Sex in psychotherapy : sexuality, passion, love, and desire in the therapeutic encounter / Lawrence E. Hedges.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hedges, Lawrence E., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sex (Psychology).

Psychotherapy--Erotic aspects.

Psychotherapy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (235 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Routledge, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"Sex in Psychotherapy takes a psychodynamic approach to understanding recent technological and theoretical shifts in the field of psychotherapy. Lawrence Hedges provides an expert overview and analysis of a wide variety of new perspectives on sex, sexuality, gender, and identity; new theories about sex's role in therapy; and new discoveries about the human brain and how it works. Therapists will value Hedges's unique insights into the role of sexuality in therapy, which are grounded in the author's studies of neurology, the history of sexuality, transference, resistance, and countertransference. Clinicians will also appreciate his provocative analyses of influential perspectives on sex, gender, and identity, and his lucid, concrete advice on the practice of therapeutic listening"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

pt. 1. Perspectives for considering sex, sexuality, gender, and gender identity

pt. 2. Published accounts of sex in psychotherapy

pt. 3. Three extended case studies illustrating sex and sexuality in the transference, resistance, and countertransferance of psychotherapy.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-135-19244-8

1-135-19245-6

1-283-04523-0

9786613045232

0-203-86456-5

9780203864562

OCLC:

707067597