Quickies: The Handbook of Brief Sex Therapy

by Douglas Flemons (Editor), Shelley Green (Editor)

Effective techniques for fashioning pleasurable and satisfying sex lives. Quick can be good in therapy, too. Green and Flemons gather a wonderful array of approaches to brief sex therapy, each presented by a well-known therapist in the field. Pleasure and humor are highlightedin the office and in bedas readers are reminded that the point of sex therapy is sexual change. Quickies takes its cue from clients and keeps it positive and quick.

288 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2004

Reviews

[Frrobins · Rating 4 out of 5]

First, despite the whimsical and humorous title, this is a rather technical work. If you do not have a good background in therapy or brief therapy then this will most likely go over your head. The essays in the book are academic journal quality, so this is not an easy breezy read.

That said, there is a lot of good material in this book, and most of it can be applied outside of sex therapy too. Robert E. Doan's "Who Really Wants to Sleep With the Medical Model?: An Eclectic/Narrative Approach to Sex Therapy" helped me understand narrative therapy better than the whole book on it by Epstein & White.

Also of note, and one so helpful that I read it twice, was "Getting 'In the Mood' (For a Change): Stage-Appropriate Clinical Work for Sexual Problems" by Miller, Donahey, and Hubble, which provided a model for how change works, determining where in the change process a client is, and how to tailor you therapy to help them move through the cycle. The applications stretch far beyond sex therapy and were helpful with a client I felt stuck with.

I also really enjoyed Tracy Todd's "Premature Ejaculation of the 'Sexual Addiction' Diagnosis", which if anything helped crystallized my views on why sexual addiction is not a valid diagnosis.

Of the 12 essays, there were only two I skimmed through/did not find helpful. The rest I will be returning to from time to time. This is definitely a worthwhile investment if you are a therapist interested in practicing brief therapeutic techniques.

[Tom · Rating 2 out of 5]

I read a couple of the case studies, but it wasn't a book about the therapeutic value of quickies.