同志族群的伴侶諮商：婚姻諮商師臨床訓練的反省與思考

同志在台灣社會中，一直是倍受爭議的話題，九○年代起台灣同志運動開始浮出檯面，有關同志的研究論文也逐漸吸引學術界之目光。回顧以往的同志研究，主題多為探討其成因、家人互動、以及心理適應，少有討論同志族群的伴侶諮商（couple therapy）為了幫助國內的心理諮商師提供較高品質的同志伴侶諮商服務，本論文透過文獻探討，討論同志伴侶生活脈絡之特殊性，包括：隱形的伴侶社交生活、親職角色的被否定或不可得、以及在情愛關係中性別角色的掙扎。本文並歸納過去的研究結果，提出諮商師從事同志伴侶諮商所應具備的訓練，包括：瞭解同志伴侶關係發展模式、控制恐同症以及增加對自身性傾向之自覺及認同，最後，並對同志伴侶諮商的介入策略提出建議。

While there are signs that a new trend is emerging in terms of counselors' attitudes toward sexual orientation, gay and lesbian couples are not provided good counseling practice yet in Taiwan. The purpose of this article is to present an overview of basic issues in counseling gay and lesbian couples. The discussion will include section on the gay and lesbian couples' social experience of growing up in a world that often rejects same-sex sexual attraction, such as social isolation, hardly having chances of raising kids, and gender roles and relationships conflict. When seeking therapy, gay and lesbian couples have the right to expect their coupleness will be affirmed by the counselor as equally valid and significant as heterosexual marriage. The authors conclude with recommendations for training and treatment.