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Sexuality and Gender for Mental Health Professionals
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Sexuality and Gender for Mental Health Professionals
A Practical Guide



October 2013 | 256 pages | SAGE Publications Ltd
Questions of sexuality and gender affect everyone and therefore have an inevitable relevance in the consulting room. Yet with interpretations and manifestations of both varying greatly from person to person, understanding the inherent complexities of sexuality and gender can be a daunting task for the health professional. Breaking down these complexities this practical guide familiarises the reader with all of the common and many of the less common sexualities, genders and relationship forms, and explains experiences and issues relating to each. The book contains:

 

-Explanations of various forms of sexuality, gender and relationship structures

-Common concerns relating to specific groups

-Key practises relating to specific groups

-The treatment of specific groups in contemporary Western society

-Details of some rules and ideals that are commonly found within specific groups

-Suggestions for professional practice with these groups

 

Ideal for all members of the multidisciplinary team, this accessible book is relevant to practitioners across theoretical backgrounds. Whether you are a trainee or qualified psychotherapist, counsellor, nurse, medic, psychiatrist, social worker or applied psychologist, this is a vital text for your professional practice.


CHRISTINA RICHARDS is Senior Specialist Psychology Associate at the West London Mental Health NHS Trust (Charing Cross) Gender Identity Clinic.

MEG BARKER is a senior lecturer in psychology at the Open University and a sex and relationship therapist.

 

 
Introduction
 
PART ONE: GENDER PRACTICES AND IDENTITIES
 
Transgender (Trans) - Living a different gender from that assigned at birth
 
Intersex / Diversity of Sexual Development (DSD)
 
Cisgender - Living in the gender assigned at birth
 
Further Genders
 
PART TWO: SEXUALITY: PRACTICES AND IDENTITIES
 
Bondage and Discipline, Dominance and Submission, and Sadomasochism (BDSM) / Kink
 
Asexuality
 
Bisexuality
 
Lesbian and Gay sexuality
 
Heterosexuality
 
Cross-dressing
 
Further Sexualities
 
PART THREE: RELATIONSHIP STRUCTURES
 
Monogamy
 
Non-monogamy

Recommended to our students on the diversity and inclusivity course for its applicability to practice.

Dr Helen Nicholas
Institute of Health & Society, Worcester University
July 29, 2016

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