Is the Cost of Gay Couples Therapy Justifiable?
Playing the part of a devoted partner made me feel constrained and compelled throughout the first fifteen years of my dating life. I was frustrated because I didn't know why I was losing my identity, my dreams, and my sense of self. Everything that made me, me, appeared to be sucked out of the vacuum that was dating.
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I often had the impression that my partners were pressuring me to change who I was or how I did things. I could never be enough to satisfy the man-of-the-moment in this situation.
When I first started dating in 2005, I believed that couples therapy was only for those in marriage. It wasn't intended for boyfriends who were in committed relationships.
But as I approached my thirtyth birthday, I became aware that I was turning off exce...