Sex in psychotherapy : sexuality, passion, love, and desire in the therapeutic encounter
By: Lawrence E. Hedges
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780415873529
Subjects: Sex (Psychology); Erotic aspects; Psychotherapy; Sex; Psychological aspects
Description: "Sex in Psychotherapy takes a psychodynamic approach to understanding recent technological and theoretical shifts in the field of psychotherapy. Lawrence Hedges provides an expert overview and analysis of a wide variety of new perspectives on sex, sexuality, gender, and identity; new theories about sex's role in therapy; and new discoveries about the human brain and how it works. Therapists will value Hedges's unique insights into the role of sexuality in therapy, which are grounded in the author's studies of neurology, the history of sexuality, transference, resistance, and countertransference. Clinicians will also appreciate his provocative analyses of influential perspectives on sex, gender, and identity, and his lucid, concrete advice on the practice of therapeutic listening"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.