Sexual Dysfunction in Women (Advances in Psychotherapy -Evidence-Based Practice) - Softcover

Meana, Marta

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0889374007 ISBN 13: 9780889374003

Publisher: Hogrefe & Huber Pub, 2012

Synopsis

Sexual Dysfunction in Women is a concise yet detailed clinical guide to the treatment of sexual difficulties in women. Written with the general psychologist and therapist in mind and being published with a companion volume on Sexual Dysfunction in Men, it takes the novel position that most clinicians interested and willing to help female clients with sexual concerns can do so effectively, even if they do not primarily consider themselves as sex therapists. Many women will experience difficulties with desire, arousal, orgasm, or pain with intercourse at some point in the course of their lives, yet most clinicians feel less equipped to treat sexual dysfunction than far less prevalent disorders. This book empowers general psychologists, therapists, and other practitioners to actively engage in the multidisciplinary treatment of sexual disorders and broaden their knowledge base about sexuality, an important component of most clients quality of life. It is both a go-to resource for professional clinicians in their daily work and an ideal resource for students and practice-oriented continuing education.

About this title

About the Author:

Marta Meana, Ph.D. is a renowned sex researcher and therapist whose work on female sexuality has been widely published in the academic literature and extensively covered in national and international popular media. Professor of Psychology at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, she is President of the Society for Sex Therapy and Research, Associate Editor of the Archives of Sexual Behavior, and an Advisor to the DSM-5 Workgroup on Sexual Dysfunctions.

Review:

If you have time to read one book about female sexual dysfunction, this should be the one. Professionals will delight in the concise, well written, up-to-date, conceptually accurate and practically useful information and advice in this book. ----Irving Binik, Professor of Psychology, McGill University, Director of the Sex and Couple Therapy Service, McGill University Health Center, Montreal, Canada

This exceptionally well written book brings clarity to the confusion often surrounding female sexual
function and dysfunction. Reading it is sure to help even the most reluctant of therapists overcome the
performance anxiety associated with treating sexual disorders in their female patients. This book should
be required reading for novice and experienced therapists alike. --Kathryn Hall, PhD, Author of Reclaiming Your Sexual Self: How to Bring Desire Back Into Your Life, Co-Editor of Principles and Practices of Sex Therapy (5th ed.), Co-Editor of The Cultural Context of Sexual Pleasure and Problems: Psychotherapy with Divers

In her usual entertaining writing style, Meana synthesizes and summarizes an enormous body of empirical science in this outstanding guide for clinicians to the pathophysiology, epidemiology, diagnosis, assessment, and treatment of women s sexual difficulties. This book will move to the front of my bookshelf
and should be a standard text for any clinician wishing to increase his or her knowledge on the topic. --Lori A. Brotto, PhD, R Psych, Associate Professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada

Female sexual dysfunction is prevalent but remains amysterious field in psychiatry. In this book Dr Marta Meana, a renowned sex researcher and therapist, enlightens us on the world of female sexual difficulties. [She] guides us from basic descriptions to the theories, giving us a panoramic view of the spectrum of sexual dysfunction in women. She then brings us back to the practical aspects of diagnosis and treatment, which are of utmost importance to our clinical practice. [...] This book empowers us to actively and sensitively engage in the multidisciplinary treatment of sexual disorders, and becomes a pleasure to read! --Brian Ip, MBBS, Department of Psychiatry, Pamela Youde Nethersole Eastern Hospital, Hong Kong SAR, China, in East Asian Arch Psychiatry, Vol. 22, 2012

In her usual entertaining writing style, Meana synthesizes and summarizes an enormous body of empirical science in this outstanding guide for clinicians to the pathophysiology, epidemiology, diagnosis, assessment, and treatment of women s sexual difficulties. This book will move to the front of my bookshelf
and should be a standard text for any clinician wishing to increase his or her knowledge on the topic. --Lori A. Brotto, PhD, R Psych, Associate Professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada

About this edition

• Publisher: Hogrefe & Huber Pub
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 0889374007
• ISBN 13: 9780889374003
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 98