ABSTRACT
This chapter presents an overview of some of the diverse and less common expressions of sexuality the clinician is likely to encounter in sex therapy practice. Secrecy, shame and other byproducts of familial and societal prejudice, once introjected, can inhibit sexual expression in LGB clients and contribute to emotional or relational damage. One critical difference cited between asexuality and the lack of sexual interest/ arousal or desire is distress: people who lack sexual interest or arousal are often distressed by it. Queer denotes a broad area of gender nonconformity that rejects binary groupings or other distinct categorizations such as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender(LGBT). Kinky clients engage in consensual paraphilias, a typical sexual interest or practice. Polyfidelity is a subset of polyamory, denoting a mutually committed group of three, four or more people in which each individual is intimately linked to each other person in the group. Tantra refers to the broad body of knowledge that integrates sexuality and spirituality.
