Treating Sexual Disorders

Randolph S. Charlton

Wiley, 1997 - Psychology - 348 pages

Successful treatment of sexual disorders is a multifaceted task, complicated by the need to understand the interaction of a variety of psychological and physiological processes. The therapy of sexual difficulties is made more difficult by the pervasive sense of shame that is part and parcel of every intimate discussion of sexual matters.?Sex therapy? has progressed radically since the days when Masters and Johnson first published their groundbreaking work. To addresses the nature and treatment of sexual dysfunction, the contributors of this volume offer clinical techniques derived from sex therapy, couples and marital therapy, behavior therapy, psychodynamic psychotherapy and psychoanalysis. Theoretical concepts are presented to help the reader understand the reasons behind the most effective and up-to-date therapeutic interventions for the treatment of each of the sexual dysfunctions listed in the DSM IV.Treating Sexual Disorders is written with wisdom, kindness, and empathy for clinicians and their clients. Crafted to be accessible to novice clinicians, and experienced therapists, as well as experts in sexual dysfunction, the book is filled with down-to-earth advice and case examples. Each chapter author is an experienced therapist who presents his or her own personal experience of working with sexual issues. The reader will find a variety of examples of therapeutic methods of dealing with the special transference/countertransference issues that occur in the treatment of clients with sexual dysfunction.

Contents

• CHAPTER: 1
• CHAPTER 2: 29
• CHAPTER 3: 59

About the author

RANDOLPH S. CHARLTON is clinical professor of psychiatry and the behavioral sciences at the Stanford University School of Medicine. He is a fellow of the American Academy of Psychoanalysis, a supervising and training analyst at the C.G. Jung Institute of Northern California, and a member of the Alpha Omega Alpha Honorary Medical Society. Irvin D. Yalom was born in Washington, D.C. on June 13, 1931, of parents who immigrated from Russia shortly after World War I. Yalom entered into medical school intent on studying the field of psychiatry. His first writings were scientific contributions to professional journals. His first book, "The Theory and Practice of Group Psychotherapy" was widely used as a text for training therapists. It has been translated into twelve languages and spawned four editions. "Existential Psychotherapy" followed, which was a textbook for a course that did not exist at the time, and then "Inpatient Group Psychotherapy," a guide to leading groups in the inpatient psychiatric ward. In an effort to teach aspects of Existential Therapy, Yalom turned to a literary conveyance and wrote a book of therapy tales called "Love's Executioner", two teaching novels, "When Nietzsche Wept" and "Lying on the Couch" and, "Momma and the Meaning of Life," a collection of true and fictionalized tales of therapy. These books went on to be best sellers, and "When Nietzsche Wept" won the Commonwealth Gold Medal for best fiction of 1993. They have been widely translated,each into about fifteen to twenty languages, and have had considerable distribution abroad.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Treating Sexual Disorders; Jossey-Bass library of current clinical technique
• Author: Randolph S. Charlton
• Editors: Randolph S. Charlton, Irvin D. Yalom
• Publisher: Wiley, 1997
• Original from: the University of Michigan
• Digitized: Aug 27, 2007
• ISBN: 0787903116, 9780787903114
• Length: 348 pages
• Subjects: Psychology / General; Psychology / Psychotherapy / General