A responsible, realistic, and sex-positive to sexuality in youth. In Sex, Therapy, and Kids, Lamb demonstrates how to be sex-positive in a way that’s responsive to the developmental stage of the child or teen and thus promotes honest conversations and successful therapy. Over the course of the book, she guides therapists through such core issues as recognizing and responding to the sexual play of children who have not been abused, distinguishing sexual abuse from normal play, understanding common worries of adolescent boys and girls, and helping gay and lesbian youth who are grappling with their sexual identity. There are also chapters on working with youth who have been abused, helping developmentally delayed teens, and collaborating with parents and families around the themes of sexuality and sexual behavior. --- from the publisher Critical Acclaim: “This is a wonderful book—an open and refreshing guide for therapists about how to work with children and families around issues of sexuality. Sharon Lamb presents a positive and integrative view of healthy and normative sexual development while exploring issues of sexual play, sexual abuse, and sexual confusion. Her respectful and lucid account of practical ways to work with sexual issues provides an inviting and reassuring guide that will shift the thinking of mental health professionals struggling with how to help children and teens in this important area of development.” – Rachel T. Hare-Mustin, Ph.D., co-author of Making A Difference: Psychology and the Construction of Gender “This is a rich and rare book that will one day be considered a classic text on the therapeutic process of addressing the sexual concerns of children and adolescents. Every practitioner who has ever been unsure about how to respond to the questions, vulnerabilities, and traumas of children and adolescents regarding sex will discover that Sex, Therapy, and Kids is an invaluable addition to their personal libraries.” – Mark S. Kiselica, Ph.D., HSPP, NCC, LPC, Professor of Counselor Education at The College of New Jersey, Fellow of the American Psychological Association, and co-editor of Handbook of Counseling Boys and Adolescent Males Contents: Contents – Preface Introduction: Knowing What’s Normative 1. General Principles and Guidelines 2. Sexual Issues in Play with Nonabused Children 3. Working With Children Who Have Been Abused 4. Acting-Out and Sexually Abusive Children 5. Teenage Girls in Therapy 6. Teenage Boys in Therapy 7. Working with Parents of Teens 8. Coming Out During the Teen Years 9. Working With Developmentally Disabled Teens 10. Sexual and Moral Feelings in the Therapy Hour About the Author: Sharon Lamb, Ed.D., is a licensed psychologist in private practice in Shelburne, Vermont, and is Professor of Psychology at Saint Michael’s College in Colchester, Vermont. Her most recent books are The Secret Lives of Girls and Packaging Girlhood: Saving Our Daughters from Marketers’ Schemes.
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