Integrative Sex & Couples Therapy: A Therapist’s Guide to New and Innovative Approaches

Product Description

Throughout her 30-year career, Dr. Tammy Nelson found that couples therapists have traditionally been taught little about sex therapy, and sex therapists have minimal education in relationship systems. This leaves clinicians searching for more interventions for both couples and sexuality. To bridge the gap, Dr. Nelson, relationship expert and board-certified sexologist, has gathered the top authorities in the field of integrative treatment to create this groundbreaking book for all therapists looking for a comprehensive treatment resource.Featuring new approaches combining sex therapy and relationship counseling, Integrative Sex & Couples Therapy brings treatment skills into practice, with real-world experiences, interventions, techniques, strategies, and case examples.Topics include:- Biopsychosocial Approach- Sexual Medicine Model- Imago Relationship Therapy- Internal Family Systems- Trauma and Group Therapy Intersectionality- Kink Competence- Art Therapy- Somatic Interventions- LGB(Trans)QIA- Nutri-Sexual Health- Alternative Mindfulness- Future of SexContributing Authors:- Janet Brito, PhD- Neil Cannon, PhD- Pamela Finnerty, PhD- Deborah Fox, MSW- Gail Guttman, LCSW- Amanda Holmberg-Sasek, LMFT- Stephanie King, PsyD- Pebble Kranz, MD- Einat S. Metzl, PhD- Wendy E. Miller, PhD- Malika O Neill, MS- Daniel Rosen, LCSW-R- James C. Wadley, PhD

Review

At last! A book that truly bridges the practice of psychotherapy with sexuality in a holistic and approachable way. The collective experience of Dr. Tammy Nelson and the contributors to
Integrative Sex & Couples Therapy provide a comprehensive guide on how to utilize different models of psychotherapy that are inclusive of sexuality with a variety of presenting cases. A must read for relational sex therapists. —
Fiona O’Farrell, MFT, Sex Educator, and AASECT Certified Sex Therapist

This book is an outstanding integration of all the major schools of relationship therapy with the latest developments in sex therapy, written by top experts in the field. Clinicians can use this book and its interventions for years to come as the go-to primer for sex and couples therapy.

Janis Abrahms Spring, Ph.D. , author of
After the Affair and
How Can I Forgive You?

This books offers a comprehensive list of resources for those of us who want to view the client in all aspects of their life, considering that life’s intersections often meet at the sexuality crossroads.
–Karyll Honeycutt, LCSW

Dr. Janet Brito provides a holistic approach that non-judgmentally considers how self-esteem, libido, and sexual functioning are greatly impacted by something clients consume every day: food. By empowering clients to collaboratively make healthier lifestyle changes, the Nutri-Sexual Health Model considers the whole person. Improving nutritional habits is essential when enhancing the connection between food, mood, and relationship functioning.

–Dr. Molly Winterrowd, PsyD, Postdoctoral Psychology Fellow in Human Sexuality Center for Sexual & Reproductive Health

Inclusion in therapeutic practices is about so much more than cultural competency. This book looks at a full-spectrum, holistic approach to helping clients not simply survive but thrive in every aspect of their lives. –Dr. Laura McGuire, Sexologist and founder of The National Center for Equity and Agency

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Throughout her 30-year career, Dr. Tammy Nelson found that couples therapists have traditionally been taught little about sex therapy, and sex therapists have minimal education in relationship systems. This leaves clinicians searching for more interventions for both couples and sexuality. To bridge the gap, Dr. Nelson, relationship expert and board-certified sexologist, has gathered the top authorities in the field of integrative treatment to create this groundbreaking book for all therapists looking for a comprehensive treatment resource.
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