Description:
Sexuality is a significant part of the human experience, yet it is often a neglected topic in both counselor training and the counseling process. In this preeminent guide, expert clinicians with a variety of mental health and medical backgrounds write on diverse issues related to sexuality through a radical acceptance lens. Each chapter illustrates an affirmative and expansive approach to sexuality that considers clients' sexual and cultural identities and emphasizes sexual wellness. Students and professionals alike will learn how to respectfully and ethically approach sexuality considerations not commonly mentioned in the professional literature, such as sexuality and disability, healing after sexual violence, older adult sexuality, the impact of chronic illness on sexual expression, and paraphilias.
The text is organized around eight comprehensive parts-Foundations; Physiological and Psychological; Attraction, Orientation, and Gender; Sexual Wellness; Sexual Agency; Approaches to Sexual Divergence; Relationships; and Education-with case examples, "Questions You Always Wanted to Ask," and additional resources interwoven throughout.
Brief description: Angela M. Schubert, PhD, LPC, NCC, BC-TMH, is a clinical practitioner and associate professor for the CACREP-accredited clinical mental health counseling program at Central Methodist University. A member of the American Counseling Association (ACA), Association for Counselor Education and Supervision (ACES), Sexuality and Aging Consortium, American Association of Sexuality Educators, Counselors, and Therapists (AASECT), and the Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality, Schubert served for 6 years as Missouri state chair for AASECT. She currently serves on the editorial board for the Journal of Counseling Sexology & Sexual Wellness. Dr. Schubert is the president of the Association of Counseling Sexology and Sexual Wellness (ACSSW) and co-host of the Let's Get Uncomfortable podcast. Her research interest focuses on intersectionality of culture, gender, age, and sexuality through a relational-cultural theoretical lens. She has continued to act as expert consultant on sexuality-related topics such as sexual wellness, aging sexuality, sexual consent, sexual assault, and body image. She is currently undergoing supervision to become an AASECT-certified sex therapist.