Handbook of Clinical Sexuality for Mental Health Professionals

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

The constantly-changing field inspired the second edition of Handbook of Clinical Sexuality for Mental Health Professionals . In a state-of-the-art guide, Dr. Levine and his associates continue to help professionals with the assessment and treatment of a large array of sexual concerns. Written in a personal, supervisory style, the book will help new therapists anticipate clinical contingencies and help experienced therapists refine their thinking and teaching. Easily accessible, the Handbook is divided into six major sections with helpful annotated references: Being a Therapist; Intimacy; Sexual Dysfunction; Sexual Identity Struggles; The Forgotten; and Additional Vital Topics. Twenty-one chapters have been thoroughly revised and updated, and five new ones have been added. These focus on gay and lesbian life, transitioning to single life, cancer survivorship, the sexual issues of the developmentally challenged, and sex among the aging.

Genres: Psychology

536 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