Facing the Complexities of Women's Sexual Desire

1. Auflage 2006
ISBN: 978-0-387-33169-0
Verlag: Springer-Verlag
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 231 Seiten

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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Inhaltsverzeichnis

1;Preface;5
2;Acknowledgements;7
3;List of Tables;9
4;Contents;11
5;Introduction;12
6;PART I Background and Explanations;15
6.1;1 Influences on Women’s Sexual Experiences;16
6.2;2 Desire-Phase Problems and the Search for Explanations;35
6.3;3 Bio-Ethological and Social-Psychological Explanations;53
7;PART II The Women in Context;74
7.1;4 Searching for Sexual Identity;76
7.2;5 Symptom Manifestation Within Relationships;94
7.3;6 Women’s Relationships to Power;112
7.4;7 Intra-Personal Considerations Relevant to Sex Therapy;131
8;PART III Toward Resolution;149
8.1;8 Developments in Sexology and Sex Therapy;150
8.2;9 Cognitive-Behavioral Factors Relevant to Treatment;166
8.3;10 A Practical Cognitive-Behavioral Treatment Approach;179
8.4;11 Learning From the Past- Thoughts for the Future;196
9;Appendix A;205
10;Appendix B;206
11;Appendix C;208
12;References;209
13;Author Index;226
14;Subject Index;233

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