What Every Mental Health Professional Needs to Know About Sex, Third Edition (eBook)

Stephanie Buehler (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2021 | 3., Third Edition, New Edition
375 Seiten
Springer Publishing Company (Verlag)
9780826135896 (ISBN)

Infos

This 3rd edition is truly the A to Z when it comes to assessing and treating sexual health concerns. This is a valuable resource that I'll be recommending to my colleagues and students and consulting regularly myself!Lori BrottoProfessor, Faculty of Medicine | Department of Obstetrics & GynecologyExecutive Director, Women's Health Research Institute | Canada Research Chair in Women's Sexual HealthThe University of British ColumbiaThe third edition of this pragmatic resource assists mental health professionals in helping clients resolve sexual concerns that arise during the course of therapy. It has been updated with the latest theoretical approaches, pharmacological treatments, and ethical/legal concerns. It presents a wealth of information on assessing and treating both common and uncommon sexual concerns accompanied by helpful informational worksheets. By offering new case examples exemplifying contemporary concerns such as minority stress, intersectionality, and recognition of therapist privilege in relation to client, the new edition emphasizes diversity inclusive of sexual and gender minorities. It covers the latest technology in telemental health and the role it plays in the sex lives of clients.Designed to take the uninformed reader or one who might be uncomfortable about sex to a place of knowledge and competence, the book includes strategies to help both the client and therapist become more comfortable with sexuality. Take-Away Points, Activities and Resources in every chapter and downloadable forms, templates, and tools combine to make this an indispensable resource. Purchase includes digital access for use on most mobile devices or computers.New to the Third Edition:Updated approaches to considerations of gender identityThe impact of intersectionality, oppression, and minority stressDe-pathologizing "e;kinky"e; behaviorUnderstanding the "e;orgasm gap"e; and "e;orgasm equality"e;Treating couples who want to open their relationshipsApplies mindfulness to treatment of sexual problemsExpanded information about the sexological ecosystemTreating out-of-control sexual behavior and the new Compulsive Sexual Behavior Disorder ICD-11 diagnosis Key Features: Provides clear treatment recommendations for nearly all sexual concernsUses an ecosystemic approach for assessing individuals and couplesExplains how to assess and treat sexual pain disordersCovers sexuality across the lifespanIncludes "e;Step into My Office"e; vignettes offering a glimpse into everyday sex therapy practiceProvides activities for reader to reinforce information including "e;Take-Away"e; points, downloadable forms, templates, and toolsInstructors Manual and PowerPoint presentation for each chapter

Inhalt

Foreword

Preface

Part I: The Courage to Treat Sexual Problems

1. Sexuality and the Mental Health Profession


2. Sexuality and the Self of the Therapist


3. Sexual Anatomy and Psychosexual Development


4. Evolution of the Field of Sexology and Sexual Health Definitions

Part II: Assessing and Treating Sexual Concerns

5. Assessing Sexual Issues


6. Women’s Sexual Health Problems


7. Men’s Sexual Health Problems


8. Affirming Therapy With Sexual and Gender Minorities


9. Relationships and Sex Therapy


10. Parents’ Questions About Sex


11. Sexuality and Mental Health Problems


12. Sexual Recovery in Trauma Survivors


13. Healing Painful Sex


14. Sexuality and Reproduction


15. Sexuality and Medical Problems


16. Sexually Transmitted Infections


17. Sexuality and Aging


18. Affirming the Kink Community


19. When Sexual Behavior Is Out of Control

Part III: Ethics and Practice of Sex Therapy

20. Ethical Management of Sex Therapy Casework


21. Sex Therapy: Now and in the Future

Index

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 15.12.2021
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik ► Politik / Gesellschaft
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Klinische Psychologie
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Sexualität / Partnerschaft
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie ► Gesundheitswesen
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie ► Physiotherapie / Ergotherapie ► Rehabilitation
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Sozialpädagogik
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
• Schlagworte: compulsive sexual behavior disorder,ethical considerations,gender identity,mental health professional,mindfulness,parents,sex,sex therapy,sexological ecosystem,sexual and gender minorities,sexual problems
• ISBN-13: 9780826135896 / 9780826135896