Sex Therapy Books

New and Published Books

1. Sexual Awareness

   Your Guide to Healthy Couple Sexuality, 5th Edition

   By Barry McCarthy, Emily McCarthy

   In the newest edition of this classic text, veteran authors Barry and Emily McCarthy explain how desire, pleasure, and satisfaction can enrich your relationship. As the premier book on the subject, Sexual Awareness focuses on factors that promote and subvert healthy couple sexuality. Reading this...

   Published March 18th 2012 by Routledge
2. New Directions in Sex Therapy

   Innovations and Alternatives, 2nd Edition

   Edited by Peggy J. Kleinplatz

   New Directions in Sex Therapy: Innovations and Alternatives focuses on cutting-edge, therapy paradigms as alternatives to conventional clinical strategies. With each passing year, the treatment of sexual problems seems to emphasize more medical and pharmacological interventions. There is...

   Published March 6th 2012 by Routledge
3. Military Sexual Trauma: Current Knowledge and Future Directions

   Edited by Carolyn Allard, Melissa Platt

   Military Sexual Trauma: Current Knowledge and Future Directions showcases the work of several prominent military sexual trauma (MST) researchers, scholars, and clinicians from across the United States. A review of existing research and original empirical findings converge to indicate that MST...

   Published December 19th 2011 by Routledge
4. Sex in Psychotherapy

   Sexuality, Passion, Love, and Desire in the Therapeutic Encounter

   By Lawrence E. Hedges

   Sex in Psychotherapy takes a psychodynamic approach to understanding recent technological and theoretical shifts in the field of psychotherapy. Lawrence Hedges provides an expert overview and analysis of a wide variety of new perspectives on sex, sexuality, gender, and identity; new theories about...

   Published October 11th 2010 by Routledge
5. Enduring Desire

   Your Guide to Lifelong Intimacy

   By Michael E. Metz, Barry W. McCarthy

   Winner of the 2011 AASECT Book Award! Co-authors of Men’s Sexual Health, Michael Metz and Barry McCarthy have come together to inspire and motivate readers in their newest book, Enduring Desire. Real-life examples and clear, helpful individual and couple exercises allow readers to reach for...

   Published October 11th 2010 by Routledge
6. Handbook of Clinical Sexuality for Mental Health Professionals

   2nd Edition

   Edited by Stephen B. Levine, Candace B. Risen, Stanley E. Althof

   The constantly-changing field inspired the second edition of Handbook of Clinical Sexuality for Mental Health Professionals. In a state-of-the-art guide, Dr. Levine and his associates continue to help professionals with the assessment and treatment of a large array of sexual concerns. Written in a...

   Published January 19th 2010 by Routledge
7. Sex, Sexuality and Therapeutic Practice

   A Manual for Therapists and Trainers

   Edited by Catherine Butler, Amanda O'Donovan, Elizabeth Shaw

   Sexuality is an important area of clients’ lives yet it is often neglected, both in the consulting room and in training. This book examines issues of sexuality in a positive and affirming light and considers how sexuality-related issues can be introduced into therapy and training. Sex and...

   Published October 25th 2009 by Routledge
8. A Clinician's Guide to Systemic Sex Therapy

   By Katherine M. Hertlein, Gerald R. Weeks, Shelley K. Sendak

   A Clinician’s Guide to Systemic Sex Therapy provides readers with an integrative and comprehensive theory in guiding their clinical practice. Pragmatically oriented, this text walks clinicians through diagnosis and treatment with resources such as tables, graphs, flow charts, and implementation...

   Published February 4th 2009 by Routledge
9. Discovering Your Couple Sexual Style

   Sharing Desire, Pleasure, and Satisfaction

   By Barry W. McCarthy, Emily McCarthy

   Winner of the 2009 Smart Marriages® Impact Award Think all sex should be earth shattering? The quality of most couple sex doesn’t measure up to the much distorted image of the perfect romantic love/passionate sex encounter portrayed in popular culture. In Discovering Your Couple Sexual Style:...

   Published January 8th 2009 by Routledge
10. Systemic Sex Therapy

    Edited by Katherine M. Hertlein, Gerald R. Weeks, Nancy Gambescia

    Systemic Sex Therapy serves as an introduction to the field of sex therapy from a systems perspective. It is an excellent resource for graduate students in marriage and family therapy programs or students and professionals who want a truly fresh perspective on sex therapy. This approach moves...

    Published December 4th 2008 by Routledge