Dr. Gary Bischof is a professor and coordinator of the Marriage, Couple and Family Counseling Program in the Dept of Counselor Education and Counseling Psychology at Western Michigan University. He is a licensed marriage and family therapist specializing in the treatment of couples navigating the gender transition of one of the partners. In this episode, he discusses the pitfalls for couples negotiating gender transition, the factors that can lead to couples staying together, and what competent couples therapy looks like for couples in this situation.
S5 Ep 7: What it Means When a Spouse Comes Out as Non-binary
S5 Ep 6: Making Meaning when It’s Hard to Talk About
S5 Ep 5: A Former Closeted Narcissist in Recovery Answers Your Questions
S5 Ep 4: Reconnecting to Our Sexual Selves after Betrayal Trauma
S5 Ep 3: Getting to the Bottom of Anger with Michael Plank
S5 Ep 2: The Impact of Gender Transition on Sex
S5 Ep 1: Grace and Frankie with Show Creator Marta Kauffman
S4 Ep 8: Open Relationships 101 for Mixed Orientation Couples
S4 Ep 7: The Impact of Don’t Ask Don’t Tell on a Military Wife
S4 Ep 6: When Praying Away the Gay Doesn’t Work
S4 Ep 5: When a Parent Transitions, A Son Does Too
S4 Ep 4: The Invitation to Transformation with Priscilla Tuft
S4 Ep 3: A “Narcissist in Recovery” Gets Real
S4 Ep 2: Learning to Trust Again with Dr. Debi Silber
S4 Ep 1: Welcome to OurPath
S3 Ep 20: Let’s Talk About Sex. No, Let’s Really Talk About It
S3 Ep 19: Pretending to Be Straight: Sociopathic Partners Who are Secretly Gay
S3 Ep 18: How Gender Transition Impacts a Couple
S3 Ep 17: A Gay Man on the Pressure to Marry Straight
S3 Ep 16: A Young Closeted Lesbian on the Prospect of Straight Marriage
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