The author has written an unusually fresh work, applying a biopsychosocial approach to the diagnosis and treatment of a wide range and degree of disorders. The book will provide mental health professionals and graduate students with a trustworthy, sophisticated introduction to sexual health and its problems.
1: What Is Sexuality?.- 2: What Shapes Sexual Life?.- 3: The Psychological Organization of Our Sexual Selves.- 4: Psychological and Sexual Intimacy.- 5: The Paradoxes of Sexual Desire.- 6: Preparing to Conduct Therapy.- 7: The Sexual Equilibrium.- 8: Helping Men to Control Ejaculation.- 9: Helping Women to Become Orgasmic.- 10: Erection Problems.- 11: Paraphilia, Dissociation, and Sexual Abuse.- 12: Homosexualities.- 13: Gender Identity Disorders.- 14: Physical Illness and the Sexual Equilibrium.- 15: Erotic Feelings in Therapy.
'This book is a pleasure to read, owing to Levine's almost literary writing style. It provides a valuable humanistic addition to our attempts to understand the complexities of our own, and our patients', sexual lives.' Archives of Sexual Behavior, 28:4 (1999)
Stephen B. Levine, Candace B. Risen, Stanley E. Althof, USA) Levine, Stephen B. (Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH, USA) Risen, Candace B. (Case Western Reserve University, Ohio, USA) Althof, Stanley E. (Case Western Reserve University, Ohio
Stephen B. Levine, Candace B. Risen, Stanley E. Althof, USA) Levine, Stephen B. (Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH, USA) Risen, Candace B. (Case Western Reserve University, Ohio, USA) Althof, Stanley E. (Case Western Reserve University, Ohio