Facing the Complexities of Women's Sexual Desire (eBook)

Vera S. Maass (Autor)

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2006 | 2007
XI, 228 Seiten
Springer US (Verlag)
978-0-387-33169-0 (ISBN)

Infos

This book focuses on a problem frequently encountered by sex and family therapists, psychologists and primary care physicians: women's sexual desire or lack thereof. The book covers both research and clinical interventions, and outlines factors that contribute to the decline in sexual desire in women of various ages. The text describes therapeutic steps which can be undertaken with the guidance of a therapist or by the woman herself.

Vera Sonja Maass is a psychologist in private practice as well as a consulting psychologist to the Grey Clinic, Indianapolis, Indiana. She received her Ph.D. in Counseling at University of Missouri-Kansas City and is certified in marriage and family therapy and mental health counseling.

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This book represents a broad-based approach to a narrow but complex issue. The issue causes distress for many and has been instrumental in family disruption and divorce. Women's sexual desire-whether it is too little or too much-has become an issue of growing concern and vague promises for solution. In the meantime, the women are looking for answers, consulting professionals in the field of human sexuality, physicians or therapists, media advice and self-help books. The material discussed in this book is not part of any structured research. The women encountered in the pages of this book have not been selected on a random basis. Some have been clients, some are volunteers from the general population and another group is made up of undergraduate college students. The college s- dents came from a varied ethnic and cultural background while the clients mainly were of white and African American background. The volunteers were predo- nantly from a white middle-class population. There is no claim that the women are representative of all women in the general population.

Inhalt

Preface 5
Acknowledgements 7
List of Tables 9
Contents 11
Introduction 12
PART I Background and Explanations 15
1 Influences on Women’s Sexual Experiences 16
2 Desire-Phase Problems and the Search for Explanations 35
3 Bio-Ethological and Social-Psychological Explanations 53
PART II The Women in Context 74
4 Searching for Sexual Identity 76
5 Symptom Manifestation Within Relationships 94
6 Women’s Relationships to Power 112
7 Intra-Personal Considerations Relevant to Sex Therapy 131
PART III Toward Resolution 149
8 Developments in Sexology and Sex Therapy 150
9 Cognitive-Behavioral Factors Relevant to Treatment 166
10 A Practical Cognitive-Behavioral Treatment Approach 179
11 Learning From the Past- Thoughts for the Future 196
Appendix A 205
Appendix B 206
Appendix C 208
References 209
Author Index 226
Subject Index 233

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Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 22.11.2006
• Zusatzinfo: XI, 228 p.
• Verlagsort: New York
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Sexualität / Partnerschaft
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Sozialpsychologie
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Psychiatrie / Psychotherapie
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
• Schlagworte: conflict • Encounter • exploration • Identity • Intervention • marriage • Sexual behaviour • Sexuality • Therapie • therapy • Women
• ISBN-10: 0-387-33169-7 / 0387331697
• ISBN-13: 978-0-387-33169-0 / 9780387331690