ABSTRACT

When a Black, Indigenous, or racialized individual or relationship works with a sex therapist, a host of cultural circumstances can contribute to intimacy discord and sexual dysfunction. This collection brings together clinicians and educators who share their approaches, bridging sex therapy with a client’s relationship to their racial, cultural, and ethnic identity.

This essential book aims to enhance therapists’ supervisory practices and clinical treatments when working with culturally diverse and marginalized populations, fostering greater understanding and awareness. Innovative tools that integrate the impacts of acculturation, minority status, intersectionality, and minority stress are discussed, with case studies, demonstrations, and critical questions included.

This collection is a necessary read for anyone who is training to be or who is an established sex therapist, marriage and family therapist, relationship counselor, or sexuality educator and consultant.

chapter 2|10 pages

Black Like Me

Reflections from a Black Male Sex Therapist and Supervisor

chapter 3|16 pages

Working with Indigenous Peoples in Canada

The Legacies of Colonization on Sexuality

chapter 4|12 pages

Real Men Don't Cry

The Effects of Racism and Oppression on Masculinity, Emotionality, and Intimacy in Black Men

chapter 5|13 pages

Honor and Virginity

The Role of Honor and Virginity in the Sexual Acculturation of Women from the Middle East to the United States

chapter 8|15 pages

Transgender Bliss

From Gender Dysphoria to Gender Euphoria Through Decolonizing Gender

chapter 10|15 pages

More than Ebony and Ivory

Complexities of Sex Therapy with Interracial Relationships

chapter 11|14 pages

Cooking Therapeutic Recipes with Two East Indian Couples

Some Convention, a Dash of Rebellion, and Stir

chapter 12|12 pages

Sexual Sovereignty and Erotic Survivance

Two-Spirit Sexual Health and Vitality

chapter 13|11 pages

Holy Sex

Using Narrative Therapy and Mindfulness to Address Church Hurt and Embrace the Erotic

chapter 14|10 pages

Queering “Straight” Black Relationships

Navigating Sexual Behavior and Relationships with Black Heterosexual Individuals and Couples in the Southern United States

chapter 15|10 pages

Black Polyamory

Exploring the Complexities of Race and Sexual Freedom

chapter 16|11 pages

Women of Asian Diaspora and BDSM

Understanding Layers of Identity Impacting Kink Exploration and One Practical Strategy