What Every Mental Health Professional Needs to Know About Sex - Stephanie Buehler

What Every Mental Health Professional Needs to Know About Sex

Buch | Softcover
376 Seiten
2021 | 3rd Revised edition
Springer Publishing Co Inc (Verlag)
978-0-8261-3588-9 (ISBN)
153,30 inkl. MwSt
The 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 identity
The impact of intersectionality, oppression, and minority stress
De-pathologizing "kinky" behavior
Understanding the "orgasm gap" and "orgasm equality"
Treating couples who want to open their relationships
Applies mindfulness to treatment of sexual problems
Expanded information about the sexological ecosystem
Treating 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 concerns
Uses an ecosystemic approach for assessing individuals and couples
Explains how to assess and treat sexual pain disorders
Covers sexuality across the lifespan
Includes "Step into My Office" vignettes offering a glimpse into everyday sex therapy practice
Provides activities for reader to reinforce information including "Take-Away" points, downloadable forms, templates, and tools
Instructors Manual and PowerPoint presentation for each chapter

Stephanie Buehler, PsyD, CST-S, is a licensed psychologist and AASECT-Certified Sex Therapist and Supervisor. She is the director of The Buehler Institute and LearnSexTherapy.com which offers continuing education in sexuality for mental health and wellness providers. Currently, she also provides consultation regarding sex therapy cases, especially in regard to sexual pain disorders, sex after cancer, and sexuality related to reproduction. She has published on sexuality for both professional and lay audiences, including Couples Counseling Before, During and After the Pregnancy: Sexuality and Intimacy, and her research has appeared in such publications as the Journal of Sexual Medicine and Current Sexual Health Reports. Dr. Buehler is a frequently invited speaker at national and international conferences.

Foreword
Preface
Part I: The Courage to Treat Sexual Problems
Sexuality and the Mental Health Profession
Sexuality and the Self of the Therapist
Sexual Anatomy and Psychosexual Development
Evolution of the Field of Sexology and Sexual Health Definitions
Part II: Assessing and Treating Sexual Concerns
Assessing Sexual Issues
Women's Sexual Health Problems
Men's Sexual Health Problems
Affirming Therapy With Sexual and Gender Minorities
Relationships and Sex Therapy
Parents’ Questions About Sex
Sexuality and Mental Health Problems
Sexual Recovery in Trauma Survivors
Healing Painful Sex
Sexuality and Reproduction
Sexuality and Medical Problems
Sexually Transmitted Infections
Sexuality and Aging
Affirming the Kink Community
When Sexual Behavior Is Out of Control
Part III: Ethics and Practice of Sex Therapy
Ethical Management of Sex Therapy Casework
Sex Therapy: Now and in the Future
Index

Erscheinungsdatum
Verlagsort New York
Sprache englisch
Maße 178 x 254 mm
Gewicht 333 g
Themenwelt Geisteswissenschaften Psychologie Klinische Psychologie
Medizin / Pharmazie Gesundheitswesen
Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Sozialpädagogik
Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie
ISBN-10 0-8261-3588-9 / 0826135889
ISBN-13 978-0-8261-3588-9 / 9780826135889
Zustand Neuware
Haben Sie eine Frage zum Produkt?
Mehr entdecken
aus dem Bereich
Information • Energie • Materie

von Ori Wolff

Buch | Softcover (2015)
Lehmanns Media (Verlag)
29,95