Handbook of Clinical Sexuality for Mental Health Professionals

by Stephen B. Levine (Editor), Candace B. Risen (Editor), Stanley E. Althof (Editor)

The Handbook of Clinical Sexuality for Mental Health Professionals, 3rd Edition, builds on the authors’ authoritative first person voice on sexual matters of the previous editions. The work reflects the field's growing sophistication about sexual disorders and their therapies. The scope has been expanded to keep pace with new literature and research in the field, and eight additional chapters have been added. New topics include the politics of diagnosis, persistent genital arousal, asexuality, post orgasm illness, scientific findings concerning origin of orientation, and partnering with the pharmaceutical industry. Easily accessible, the Handbook is divided into sections that touch on fundamental knowledge and skills; treatment; men’s major sexual concerns; women’s major sexual concerns; problems common to both genders; the diversity of sexual lives; and future and trending topics. Written in a personal, supervisory style, the book will help new therapists anticipate clinical contingencies and help experienced therapists refine their thinking and teaching.

Genres: Psychology

424 pages, Paperback

First published June 11, 2003

About the author

Dr. Stephen Barrett Levine is clinical professor of psychiatry at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine (Cleveland, Ohio).

Reviews

[Rachel Moses · Rating 4 out of 5]

Read this for graduate school and some chapters were very interesting. A lot of information about counseling and therapy in regards to sexuality.

[Melissa · Rating 5 out of 5]

I read this for school and it has completely changed my life and given me hope for the future. Not like in a "I know how to do good sex now" way but in a holy shit wow the human condition really is as infinitely complex as some of us think it is and there are, have been, and will continue to be hella smart people doing really good research on it. Also just well constructed and well delivered expertise.

[Ogi Ogas · Rating 4 out of 5]

My ratings of books on Goodreads are solely a crude ranking of their utility to me, and not an evaluation of literary merit, entertainment value, social importance, humor, insightfulness, scientific accuracy, creative vigor, suspensefulness of plot, depth of characters, vitality of theme, excitement of climax, satisfaction of ending, or any other combination of dimensions of value which we are expected to boil down through some fabulous alchemy into a single digit.

[Pam · Rating 1 out of 5]

What little I read of this book was complete crap and it did not help me in the least with my Human Sexuality class