Courses 6E – Dating in Today’s World – Same Sex relationships

NOTE: I created this course from my same-sex clients advising there are different scenarios from opposite sex relationships when it comes to dating and relationships.  I am so grateful to my client’s for their input and advice in relation to building this course. Here goes:

Being in a same-sex relationship can be wonderful, loving, exciting and deeply fulfilling.

But relationships do not exist in isolation.

Partners may also navigate questions around:

• coming out
• family acceptance
• social acceptance
• different levels of openness
• identity
• previous relationships
• internalised shame
• stereotypes
• gender expectations
• sexual identity
• intimacy
• friendships and chosen family
• parenting
• marriage
• finances
• public affection
• discrimination
• boundaries with family
• online dating
• safety
• previous relationship trauma.

None of these experiences automatically make a same-sex relationship unhealthy.

However, they can create additional conversations that couples may need to have.

This course helps couples develop the skills to build a relationship based on:

Love rather than fear.
Equality rather than power.
Communication rather than assumptions.
Respect rather than control.
Authenticity rather than pretending.
Partnership rather than competition.