janet Linder, PhD, LCSW is in private practice in San Francisco and Berkeley for nearly three decades. She is on the faculties of the Women's Therapy Center and The Psychotherapy Institute, Berkeley. She leads a weekly supervision group for new therapists, and specializes in working with trauma, addiction, gender, parenting, and couples. She received her PhD from the Sanville Institute.