ABSTRACT

The contributors to this book have drawn on different mentors to provide a framework for understanding the sexual problems of the couples they see, and to inform the work they do. But whether Freud, Jung, Klein or Bowlby has been the progenitor of their own particular therapeutic narrative, the spirit of enquiry and curiosity is evident in their approach. This has created space to explore the dimensions of sex, love, hate and power in ways that allow the facts of life to emerge and be discovered as something unique and authentic to each couple. It has also created a platform from which new understandings may emerge to inform practice in the future.

chapter One|23 pages

Psychoanalysis and sexpertise

chapter Two|20 pages

What do we mean by “sex”?

chapter Three|17 pages

Lively and deathly intercourse

chapter Seven|22 pages

Loss of desire and therapist dread

chapter Eleven|17 pages

Perversion as protection

chapter Twelve|20 pages

Intimacy and sexuality in later life