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This new edition of A Clinician's Guide to Systemic Sex Therapy
integrates the latest empirical research from the field of sex
therapy and demonstrates how clinicians can optimize their
treatment for a wide range of clients. Grounded in the Intersystem
Approach, the book incorporates the multifaceted perspectives of
the individual client, couple, or family. It considers every domain
of assessment and treatment: biology, psychology, the intimate
relationship, family-of-origin, and larger contextual factors
contributing to any sexual/relational issue. This revised edition
contains 13 chapters consistent with the DSM-5 definitions of
sexual disorders and features new content on areas including LGBTQ+
issues, non-monogamous relationships, intersex clients, and an
increased focus on issues surrounding sexual diversity. The authors
of this award-winning text have set out a cutting-edge framework
for clinicians looking to develop a comprehensive understanding of
sexual issues, which will be an essential reference point for
beginning and seasoned therapists alike. The 2nd edition of A
Clinician's Guide to Systemic Sex Therapy won the AASECT Book Award
and Best Integrative Approach to Sex Therapy Award, 2017
Techniques for the Couple Therapist features many of the most
prominent psychotherapists today, presenting their most effective
couple therapy interventions. This book provides clinicians with a
user-friendly quick reference with an array of techniques that can
be quickly read and immediately used in session. The book includes
over 50 chapters by experts in the field on the fundamental
principles and techniques for effective couple therapy. Many of the
techniques focus on common couple therapy processes such as
enactments, communication, and reframing. Others focus on specific
presenting problems, such as trauma, sexual issues, infidelity,
intimate partner violence, and high conflict. Students, beginning
therapists, and seasoned clinicians will find this pragmatic
resource invaluable in their work with couples.
This new edition of A Clinician's Guide to Systemic Sex Therapy
integrates the latest empirical research from the field of sex
therapy and demonstrates how clinicians can optimize their
treatment for a wide range of clients. Grounded in the Intersystem
Approach, the book incorporates the multifaceted perspectives of
the individual client, couple, or family. It considers every domain
of assessment and treatment: biology, psychology, the intimate
relationship, family-of-origin, and larger contextual factors
contributing to any sexual/relational issue. This revised edition
contains 13 chapters consistent with the DSM-5 definitions of
sexual disorders and features new content on areas including LGBTQ+
issues, non-monogamous relationships, intersex clients, and an
increased focus on issues surrounding sexual diversity. The authors
of this award-winning text have set out a cutting-edge framework
for clinicians looking to develop a comprehensive understanding of
sexual issues, which will be an essential reference point for
beginning and seasoned therapists alike. The 2nd edition of A
Clinician's Guide to Systemic Sex Therapy won the AASECT Book Award
and Best Integrative Approach to Sex Therapy Award, 2017
Focused Genograms provides a cutting-edge guide to utilizing the
Intersystem Approach meta-framework and attachment theory to
construct focused genograms. Focused genograms are graphic
representations of intergenerational family interactions, and can
be tailored to themes. This new volume includes nearly two decades
of research, clinical experience, and theory; including rapidly
expanding empirical support of attachment theory, gender, and
trauma theory. It will allow the reader to comprehensively develop
assessment and treatment planning for a wide range of
client-systems. The clinical approach to using Focused Genograms
traces intergenerational patterns of attachment and helps the
therapist create an attachment-focused bond with client-systems of
all types.
Techniques for the Couple Therapist features many of the most
prominent psychotherapists today, presenting their most effective
couple therapy interventions. This book provides clinicians with a
user-friendly quick reference with an array of techniques that can
be quickly read and immediately used in session. The book includes
over 50 chapters by experts in the field on the fundamental
principles and techniques for effective couple therapy. Many of the
techniques focus on common couple therapy processes such as
enactments, communication, and reframing. Others focus on specific
presenting problems, such as trauma, sexual issues, infidelity,
intimate partner violence, and high conflict. Students, beginning
therapists, and seasoned clinicians will find this pragmatic
resource invaluable in their work with couples.
First published in 1996. This books presents a problem-solving
model of marriage and couples therapy called the Intersystem Model,
which assesses and treats couples' problems from individual,
interactional, and intergenerational perspectives. The authors
address problems of commitment, intimacy, anger, and conflict, and
the complexities relating to the treatment of depression:
addictions and extramarital sexuality, marital adjustments to
aging, and problems of inhibited sexual desire. They suggest
techniques therapists can use to resolve problems that may occur in
couples therapy and ways couple can move toward a higher level of
functioning and personal growth.
The field of sex therapy has experienced tremendous growth in the
last 20 years . The use of the term "sex therapy" for most
clinicians brings several well-known therapists to mind and is
associated with the treatment of a fairly limited number of sexual
problems. The view of sex therapy as a profession has had both
positive and negative consequences. The editor's state that the
purpose in writing and editing this book was to build on the work
of individually oriented sex therapy by adding the systems
perspective. This book, then, represents an attempt at the
integration of sex and marital or systems therapy.
In some ways the development of the theory and practice of marital
therapy seems like a relative newcomer to those clinicians who
practice systems therapy. Most of the books in the field stress the
total family as the unit of treatment in terms of understanding the
dynamics of family interactions and intervention techniques. For
the past 15 or 20 years, clinicians interested in systems work
sought training in "family" therapy programs and at "family"
therapy workshops. This training led to a dramatic shift in the
practice of psychotherapy away from the individual as the unfit of
treatment to the family. Much less emphasis has been given to the
marital dyad or couple as the unit of treatment.
Based on the authors' work at the prestigious PENN Council for
Relationships (formerly the Marriage Council of Philadelphia), this
book is their latest volume to focus on marriage and couples
therapy using the Intersystem Model, which assesses and treats
couples' problems from individual, interactional, and
intergenerational perspectives. The book addresses the most common
problems confronting contemporary marital relationship therapists:
commitment, intimacy, anger, and conflict. The authors also address
the complexities relating to the treatment of depression in
conjoint therapy: addictions and extramarital sexuality, marital
adjustments to life changes associated with aging, and problems of
inhibited sexual desire, while including the often difficult task
of instilling hope in the therapeutic process. In each chapter, the
authors balance the theoretical and practical, providing the
clinician with a solid conceptual background as well as effective
techniques for resolving the problems that occur so often in
couples therapy. And the book does not stop with problem
resolution; it also suggests ways for couples to move toward a
higher level of functioning and personal growth.
Emphasis here is problems presented by couples on extramarital
affairs, conflicts, violence, sexual problems, and divorce.
Discusses lesbian couples, effects of divorce on children and other
topics in the context of an intersystem approach. Annotation
copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.
First published in 1988. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor &
Francis, an informa company.
First published in 1982. Paradoxical psychotherapy has rapidly
become one of the most* important approaches to family therapy and
psychotherapy during the past few years. The aim of this book is to
present an overview of paradoxical therapy. Paradoxical
Psychotherapy: Theory and Practice with Individuals, Couples, and
Families Is designed for all clinical psychologists. Applications
are offered for the individual, marital, and family therapist.
This third edition of Couples in Treatment helps readers
conceptualize and treat couples from multiple perspectives and with
a multitude of techniques. The authors do not advocate any single
approach to couple therapy and instead present basic principles and
techniques with wide-ranging applicability and the power to invite
change, making this the most useful text on integrative, systemic
couple therapy. Throughout the book the authors consider the
individual, interactional, and intergenerational systems of any
case. Gerald Weeks' Intersystems Model, a comprehensive,
integrative, and contextual meta framework, can be superimposed
over existing therapy approaches. It emphasizes principles of
therapy and can facilitate assessing, conceptualizing couples'
problems, and providing helpful interventions. Couple therapists
are encouraged to utilize the principles in this book to enhance
their therapeutic process and fit their approach to the client,
rather than forcing the client to fit their theory.
First published in 1982. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor &
Francis, an informa company.
Systemic Sex Therapy, third edition integrates couple and sex
therapy to inform the treatment of sexual problems and to give
beginning clinicians the abilities and confidence they need to
produce change in their patients' lives. Grounded in the
Intersystem Approach, the book considers the biology, psychology,
couple dyad, family-of-origin, and larger contextual factors of any
sexual disorder or issue. Each chapter examines the definition and
description of a sexual disorder or issue, its etiology,
assessment, treatment, research, and future directions. This
thoroughly revised edition presents 18 updated chapters consistent
with the DSM-5 and features new content on sexuality and aging,
infidelity, sexual interest/arousal disorder, disability, and
kink/BDSM. Experts in the field discuss all the major sexual
dysfunctions along with new chapters on culture, technology, and
their interplay with sexual functioning. An essential text in the
field, Systemic Sex Therapy sets out a conceptual framework for
graduate students in couple and family therapy programs looking to
develop a comprehensive, integrative understanding of sexual
issues.
Focused Genograms provides a cutting-edge guide to utilizing the
Intersystem Approach meta-framework and attachment theory to
construct focused genograms. Focused genograms are graphic
representations of intergenerational family interactions, and can
be tailored to themes. This new volume includes nearly two decades
of research, clinical experience, and theory; including rapidly
expanding empirical support of attachment theory, gender, and
trauma theory. It will allow the reader to comprehensively develop
assessment and treatment planning for a wide range of
client-systems. The clinical approach to using Focused Genograms
traces intergenerational patterns of attachment and helps the
therapist create an attachment-focused bond with client-systems of
all types.
This third edition of Couples in Treatment helps readers
conceptualize and treat couples from multiple perspectives and with
a multitude of techniques. The authors do not advocate any single
approach to couple therapy and instead present basic principles and
techniques with wide-ranging applicability and the power to invite
change, making this the most useful text on integrative, systemic
couple therapy.
Throughout the book the authors consider the individual,
interactional, and intergenerational systems of any case. Gerald
Weeks Intersystems Model, a comprehensive, integrative, and
contextual meta framework, can be superimposed over existing
therapy approaches. It emphasizes principles of therapy and can
facilitate assessing, conceptualizing couples problems, and
providing helpful interventions. Couple therapists are encouraged
to utilize the principles in this book to enhance their therapeutic
process and fit their approach to the client, rather than forcing
the client to fit their theory."
Systemic Sex Therapy, third edition integrates couple and sex
therapy to inform the treatment of sexual problems and to give
beginning clinicians the abilities and confidence they need to
produce change in their patients' lives. Grounded in the
Intersystem Approach, the book considers the biology, psychology,
couple dyad, family-of-origin, and larger contextual factors of any
sexual disorder or issue. Each chapter examines the definition and
description of a sexual disorder or issue, its etiology,
assessment, treatment, research, and future directions. This
thoroughly revised edition presents 18 updated chapters consistent
with the DSM-5 and features new content on sexuality and aging,
infidelity, sexual interest/arousal disorder, disability, and
kink/BDSM. Experts in the field discuss all the major sexual
dysfunctions along with new chapters on culture, technology, and
their interplay with sexual functioning. An essential text in the
field, Systemic Sex Therapy sets out a conceptual framework for
graduate students in couple and family therapy programs looking to
develop a comprehensive, integrative understanding of sexual
issues.
Confronted with a betrayal of intimacy, the couple s relationship
is in an extremely fragile state; the damage is often irreparable.
In these trying circumstances, couples need an effective and
confident therapist. Yet, cases of infidelity are notoriously
difficult to treat. Therapists often approach this problem with
apprehension, uncertainty, and a lack of confidence about what to
do. The emotional and intellectual resources of the most skilled
practitioner are severely taxed by the needs of the couple in
crisis. In Treating Infidelity, Weeks, Gambescia, and Jenkins
provide therapists and counselors with concepts, insights, and
therapeutic plans that will allow them to work effectively with
couples undergoing a crisis of broken intimacy. The authors address
this severe therapeutic challenge with a comprehensive and
inter-systematic approach that carefully considers the concerns of
the couple, the partners as individuals, and the role of the
therapist. Because it is a relationship problem, infidelity
requires a flexible clinical regimen combining elements of
individual and conjoint therapy within a systemic orientation. The
authors have long used just such a regimen in their own clinical
work with clients experiencing relational and sexual dysfunctions.
Treating Infidelity presents the insights and organization of this
successful clinical model, and provides a systematic and powerful
way for couples to repair and recover from an affair. The
multifaceted phenomenon of infidelity is explored in rich detail.
The authors offer a conceptual framework that accounts for the
varied contributing factors, common presentations, and the numerous
consequences of infidelity. The heart of the book is concerned with
recognizing when a breach in the couple s agreement about
exclusivity has occurred and assisting the couple in achieving the
goal of forgiveness. Relying on their novel empirically-based
approach, the authors demonstrate how forgiveness can be attained
even in the most difficult cases where shame, accusatory suffering,
anger, or fear can obstruct resolution. Moreover, Treating
Infidelity addresses the conditions necessary for establishing the
level and quality of communication that maintains a deep sense of
intimacy between partners. The core of this powerful but flexible
clinical approach is the understanding that there are various forms
of intimacy (e.g., sexual, emotional, intellectual) and significant
variations in what constitutes a breach of intimacy. Today,
infidelity constitutes a more expansive category than adultery or
extramarital sex. It includes any form of betrayal to the implied
or stated contract between couples regarding intimate exclusivity,
such as cybersex and other forms of Internet infidelity. In fact,
as the contexts, forms, and consequences of infidelity grow more
complex, therapists and counselors need the sort of systematic but
flexible approach found in Treating Infidelity. The experience and
circumstances of infidelity are unique to each couple. The authors
demonstrate this necessary flexibility in their approach and convey
how therapists must place the personal experience of clients at the
center of treatment."
Over 50% of couples presenting for treatment will complain of
insufficient sexual desire in one or both partners. Thus, all
clinicians are very likely to encounter HSD in both individual and
couple therapy practices. Here, Gerald Weeks and Nancy Gambescia
present a treatment model for HSD based on the integration of
medical and psychological interventions. This book provides
clinicians with the theoretical and practical tools to understand
and treat this complex problem. The book opens by providing a
general background about HSD and describing the overall framework
of the problem. The authors then review theories about the
presence, absence, and normative amounts of sexual desire and cover
factors that contribute to the lack of [sexual] desire from the
individual perspective. Both nonpsychiatric and psychiatric factors
are examined. Later chapters discuss the relational and
intergenerational factors that place couples at risk for developing
HSD. The physiology of sexual desire and the biological factors
that can diminish it (such as hormonal deficiencies, chronic
illnesses, and the sexual side effects of some medications) are
also discussed. Finally, the authors provide a comprehensive
assessment approach for HSD and outline basic principles and
strategies for treatment. A couple's lack of sexual desire is a
challenging issue for the clinician, but treatment is a rewarding
endeavor. Every practitioner who wants to help couples revive their
sexual relationship in the context of a significantly enhanced
couple relationship will benefit from this book.
As the field of the family has expanded, so has the need for an
up-to-date volume that pulls together and defines major salient
words, phrases, and concepts. This second edition of The Dictionary
of Family Psychology and Family Therapy provides an expanded, handy
reference for all family professionals--theoreticians, students,
researchers, or clinicians. There is no other source like it. Each
entry includes a definition of the term, an example relevant to its
usage, the origin of the term, an early source using the term, and
if pertinent, a recent source. "Borrowed" terms from other such
fields as family law, sex therapy, clinical child psychology, and
group psychology are also included. The Dictionary of Family
Psychology and Family Therapy is an essential resource intended for
use by students, faculty, family psychologists, family therapists,
and others engaged in the family field. "The authors have succeeded
in defining clearly and accessibly the major theoretical, and
methodological concepts in the field of family studies, including
operational definitions where appropriate." --Clinical Psychology
Forum "This wonderful book actually is a dictionary, defining
family psychology concepts and terms from A ('abortive runaway') to
Z ('zero-sum game'). . . . Anyone who reads professional material
in this field would find this dictionary invaluable. . . . The
concise format will allow the reader to stay informed. . . . The
application of concepts in examples and the provision of references
are invaluable. This book also does a good job of representing, in
an unbiased way, different theories or schools of thought. I would
recommend The Dictionary of Family Psychology and Family Therapy as
a reference for any professional in the family field and see it as
a great supplemental text for a graduate course or student."
--Family Relations "This is a timely book, and it should be on the
library shelves of professionals who deal with people in the areas
of clinical practice, research, and education. It should stand
alongside textbooks and other dictionaries. It should be read and
used as reference and source material. It complements our
understandings of human behavior and interactions, particularly the
interpersonal and intergroup inevitabilities in families as
representing core societies. Workers with families in terms of the
psychology and the therapy of such fundamental organizations of
genetically and other related people will find in this volume a
most valuable asset in furthering their understandings and
enhancing their effectiveness as therapists." --Jess V. Cohn, M.D.,
Emeritus Professor of Psychiatry, University of Miami Medical
School, in The American Journal of Family Therapy
Impotence is a widespread phenomenon; about half of couples
entering sex therapy and one quarter of those entering marital
therapy will complain of this problem. As baby boomers enter their
fifties and grow older during the next few decades, many more men
will be affected by this problem. In this groundbreaking work,
Gerald Weeks and Nancy Gambescia present the first serious
discussion of comprehensive psychological and medical treatments
for erectile dysfunction after the advent of Viagra. Though most
recently Viagra has catapulted discussion of erectile dysfunction
to the front pages of major newspapers and, via television,
American living rooms, there are actually a number of different
treatment options available. In fact, medical therapies for
erectile dysfunction have developed at an ever-increasing pace in
the last 20 years. Yet, despite widespread advances made in the
treatment of erectile dysfunction, the field of sex therapy has
lagged significantly behind in how it addresses the problem. The
authors offer an integrated approach that examines both the organic
and psychological factors contributing to erectile dysfunction.
With this treatment model integrating both medical and
psychological therapies, the authors also stress the role of the
couple's relationship in the etiology and treatment of the
dysfunction. The book presents medical information (about various
kinds of drugs as well as other interventions); physiological
information (why certain drugs work and why some don't);
psychological information (the effects of the disorder on both the
individual and the couple); and practical information (when and how
to seek treatment and what type of treatment works best under
different conditions). For sex and couple therapists and
physicians, Erectile Dysfunction presents a systematic method for
evaluating erectile dysfunction, determining whether its basis is
primarily organic or psychogenic, and treating it by integrating
medical interventions with sex and marital therapy. For the person
seeking treatment (and for his spouse), the book offers a thorough
and impartial discussion of the disorder.
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