Addressing Attachment Injuries with Bisexual Clients and their Monosexual Partners during the Coming out Process

Abstract

Individuals who identify as bisexual, a marginalized sexual minority group different from lesbian women or gay men (LG), face complex challenges from the heterocentric society and members of the LG community. One of the challenges that leads to discrimination and mental health issues for bisexual people occurs during the coming-out process. This article examines attachment injuries that may occur during the bisexual coming-out process, when their partner identified as monosexual, and how the attachment injury resolution model (AIRM), which stems from emotionally focused couple therapy (EFT) may be used to address the early stages of these injuries through couple’s counseling.

Keywords:

• Attachment injuries
• bisexuality
• coming out