Sex, Mind, and Emotion

Winifred Bolton is a consultant clinical psychologist currently specializing in the treatment of personality disorder in the NHS and heading a service in Camden and Islington, London. She previously worked in forensic and adult mental health settings. Janice Hiller is a consultant psychologist specializing in psychosexual and relationship problems in the NHS. She publishes and teaches on these topics, and also has a private practice in London for individuals and couples. Heather Wood is a consultant adult psychotherapist and clinical psychologist at the Portman Clinic, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust, and is a psychoanalytic psychotherapist with the British Association of Psychotherapists. She has a special interest in the problematic use of internet pornography and virtual sex, and the related subject of paedophilia, and has published chapters and papers on these and other topics.

'Sex, Mind, and Emotion firmly establishes the contemporary clinical relevance of a psychoanalytic perspective on all aspects of human sex and sexuality. [...] It does this in a non-tribalistic way and still manages to achieve a synthesis of diverse theoretical perspectives on the clinical problems linked with human sexuality [...]. It relocates sex and sexual behaviour squarely within their psychosocial, developmental and - most importantly - affective contexts. In sum, its clinical relevance is arguably so broad that no mental health clinician should be without a copy.'- Professor Phil Richardson, Tavistock and Portman NHS Trust, University of Essex'Anyone tired of mechanistic, superficial approaches to sexual dysfunction, or of psychotherapeutic methods that disregard human sexuality entirely, will find the antidote in this book. It restores human sexuality to its appropriate place, demonstrating again and again the interrelatedness of human sexuality, emotions and cognition. Although they differ in the extent to which they address it, or even realise it, all psychological therapists are working in the field of human sexuality. They will find this excellent book to be a superb resource.'- Professor Glenys Parry, University of Sheffield School of Health & Related Research

• Introduction: sex, mind, and emotion -- Developments in Theroy -- Sex, mind, and emotion through the life course: a biopsychosocial perspective -- Developmental theory and developmental deficits: the treatment of sex offenders with Asperger’s Syndrome -- Client Groups Posing New Challenges -- Compulsive use of internet pornography -- Psychosexual development in adolescents growing up with HIV infection in London -- The psychodynamics of unsafe sex -- Refugees and sexuality -- He or she? Trying to think psychodynamically about a service for people with gender dysphoria -- Innovative Therapeutic Approaches -- Psychological treatment for survivors of rape and sexual assault -- Systemic therapy techniques for sexual difficulties -- Borderline sexuality: sexually addictive behaviour in the context of a diagnosis of borderline personality disorder -- Psychoanalytically-informed CAT: a first treatment for problems of sexual relationships -- Loss of sexual interest and negative states of mind