Overview
- Includes illustrations and clinical case studies
- One of few books targeted to sex therapists that focuses solely on female sexual desire
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About this book
This book represents a broad-based approach to a narrow but complex issue. The issue causes distress for many and has been instrumental in family disruption and divorce. Women’s sexual desire—whether it is too little or too much—has become an issue of growing concern and vague promises for solution. In the meantime, the women are looking for answers, consulting professionals in the field of human sexuality, physicians or therapists, media advice and self-help books. The material discussed in this book is not part of any structured research. The women encountered in the pages of this book have not been selected on a random basis. Some have been clients, some are volunteers from the general population and another group is made up of undergraduate college students. The college s- dents came from a varied ethnic and cultural background while the clients mainly were of white and African American background. The volunteers were predo- nantly from a white middle-class population. There is no claim that the women are representative of all women in the general population.
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Table of contents (11 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Background and Explanations
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
Reviews
From the reviews:
"Something of riveting interest in almost every chapter.... vignettes well done and often poignant.... analysis clear and immediately accessible.... a lovely offering."
Edward Shorter, Hannah Professor of the History of Medicine, Professor of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, Canada
"I need to know more about the biology of sex, especially in women, and it was that part of Facing the Complexities of Women's Sexual Desire that I found most useful. … The essence of the book is many brief descriptions of important issues, along with some longer discussions as well. The brief descriptions make this a very readable book … . Overall, this is a terrific book that is sure to tell the reader new things about women’s sexuality." (Russell Eisenman, PsycCRITIQUES, Vol. 52 (39), 2007)
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
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.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Facing the Complexities of Women's Sexual Desire
Authors: Vera Sonja Maass
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-33169-0
Publisher: Springer New York, NY
eBook Packages: Behavioral Science, Behavioral Science and Psychology (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag US 2007
Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-387-33168-3Published: 14 November 2006
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4899-8708-2Published: 18 September 2014
eBook ISBN: 978-0-387-33169-0Published: 22 November 2006
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XI, 228
Topics: Health Psychology, Cognitive Psychology, Sexual Behavior, Gender Studies