{"title":"Richard A. Isay","description":"\u003cp\u003eRICHARD A. ISAY, M.D. was an American psychiatrist, psychoanalyst, and gay activist who published three books on homosexuality and psychoanalysis. His books include \u003cem\u003eCommitment and Healing: Gay Men and the Need for Romantic Love\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eBecoming Gay: The Journey to Self-Acceptance\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eBeing Homosexual: Gay Men and Their Development\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIsay earned his undergraduate degree from Haverford College and his M.D. from the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry. He served as a professor of psychiatry at Weill Cornell Medical College, as a faculty member of the Columbia University Center for Psychoanalytic Training and Research, and as chairman of the Committee on Gay and Lesbian Issues of the American Psychiatric Association.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIsay was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and died of cancer on June 28, 2012, in Manhattan, New York.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRichard A. Isay’s books are published by Trade Paper Press, an imprint of Turner Publishing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBrowse more: \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/books-new-releases\"\u003eNew Releases\u003c\/a\u003e · \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/award-winning-books\"\u003eAward-Winning Books\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"commitment-and-healing","title":"Commitment and Healing: Gay Men and the Need for Romantic Love","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\"What's love got to do with it? Everything, according to Richard Isay's informed and illuminating look at the role of romance in modern gay life. I highly recommend this book for people of any generation and partnership status.\"\u003cbr\u003e--Dean H. Hamer, Ph.D., author of\u003cem\u003e The Science of Desire and The God Gene\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Richard Isay offers something far better than simple bromides and false hope. In this book, he challenges us with a provocative, illuminating, and ultimately hopeful look at ourselves and explains how those of us who yearn to love and be loved (and who doesn't?) can best find happiness and healing in a committed relationship.\"\u003cbr\u003e--Eric Marcus, author of \u003cem\u003eThe Male Couple's Guide\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eTogether Forever\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Many gay men (and others, too) are likely to find this book exceptionally interesting and helpful. In a series of vividly illuminating case histories and with a psychoanalyst's depth and clarity of insight, Richard Isay lucidly explains why gay men have particular difficulty in establishing and sustaining loving relationships and how they might sensibly improve their chances of doing so.\"\u003cbr\u003e--Harry G. Frankfurt, Ph.D., author of\u003cem\u003e On Bullshit\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Reasons of Love\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Richard Isay's portrayals of gay men's lives are likely to be controversial. Isay is not the stereotypical psychoanalyst who sits quietly while his patients ramble--and we're all the better for that. He has something to say and what he says is worth hearing. This provocative book should be read by anyone who yearns for but hasn't yet found real love.\"\u003cbr\u003e--William Rubenstein, Founding Director of the Williams Institute on Sexual Orientation Law and former Director of the ACLU Lesbian \u0026amp; Gay Rights Project\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Based on Dr. Isay's three decades of experience working with gay men in therapy, this is a deeply thoughtful study of the difficulties gay men may experience with falling and staying in love. For a gay man, reading this book may cause him to revisit some dark places along his own life's journey, but it will also give him a glimpse of the self-affirmation and capacity for change that are the goals of gay-positive psychotherapy.\"\u003cbr\u003e--Simon LeVay, Ph.D., author of \u003cem\u003eHuman Sexuality\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eQueer Science\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Indispensable insights from America's wisest observer of gay relationships.\"\u003cbr\u003e--Charles Kaiser, author of \u003cem\u003eThe Gay Metropolis\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Gay people seek the freedom to marry for the same mix of reasons as non-gay people, and for most, love and commitment are central. Drawing on his exceptional expertise and decades of stories from his patients, Richard Isay explores the challenges and value of romantic love--how to overcome our pasts and enrich our present lives at home--as we build a future of greater equality and inclusion in society.\"\u003cbr\u003e--Evan Wolfson, author of \u003cem\u003eWhy Marriage Matters\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c!-- amazon-buylink --\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003csmall\u003eWe earn a commission for purchases made through the following links.\u003c\/small\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/0471740497\/ref=nosim?tag=tpcecomm-20\" rel=\"sponsored nofollow\"\u003eshop for this title at Amazon\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c!-- \/amazon-buylink --\u003e\u003c!-- bookshop-buylink --\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/book\/9780471740490\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003eshop for this title at Bookshop.org\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c!-- \/bookshop-buylink --\u003e","brand":"Richard A. 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