Sex, Mind, and Emotion

Innovation in Psychological Theory and Practice

Winifred Bolton, Janice Hiller, Heather Wood (Herausgeber)

Buch | Softcover

320 Seiten

2006
Karnac Books (Verlag)
978-1-85575-349-5 (ISBN)

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Recent decades have seen a decline in the emphasis on sexuality in psychoanalytic theory, whilst clinical psychology has become more involved in sexual health issues. Sexuality remains at the core of human experience and where there are psychological and psychotherapeutic treatments, there will be sexual issues to be addressed. Sex, Mind, and Emotion is a collection of predominantly clinical papers, exploring innovative work in the field. The central tenet of the book is that sexual behaviour cannot be divorced from the emotional context in which it occurs or the meaning of that behaviour to the individual and therefore no chapter is about sex without also addressing mind and emotion.The book uses a fusion of psychoanalytic, systemic and cognitive theories in conjunction with public service practice. It deals with important and relevant topics such as the treatment of sex offenders; the compulsive use of internet pornography; the psychosexual development of adolescents growing up with HIV; the psychodynamics of unsafe sex; refugees and sexuality; services for people with gender dysphoria; psychological treatment for survivors of rape and sexual assault; and loss of sexual interest.

Winifred Bolton is a consultant clinical psychologist currently specializing in the treatment of personality disorder in the NHS and heading a service in Camden and Islington, London. She previously worked in forensic and adult mental health settings. Janice Hiller is a consultant psychologist specializing in psychosexual and relationship problems in the NHS. She publishes and teaches on these topics, and also has a private practice in London for individuals and couples. Heather Wood is a consultant adult psychotherapist and clinical psychologist at the Portman Clinic, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust, and is a psychoanalytic psychotherapist with the British Association of Psychotherapists. She has a special interest in the problematic use of internet pornography and virtual sex, and the related subject of paedophilia, and has published chapters and papers on these and other topics.

Introduction: sex, mind, and emotion -- Developments in Theroy -- Sex, mind, and emotion through the life course: a biopsychosocial perspective -- Developmental theory and developmental deficits: the treatment of sex offenders with Asperger’s Syndrome -- Client Groups Posing New Challenges -- Compulsive use of internet pornography -- Psychosexual development in adolescents growing up with HIV infection in London -- The psychodynamics of unsafe sex -- Refugees and sexuality -- He or she? Trying to think psychodynamically about a service for people with gender dysphoria -- Innovative Therapeutic Approaches -- Psychological treatment for survivors of rape and sexual assault -- Systemic therapy techniques for sexual difficulties -- Borderline sexuality: sexually addictive behaviour in the context of a diagnosis of borderline personality disorder -- Psychoanalytically-informed CAT: a first treatment for problems of sexual relationships -- Loss of sexual interest and negative states of mind

Erscheint lt. Verlag	1.1.2006
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	147 x 230 mm
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Psychoanalyse / Tiefenpsychologie
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Sexualität / Partnerschaft
ISBN-10	1-85575-349-9 / 1855753499
ISBN-13	978-1-85575-349-5 / 9781855753495
Zustand	Neuware