New Directions in Sex Therapy (2^nd Ed.) Innovations and Alternatives

Winner of the 2013 AASECT Professional Book Award!

New Directions in Sex Therapy: Innovations and Alternatives focuses on cutting-edge, therapy paradigms as alternatives to conventional clinical strategies. With each passing year, the treatment of sexual problems seems to emphasize more medical and pharmacological interventions. There is correspondingly less interest in the experiences of the individuals or couples involved. This book expands the definition of our field.

Part I highlights the major problems and criticisms facing sex therapy and furnishes a rationale for new directions. Included in this new edition are critiques of "sexual addiction" nomenclature, the neglect of the ethical dimension in sex therapy, and there is a call to expand our vision of what sex therapy can attain. Part II demonstrates new approaches to dealing with traditional sex therapy concerns, including lack of desire and erectile dysfunction as well as innovative goals, such as integrating sexual medicine with sex therapy, using client feedback to customize therapy for the particular individual/couple's best interests, promoting relationship growth in working with transgender clients, and transcending sexual function/dysfunction to optimize erotic intimacy in long-term couples. This 2nd edition of New Directions in Sex Therapy: Innovations and Alternatives is replete with helpful new clinical illustrations across the spectrum of theoretical orientations (e.g., systemic, narrative, Experiential, CBT) to demonstrate these approaches in action.

This book is intended for anyone who deals with sexual issues and concerns in therapy?clinicians of every kind, novices and advanced practitioners?rather than only those who define themselves as sex therapists.

Kleinplatz, Advancing Sex Therapy or is That the Best You Can Do? Part I: Critiques of Conventional Models of Sex Therapy. Kleinplatz, A Preview of Part I: The Critiques and Their Implications. Apfelbaum, On the Need for a New Direction in Sex Therapy. Tiefer, The "New View" Campaign: A Feminist Critique of Sex Therapy and an Alternate Vision. Brooks, Elder, Sex Therapy for Men: Resolving False Dichotomies. Aanstoos, A Phenomenology of Sexual Experiencing. Joannides, The Challenging Landscape of Problematic Sexual Behaviors, Including "Sexual Addiction" and "Hypersexuality." Watter, Ethics and Sex Therapy: A Neglected Dimension. Kleinplatz, Is That All There Is? A New Critique of the Goals of Sex Therapy. Part II: New Alternatives/Innovations in Sex Therapy. Kleinplatz, A Preview of Part II: Clinical Alternatives and Innovations. Moser, Devereux, Sexual Medicine, Sex Therapy, and Sexual Health Care. Ellison, Sexual Choreography: "Am I Enjoying This Right Now?" Not "How Am I Doing?" Riber, Cultural Diversity and Sensitivity in Sex Therapy. Shaw, Approaching Your Highest Sexual Function in Relationship: A Reward of Age and Maturity. Miller, Donahey, Feedback Informed Treatment (FIT): Improving the Outcome of Sex Therapy One Person at a Time. Metz, McCarthy, The "Good Enough Sex" (GES) Model: Perspective and Clinical Implications. Mahrer, Goodbye Sex Therapy, Hello Undergoing My Own Transformation. Treadway, Hearts' Desires. Maltz, Healing the Sexual Repercussions of Sexual Abuse. Hall, Beyond Forever After: Narrative Therapy with Lesbian Couples. Carballo-Dieguez, Remien, Frasca, HIV Serodiscordant Male Couples: Special Considerations for Sex Therapy. Lev, Sennott, Understanding Gender Nonconformity and Transgender Identity: A Sex Positive Approach. Ogden, Keys to the Sexual Mysteries: An Integrative Model for Exploring Clients' Stories.

Peggy J. Kleinplatz, PhD is Professor of Medicine and Clinical Professor of Psychology at the University of Ottawa. She is a clinical psychologist, Certified Sex Therapist, and Sex Educator. Since 1983, she has been teaching Human Sexuality at the School of Psychology, University of Ottawa, where she received the Prix d’Excellence in 2000. She is former Chair of Certifications for the American Association of Sexuality Educators, Counselors and Therapists. She has published extensively on sexual problems with the intent to challenge, expand, and diversify the field of sex therapy. Her clinical work focuses on eroticism and transformation. Her current research focuses on optimal sexuality, with a particular interest in sexual health in the elderly, disabled and marginalized populations.