Counseling Couples Before, During, and After Pregnancy
Springer Publishing Co Inc (Verlag)
978-0-8261-6664-7 (ISBN)
This practical, evidence-based resource is the first available guide for health care providers and mental health professionals on advising and counseling couples and individuals who are experiencing sexual issues directly related to conception efforts, pregnancy, and the post-partum period. Authored by a noted sex therapist, the book offers providers current, accurate information about issues that can affect sexual activity surrounding pregnancy and offers proven strategies for effective counseling.
Providing a helpful framework for assessment, treatment, and when to refer a client to another health care provider, the book examines conception- and pregnancy-related sexual dysfunctions that both men and women may encounter. Underscoring the importance of maintaining a strong relationship between couples, the book is filled with practical guidance for treating both cisgender couples and the LBGT population. Also included are helpful checklists, forms, and patient handouts that can be used immediately. Couple and marriage counselors, nurse midwives, women’s health nurses, and other professionals whose practice includes work with couples and childbirth concerns, will find this book an unparalleled resource.
Key Features:
Addresses common issues and questions women, men, and couples have regarding sex prior to, during, and after pregnancy
Includes relevant information for both mental health professionals and health care providers in a variety of settings
Discusses assessing and treating common sexual concerns including approaches to brief counseling
Covers fertility issues, painful intercourse, intimacy problems, post-partum depression, reproductive loss, and traumatic labor and delivery
Authored by a recognized sex therapist and educator
Stephanie Buehler, PsyD, CST-S is an internationally recognized licensed psychologist and AASECT-Certified Sex Therapist and Supervisor. Dr. Buehler is Director of The Buehler Institute, where she provides sex and relationship therapy as well as continuing education programs. She is also part of Hoag for Her Center for Wellness, where she specializes in helping women overcome painful sex, as well as high-risk breast cancer patients. She has published on sexuality for both professional and lay audiences, including her books What Every Mental Health Professionals Need to Know About Sex, Second Edition and Sex, Love, and Mental Illness: A Couple's Guide to Staying Connected.
Foreword
Preface
Part I: Foundations
Chapter 1: Transition to Parenthood
Chapter 2: Sexuality and Intimacy
Chapter 3: Assessment
Chapter 4: Women’s Sexual Problems
Chapter 5: Men’s Sexual Problems
Part II: Reproduction, Sexuality, and Intimacy
Chapter 6: Before Conception
Chapter 7: Pregnancy
Chapter 8: Postpartum Period
Part III: Helping Couples
Chapter 9: Supporting LGBT Parents
Chapter 10: Sexuality Counseling
Chapter 11: Intensive Sex Therapy
Appendix
Resources
| Erscheinungsdatum | 21.02.2018 |
|---|---|
| Verlagsort | New York |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 152 x 229 mm |
| Gewicht | 525 g |
| Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Familien- / Systemische Therapie |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Sexualität / Partnerschaft | |
| Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Psychiatrie / Psychotherapie | |
| Medizin / Pharmazie ► Pflege ► Ausbildung / Prüfung | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-8261-6664-4 / 0826166644 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-8261-6664-7 / 9780826166647 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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