LGBTQ+ Intimate Partner Violence

Susan Holt, PsyD, LMFT, CCDVC has been a long-standing leader in the field of LGBTQ+ intimate partner violence. She founded the Los Angeles LGBT Center’s Stop Violence Program, serves as its director and was instrumental in the development of the Center’s National Institute on LGBTQ Intimate Partner Violence. Amir K. Ahuja, MD, is the director of psychiatry at the Los Angeles LGBT Center, President of AGLP: The Association of LGBTQ+ Psychiatrists, and president of the American Psychiatric Association LGBTQ Caucus. He also has a private practice in Beverly Hills, CA, USA.

Foreword: A Conversation with Greg Louganis 1. Introduction and Terminology 2. Intimate Partner Violence Defined 3. Myths, Misconceptions, Facts, and Statistics 4. Historical Perspectives 5. Overview of the LGBTQ+ Community 6. Oppression of the LGBTQ+ Community 7. Psychology and the LGBTQ+ Population 8. LGBTQ+ Domestic/Intimate Partner Violence 9. Intimate Partner Violence and the Coming Out Process 10. The LGBTQ+ Cycle of Violence 11. LGBTQ+ Intimate Partner Violence and Substance Abuse 12. LGBTQ+ Affirmative Intimate Partner Violence Intervention and Advocacy 13. Mental Health Approaches to LGBTQ+ Intimate Partner Violence 14. LGBTQ+ Intimate Partner Violence Assessment and Diagnosis 15. LGBTQ+ Intimate Partner Violence Intervention and Treatment 16. Legal and Ethical Issues Pertinent to LGBTQ+ Intimate Partner Violence