Sex and Gender: Current Clinical Concepts and Practices is the forthcoming text from long-time sex therapists, psychologists, and editors Frederick Peterson and Jill Bley. The editors and contributing authors share their expertise to assist general mental health practitioners become more comfortable and competent answering sexual health questions from their clients. This textbook has 30 different chapters on sexual health and gender-related topics that are written with an emphasis on clinical application in the therapy room. These 30 chapters are organized under sections with topics that include the introduction to the art and science of sex therapy, sexuality models with important clinical implications, sexual dysfunctions and disorders, sex therapy with special populations, and sexual compulsivity and sex offending. In addition, there are over a dozen separate therapist guides and patient handouts. A significant bonus of Sex and Gender: Current Clinical Concepts and Practices will be an APA sponsor-approved home study course which will be available and will provide approximately 25-30 CEU credits. Drs. Peterson and Bley have the benefit of over 50 years combined experience in the fields of clinical psychology and sexual health. Dr. Peterson is academically affiliated with the Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine, Ohio University; and College of Medicine, Wright State University. Dr. Bley has been very active teaching, lecturing, and consulting with courts, and she has co-authored/co-edited two previous books (with Dr. Peterson); she also has had a successful private practice in Cincinnati for over 42 years. Table of Contents: Dedication • Preface • Editor’s and Contributor’s Biographies • Introduction to the Book SECTION I: INTRODUCTION TO THE SCIENCE AND ART OF SEX THERAPY • 1 Making Sexual Health a Part of Your Mental Health Practice • 2 How to Do a Great Sexual Health Assessment • 3 Sexual Health Assessment Tools and Measurements • 4 Senior Sexual Health: The Effects of Aging on Sexuality • 5 Medications and Sexual Health • 6 Ethics in Sex Therapy SECTION II: SEXUALITY MODELS WITH IMPORTANT CLINICAL IMPLICATIONS • 7 Sexual Identity and Sexual Expression: An Empirical Reexamination • 8 Sex and the Fourth Dimension: The Sexual Hypercube • 9 The Sexual Tipping Point Model • 10 Sex and the CortisoakedTM Brain • 11 Mindfulness and Sexuality SECTION III: SEXUAL DYSFUNCTIONS AND DISORDERS • 12 The Treatment of Desire Disorders: An Intersystem Approach • 13 Female Sexual Arousal and Orgasm: Pleasures and Problems • 14 Female Genital Pain • 15 Assessment and Treatment of Erection Dysfunction • 16 Clinical Management of Ejaculatory Problems • 17 Innovative Methods in Treating Patients With Sexual Trauma SECTION IV: SEX THERAPY WITH SPECIAL POPULATIONS • 18 Cultural Responsiveness in Sex Therapy: General Models and Considerations • 19 Addressing Sexual Health Concerns of Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Clients • 20 Addressing Health Concerns of Transgender Clients • 21 Consensual Non-Monogamous Relationships: The Paradox of Contemporary Relationships • 22 A Liberatory and Intersectional Approach to Sexual Health Care in Partnership with Disability Communities • 23 Sex in Pregnancy and the Family-Centered Perinatal Intervention/Education Model • 24 Navigating Postpartum Sexuality • 25 Golden Sexuality: Sex Therapy for Seniors SECTION V: SEXUAL COMPULSIVITY & SEX OFFENDING • 26 An Introduction to Paraphilias With Special Focus on “Traveler” Sex Offenders • 27 Do Men Use Pornography as a Maladaptive Coping Behavior? An Inquiry, Case Studies, and Best Practices • 28 Assessment and Treatment of Active-Duty Members With Compulsive Sexual Behaviors • 29 Psychiatric Consulting with Courts on Sex Crime • 30 A Search for Redemption: A Sex Offender POV Story SECTION VI: THERAPIST GUIDES AND PATIENT HANDOUTS • Therapist Guides: American Association of Sexuality Educators, Counselors and Therapists Code of Conduct; Sexual Health Assessment Questionnaire; International Index of Erectile Function (IIEF); Female Sexual Function Index (FSFI); Sexual Health Assessment Battery: Self-Assessment of Family Support for Healthy Sexual Development, Assessment of Sexual Health and Wellbeing Satisfaction, Assessment of Your Big Wheel of Health and Wellbeing; Sharing the Treatment Plan for Sex Therapy; Sexual Health Word Cue Paradigm. Patient Handouts: Sensual Pleasuring Through Sensate Focus Exercises; Kegel Exercises (Pelvic Floor Exercises); Personalized Health Maintenance and Relapse Prevention Plan; Use of Mobile Applications to Augment Psychotherapy; The Nitty-Gritty of Positivity! Sexual Self-Image Exercises; A Health Care Professional’s Guide to Contemporary Sexual Myths Subject Index About the Editors: Frederick L. Peterson, Jr., PsyD, is a clinical psychologist and sexual health specialist who was the last Clinical Fellow trained at the famous Masters and Johnson Institute (which served as the historical basis for the SHOWTIME series, Masters of Sex). He worked extensively as a change agent within the Department of Veterans Affairs (as Director of Medical Education and the Director of a Psychology Internship) and as clinical faculty for the Psychology Residency with the 88th Medical Operations Readiness Squadron at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base Medical Center. He holds academic appointments at the Department of Specialty Medicine, Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine, Ohio University as well as Wright State University’s School of Medicine (Department of Psychiatry). He has co-authored or co-edited four books on sexual health topics, including the 2020 college textbook, The Gender Revolution & New Sexual Health (Cognella Academic Press). He has served as Behavioral Health Consultant for integrated medicine at the Samuel U. Rodgers Health Center and Kansas City University. He is currently a Behavioral Health Psychologist at Community Health Centers of Greater Dayton and conducts a private practice in Southwest Ohio which includes court evaluations. He promotes and researches programs for risk-reduction for at-risk mothers and family-centered perinatal interventions. Finally, he is an enthusiast for bee keeping, civil liberties, and democracy in Yellow Springs, Ohio. He can be contacted at [email protected] or through his website: Docpeterson.com. Jill W. Bley, PhD, is a clinical psychologist in private practice. She received her doctorate from the University of Cincinnati in 1980. She was affiliated with the University of Cincinnati as an adjunct associate professor of psychology from 1982 until 1994. During that time she taught sex therapy to graduate students in psychology. She was a founder of Women Helping Women/Rape Crisis Center in Cincinnati in 1972. Dr. Bley became certified as a sex therapist in 1982 and a sex therapy supervisor in 1988 by the American Association of Sex Educators, Counselors and Therapists (AASECT). She authored a column entitled “Speaking of Sex” which was published in the Cincinnati Downtowner newspaper from 1989 until 2002. She is a co-editor and author of Innovations in Clinical Practice: Focus on Sexual Health (2007) and co-author of The Gender Revolution & New Sexual Health (2020). She received the Distinguished Alumnae Award presented by the University of Cincinnati Alumni Association for Friends of Women’s Studies. She can be reached at [email protected].
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