Expanding the Practice of Sex Therapy

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.-

Gina Ogden, PhD, LMFT, is an award-winning sex therapist, researcher, and founder of the 4-D Network for Body, Mind, Heart, and Spirit. She is the author of twelve books on sexuality and of the only national survey to investigate sexuality and spirituality. Her work is archived in the Kinsey Institute. She lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts (www.GinaOgden.com; www.4-DNetwork.com).

Introduction: Engage Your Clients and Expand Your Practice PART I: The Research and the Clinical Approach 1. "Integrating Sexuality and Spirituality:" A Nationwide Survey 2. The 4-D Wheel of Sexual Experience PART II: The 4-D Wheel: A Guide to the Quadrants 3. Mapping the Varieties of Sexual Experience 4. The Physical Quadrant: Exploring Sexual Sensation and Dysfunction 5. The Emotional Quadrant: Exploring Sexual Passion and Fear 6. The Mental Quadrant: Exploring Sexual Discernment and Judgments 7. The Spiritual Quadrant: Exploring Sexual Connection and Disconnection 8. The Center: Exploring Sexual Integration and Transformation PART III: The 4-D Practice: A Guide to Clinical Nuance 9. Core Dynamics of 4-D Practice and Ways to Implement Them PART IV: Using 4-D with Your Clients and Yourself 10. Using the 4-D Wheel in Training Seminars and Personal Growth Intensives 11. Stories of Transformation: How Sexual Dysfunctions Are Transformed as a Result of 4-D Groups 12. Using the 4-D Wheel in Individual and Couples Therapy 13. A Story of Transformation in Individual and Couples Practice 14. Taking the 4-D Experience Home PART V: Training and Integration 15. 4-D Training and Certification for Professionals 16. Caveats for Therapists 17. Exploring 4-D for Yourself