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An Introduction

My client sat in the chair looking down at the floor, glancing up briefly to make eye contact, then darting his eyes back to the carpet. He spoke quietly, as if almost scared to be heard. He clutched his hands throughout the session, displaying all the markers of an anxious human in the throes of shame. He was a modern client to my practice: a married, middle-aged, suburban dad with a high-powered career. A colleague had given him my number months before. It took him a distant time to muster the courage to call and produce an appointment. Towards the end of our first session he looked up at me and said, “I reflect I’m in love…with another man. I’m scared and I don’t know what to do.”

I contain worked with hundreds of gay men in heterosexual marriages struggling with existence in the closet or wanting to emerge from it. There is so much about these men that is misunderstood and very few studies or little literature to provide insight. I decided to give my thoughts and research about these men and their struggles at a conference a several years ago. That presentation led to other oppor