Pink Therapy: A Guide for Counsellors and Therapists Working with Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual Clients Dominic Davies and Charles Neal (eds) Open University Press, 1996; £16.99 pbk
| Author | Mikki Coleman,Peter Dunn |
| Published date | 01 December 1996 |
| Date | 01 December 1996 |
| DOI | http://doi.org/10.1177/026455059604300414 |
| Subject Matter | Articles |
institutions and over time. Respect for
persons lies at the heart of order and both
situational and social controls are
needed.
The central part of the book describes
the field studies at Albany and Long
Lartin, two contrasting regimes which
turn out, on analysis, to be different in
more complex ways than ’tough’ versus
’easy’. Through observation, semi-
structured interviews, general interviews
and examination of particular incidents, a
picture emerges of the balancing act
inherent in both running and living in a
prison, through the views of the staff and
prisoners. Particular attention is given to
the role of prison officers, breaking down
Pink Therapy: A Guide for
some of the stereotypes in previous
Counsellors and Therapists
literature.
Working with Lesbian, Gay and
Although Long Lartin emerges as
Bisexual Clients
managing more through social relations,
(the ’reward’ prison,) rather than the
Dominic Davies and Charles Neal (eds)
structured (environmental) controls of
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Albany, underneath the prisoners may not
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feel as safe in Long Lartin. For example,
Pink Therapy is probably the most useful
the absence of cash flowing round
and significant contribution to the issues
Albany restricted the size of the prison
of counselling lesbians and gay men
economy and the amount of debt accrued.
since Jack Babuscio’s We Speak for
However, the VPU at Albany was seen to
Ourselves (1977). But a more apt title
allow an unacceptable exercise of power
might have been ’Lesbian and Gay
by the Staff. Use of GOAD and transfer
Perspectives in Good Counselling
of prisoners under CI 10174 is examined
Practice’. This significant distinction is
and found wanting. Woolf, although
at the heart of the book’s major omission:
upheld in most respects, is criticised
the authors list those attitudes which
for not tackling executive powers
would indicate therapists should not be
within prisons, such as GOAD (good
working with lesbian and gay clients.
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