Gender and Sexuality Arena

Handbook of Clinical Sexuality for Mental Health Professionals

• Edited by Stephen B. Levine, Candace B. Risen and Stanley E. Althof.

Published January 2010

This second edition of Handbook of Clinical Sexuality for Mental Health Professionals is a thoroughly revised and expanded edition of the first indespensable Handbook. The new material reflects the changing needs of mental health professionals and covers topics such as erectile…
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Sex, Sexuality and Therapeutic Practice

A Manual for Therapists and Trainers

• Edited by Catherine Butler, Amanda O'Donovan and Elizabeth Shaw.

Published October 2009

Sexuality is an important area of clients’ lives yet it is often neglected, both in the consulting room and in training. This book examines issues of sexuality in a positive and affirming light and considers how sexuality-related issues can be introduced into therapy and training. Sex and…
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Understanding and Addressing Adult Sexual Attraction to Children

A Study of Paedophiles in Contemporary Society

• By Sarah D. Goode.

Published July 2009

Paedophiles exist and we must develop ways of living with this fact whilst ensuring that children are kept safe. This ground-breaking book demystifies the field of adult sexual attraction to children, countering the emotionality surrounding the topic of paedophilia in the popular media by careful…
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Becoming a Woman

A Biography of Christine Jorgensen

Published February 2008

Discover the remarkable woman behind the legend.Discover Christine Jorgensen’s remarkable, inspirational journey to become the woman she always knew she should have been. Becoming a Woman: A Biography of Christine Jorgensen provides fascinating insights about the woman who opened doors—and minds—on…
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Men's Sexual Health

Fitness for Satisfying Sex

• By Barry W. McCarthy, and Michael E. Metz.

Published September 2007

Men’s Sexual Health is a breakthrough book about vital and satisfying male sexuality. It presents a new model of male and couple sexuality, which establishes positive, realistic expectations of pleasure and satisfaction, as opposed to the self-defeating traditional demand for perfect intercourse…
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Treating Sexual Offenders

An Integrated Approach

• By William L. Marshall, Liam E. Marshall, Geris A. Serran and Yolanda M. Fernandez.

Published January 2006

Through extensive consideration of current research, theory and practice, Treating Sexual Offenders provides a guide to the assessment, treatment, and evaluation of a number of different disorders. Provides therapists with the means to have a continued positive impact on the sex offender, from…
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Celibacy in Crisis

A Secret World Revisited

• By A.W. Richard Sipe.
• Foreword by Reverend Richard P. McBrien.

Published September 2003

In the midst of the worst crisis the Catholic Church has seen in almost 500 years, this book challenges Catholic authorities to renew, rethink, or reform the long-standing institution of celibacy.…
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A New View of Women's Sexual Problems

• By Ellyn Kaschak, and Leonore Tiefer.

Published February 2002

Take a new look at women’s sexuality!This fascinating book looks at the wide-ranging therapeutic, social, and political implications of the new paradigm of women’s sexuality. International in scope and multidisciplinary in approach, A New View of Women’s Sexual Problems examines the theoretical and…
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How Homophobia Hurts Children

Nurturing Diversity at Home, at School, and in the Community

• By John Dececco, Phd, and Jean M Baker.

Published December 2001

Homophobia hurts kids. Explore ways to minimize that trauma!This book illustrates the ways that children growing up to be gay are harmed by homophobia before anyone, including themselves, even knows they are gay. This compelling and sympathetic volume describes many simple ways that these children…
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I Never Told Anyone This Before

Managing the Initial Disclosure of Sexual Abuse Re-Collections

• By Janice A Gasker.

Published September 1999

“I Never Told Anyone This Before” is the first book that will enable you to work in an ethical, effective manner, based on empirically tested guidelines, with clients who disclose memories of sexual abuse You'll find that these guidelines result in the creation of a helping environment…
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