Sex, God, and the Conservative Church: Erasing Shame from Sexual Intimacy

ISBN-13: 9781138674974 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017 / 186 str.

Tina Schermer Sellers

Opis

Sex, God, and the Conservative Church guides psychotherapy and sexology clinicians on how to treat clients who grew up in a conservative faith—mired in sexual shame and dysfunction—and who desire to both heal and hold on to their faith orientation.

Spis treści

Acknowledgements Introduction 1. Christianity and Sex: What’s Going On? 2. How Did Christian Sexuality Get Derailed? 3. American Consumerism 4. Hope for Clients: The Lost Message of a Sex-Positive God 5. In Pursuit of a Sex Positive-Gospel: Strategies for a New Sexual Ethic 6. Clinical Applications: Four Steps to Healing Religious Sexual Shame 7. Sex Therapy Interventions: The Anatomy of Intimacy 8. Sex Therapy Interventions: The Practices of Intimacy Epilogue: Are You a Renegade Therapist?

O autorze

Tina Schermer Sellers, PhD, is a licensed marriage and family therapist and certified sex therapist, as well as a professor of sexuality and medical family therapy in the graduate Family Therapy Department at Seattle Pacific University.