Becoming a Kink Aware Therapist
Drawing on current research and ethnographic narratives from the kink community, this book seeks to provide psychotherapists with an introductory understanding of the culture and practice of BDSM, and presents specific therapeutic concerns related to common misconceptions.
1 online resource : illustrations
9781315295329, 9781315295312, 1315295326, 1315295318
960040878
Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Foreword; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 Reimagining Healthy Sexuality; 2 There Are More Than Fifty Shades of BDSM; 3 Is It "Bad," "Mad," and "Sick" or, Is It Okay?; 4 Psychotherapeutic Persecution: Kinkophobia and Othering; 5 Becoming a Kink-Aware Therapist; 6 The "Yes But" Questions
Controversial Psychological Issues; 7 Into the Psychotherapeutic Borderland; Appendices; References; About the Authors; Index