What Every Mental Health Professional Needs to Know Sbout Sex

Human sexuality is perhaps one of the most complicated topics on the
planet. Shrouded in secrecy, regulated by religion and law, and assigned
meanings from original sin to the ultimate expression of sacred joy, sexuality
can perplex even the wisest providers. Yet, sexuality is often ignored in graduate
programs in psychology, marriage and family therapy, and social work.
As I offer online continuing education programs in sex therapy, I have corresponded
with providers in nearly every state and internationally, all of whom
report that their training in sex therapy was inadequate.
What Every Mental Health Professional Needs to Know About Sex is a straightforward,inclusive, plain language textbook designed to take the provider who
knows very little or who might be uncomfortable about sex to a place of knowledge
and competence.
Lastly, because I wanted to make the text easy to use for instructors,
I have created an Instructor’s Manual, as well as a PowerPoint presentation
for each chapter. These materials are available to qualified instructors and
may be requested by e-mail (textbook@springerpub.com). Reproducible
worksheets, available to students and practitioners, can be downloaded
from the Springer website (https://connect.springerpub.com/content/
book/978-0-8261-3589-6).