Routledge Expanding the Practice of Sex Therapy: The Neuro Update Edition―An Integrative Approach for Exploring Desire and Intimacy

The revised edition of this award-winning book offers thirty-three Neuro Updates, which provide evidence-based data to help you recognize and explain the deeply transformational nature of the work. Expanding the Practice of Sex Therapy looks beyond behavioral treatments, pharmaceutical interventions, and performance goals to a comprehensive picture of what your clients want and need when they enter sex therapy, and offers creative ways to engage your clients in their own therapeutic process, whether or not you are trained as a sex therapist. Central to Gina Ogden’s approach is her Four-Dimensional Wheel of Sexual Experience, an innovative template that recognizes the full range of sexual issues: physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual. The text is organized into five practice-oriented sections that introduce the 4-D Wheel; show you how you can use it with individuals, couples, and groups; and encourage you to explore it on your own. Review "This Neuro Update edition of Expanding the Practice of Sex Therapy does exactly that: EXPAND. It will deepen your understanding, enrich your practice, and restore your overall appreciation of the complexity of sexuality. It is rich, thoughtful, and oh so useful for all therapists. I am immediately adding it to my recommendation list."Esther Perel, author of Mating in Captivity and The State of Affairs: Rethinking Infidelity "Gina Ogden is the major spokesperson for the range of diversity in female sexuality and the importance of spirituality in sexual desire. This edition integrates insights and exercises from cognitive neuroscience, expanding her 4-Dimensional Wheel approach to sex therapy and making it even more highly recommended for clinicians."Barry McCarthy, author of Rekindling Desire, Sex Made Simple, and Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for Sexual Dysfunction. "I couldn’t imagine improvement in Gina Ogden’s classic Expanding the Practice of Sex Therapy. And then she published this second edition, adding cutting-edge understanding of the science of transformation. Every sexuality educator, sex therapist, and lover will want to read this new offering. Thirty-three Neuro Updates stunningly integrate knowledge of how the brain shapes sexual experience, updating the perspectives from body, spirit, mind, and heart so well illuminated in the first edition. Paradigm shifting!"Susan Stiritz, PhD, MSW, President, American Association of Sexuality Educators, Counselors, and Therapists (AASECT); Chair, Sexual Health and Education, Master of Social Work Program, Brown School, Washington University, St. Louis "This book offers the latest in sexual science and brain science and emphasizes that ultimately, we do our best work when we ask new questions about sex that include a client’s mental, emotional, physical, and spiritual stories. In an area where there are too few books to guide us, a real highlight of Ogden's book is her self-awareness as a therapist and her talent as a supervisor and teacher. Each page is rich with her insight. I will be recommending it enthusiastically to others." Sallie Foley, coauthor of Sex Matters for Women; Director, University of Michigan Sexual Health Certificate Program "Gina Ogden’s contribution to the field of sex therapy will last far beyond the quest for a new pill or the diagnostic treatment of pathologies. Her 4-D model reflects a collaborative paradigm for how to address and resolve sexual issues through integration of the whole human being. This new edition is a treasure, offering scientific relevance to the experiential world Ogden presents so well."Patti Britton, PhD, MPH, author of TheArt of Sex Coaching and Designing and Leading a Successful SAR: A Guide for Sex Therapists, Sexuality Educators, and Sexologists; cofounder, SexCoachU "Gina Ogden does an exquisite job of explaining the neuroscience that underlies her experiential approach. Her methods are effective and profound and produce measurable changes in the lives and