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Sexual Life

A Clinician’s Guide

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Part of the book series: Critical Issues in Psychiatry (CIPS)

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Table of contents (15 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xv
  2. What Is Sexuality?

    • Stephen B. Levine
    Pages 1-9
  3. What Shapes Sexual Life?

    • Stephen B. Levine
    Pages 10-23
  4. Psychological and Sexual Intimacy

    • Stephen B. Levine
    Pages 37-48
  5. The Paradoxes of Sexual Desire

    • Stephen B. Levine
    Pages 49-65
  6. Preparing to Conduct Therapy

    • Stephen B. Levine
    Pages 66-78
  7. The Sexual Equilibrium

    • Stephen B. Levine
    Pages 79-89
  8. Helping Men to Control Ejaculation

    • Stephen B. Levine
    Pages 90-106
  9. Helping Women to Become Orgasmic

    • Stephen B. Levine
    Pages 107-119
  10. Erection Problems

    • Stephen B. Levine
    Pages 120-143
  11. Paraphilia, Dissociation, and Sexual Abuse

    • Stephen B. Levine
    Pages 144-162
  12. Homosexualities

    • Stephen B. Levine
    Pages 163-179
  13. Gender Identity Disorders

    • Stephen B. Levine
    Pages 180-201
  14. Physical Illness and the Sexual Equilibrium

    • Stephen B. Levine
    Pages 202-215
  15. Erotic Feelings in Therapy

    • Stephen B. Levine
    Pages 216-230
  16. Back Matter

    Pages 231-234

About this book

The author has written an unusually fresh work, applying a biopsychosocial approach to the diagnosis and treatment of a wide range and degree of disorders. The book will provide mental health professionals and graduate students with a trustworthy, sophisticated introduction to sexual health and its problems.

Reviews

`This book is a pleasure to read, owing to Levine's almost literary writing style. It provides a valuable humanistic addition to our attempts to understand the complexities of our own, and our patients', sexual lives.'
Archives of Sexual Behavior, 28:4 (1999)

Authors and Affiliations

  • Center for Human Sexuality, Department of Psychiatry, University Hospitals of Cleveland, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, USA

    Stephen B. Levine

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Sexual Life

  • Book Subtitle: A Clinician’s Guide

  • Authors: Stephen B. Levine

  • Series Title: Critical Issues in Psychiatry

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-0852-0

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 1992

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-306-44287-2Published: 31 October 1992

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4899-0854-4Published: 31 May 2013

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4899-0852-0Published: 21 November 2013

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVI, 234

  • Topics: Clinical Psychology, Psychiatry, Sexual Behavior

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Softcover Book USD 109.99
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Hardcover Book USD 109.99
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  • Durable hardcover edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

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