Series Information:
Brunner/Mazel Cognitive Therapy Series

Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for Sexual Dysfunction provides clinicians and graduate students with a comprehensive biopsychosocial model of useful, practical, empirically-based strategies and techniques to address common sexual dysfunctions. It is the most comprehensive volume describing the couple cognitive-behavioral approach to assessment, treatment, and relapse prevention of sexual dysfunction. The focus is on sexual desire and satisfaction with an emphasis on the Good Enough Sex (GES) model of sharing sexual pleasure rather than an individual perfect intercourse performance test. This title reflects the contributions of Mike Metz to the field of couple sex therapy.

This book provides clinicians and clinical graduate students with a comprehensive description of readily useful, practical, and empirically-based treatments for the specific sexual dysfunctions most commonly encountered in clinical practice with couples and individuals. In providing guidelines for best clinical practices, Metz and Epstein emphasize cognitive-behavioral treatments and incorporate scientific evidence about sexual dysfunctions and sex therapy interventions. Each chapter incorporates research and theoretical foundations and includes a discussion of the issues that commonly arise when working with clients with sexual problems. This book also provides explanations of the clinician 's role in dealing with clients with sexual dysfunction to enhance the clinician 's competence and comfort; strategies for conceptualizing sexual dysfunction and choosing the appropriate interventions; and specific treatment details for male and female sexual dysfunctions. Numerous case examples throughout the text illustrate the clinical sex therapy process, and clinical aides, handouts, educational materials, and resources are included in appendices.

Since the pioneering text by Mathur and Epstein over 35 years ago, much of the work on this subject has been extended or superseded, producing an enormous body of scattered literature. This edited volume unifies the subject, pulling material together and underpinning it with fundamental theory to produce the only complete, up-to-date reference on all major areas of spouted bed research and practice. With contributions from internationally renowned research groups, this book guides the reader through new developments, insights and models. The hydrodynamic and reactor models of spouted and spout-fluid beds are examined, as well as such topics as particle segregation, heat and mass transfer, mixing and scale-up. Later chapters focus on drying, particle-coating and energy-related applications based on spouted and spout-fluid beds. This is a valuable resource for chemical and mechanical engineers in research and industry.

The current volume by Baucom and Epstein demonstrates the product that can result when two individuals, both of whom are skilled therapists, creative theoreticians and experienced researchers, combine their efforts. No other two individuals have the depth of understanding and the breadth of knowledge needed to write a book of his magnitude on cognitive behavioral therapy of marital distress. As a result, the best of the scientist-practitioner is revealed in Cognitive-Behavioral Marital Therapy.