Counseling Couples Before, During, and After Pregnancy (eBook)

Sexuality and Intimacy Issues

Stephanie Buehler (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2018
225 Seiten
Springer Publishing Company (Verlag)
978-0-8261-6665-4 (ISBN)

Infos

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 pregnancyIncludes relevant information for both mental health professionals and health care providers in a variety of settingsDiscusses assessing and treating common sexual concerns including approaches to brief counselingCovers fertility issues, painful intercourse, intimacy problems, post-partum depression, reproductive loss, and traumatic labor and deliveryAuthored by a recognized sex therapist and educator

Inhalt

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

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 28.2.2018
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik ► Politik / Gesellschaft
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Familien- / Systemische Therapie
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Sexualität / Partnerschaft
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Psychiatrie / Psychotherapie
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie ► Pflege ► Ausbildung / Prüfung
• Schlagworte: healthcare providers,HCPs,infertility,intensive sex therapy,intimacy,Lesbian,Gay,Bisexual,and Transgender,LGBT,mental health providers,parenthood,postpartum period,pregnancy,sex therapist,sexual health,sexual problems
• ISBN-10: 0-8261-6665-2 / 0826166652
• ISBN-13: 978-0-8261-6665-4 / 9780826166654