Psychodynamic Approaches to Sexual Problems - Softcover

Daines

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0335201598 ISBN 13: 9780335201594

Publisher: Open University Press, 2000

Synopsis

* How do we currently understand sexual dysfunction?

* How can psychodynamic theories contribute to an understanding of sexual difficulties?

* How can we treat sexual problems psychodynamically?

Counsellors and therapists can be hesitant about addressing the sexual problems of their clients from any perspective and sometimes lack the confidence to tackle the issues as they arise. This is the first book to describe comprehensively a specifically psychodynamic approach to sexual dysfunction. It reviews the range and nature of sexual difficulties, and evaluates the relevance of psychodynamic theory and interventions to the understanding, assessment and treatment of sexual problems with individuals and couples. It is illustrated throughout with helpful case study material. It shows how physical and cultural understandings of sexuality and sexual difficulty need to be an integrated part of work with clients.

Psychodynamic Approaches to Sexual Problems is an important and useful book for all trainee and practising counsellors and therapists working within a psychodynamic or integrated framework.

About this title

About the Author

Brian Daines has been Director of Share Psychotherapy Agency, Sheffield, since 1983. He also works in private practice and as a clinical tutor in psychosexual medicine at the University of Sheffield. He has worked in a National Health Service sexual dysfunction clinic for twenty years. Brian Daines was a past Chair of the British Association for Sexual and Relationship Therapy.

Angelina Perrett has worked as a psychosexual therapist at the Porterbrook Clinic, Sheffield, for the past eight years. She teaches and supervises students working on their M.Sc. in Psychotherapy for Sexual Dysfunction. Angelina Perrett also works as a psychotherapist in general practice.

Edition details

• Publisher: Open University Press
• Publication date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0335201598
• ISBN 13: 9780335201594
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 190