Expressive Therapies for Sexual Issues
A Social Work Perspective
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Beschreibung
Sexuality is a central part of our identity as humans, but when individuals struggle with matters of sexual identity, orientation, or expression, these issues can be embarrassing for clients to discuss—and equally hard for practitioners to feel comfortable with.
Expressive Therapies for Sexual Issues challenges social work practitioners to think outside conventional forms of treatment as well as conventional ideas about sexuality. Reflecting the diversity of sexual experience (both positive and negative), this concise clinical guide introduces readers to a range of art-based therapies suited to working with clients on their intimate concerns and helping give voice to concepts and feelings that are often difficult to name. Case examples depict a gamut of clients—a group as diverse as gender-questioning youth, abuse survivors, and sex offenders—as they strive for greater self-awareness, negotiate the sexual in their lives, and move beyond trauma, detailing practitioners’ creative interventions as companions on these journeys. Contributors keep a clear focus on the delicacy of the therapeutic relationship, ethical fine lines, and the ongoing need for sensitivity and open-mindedness as they examine healing possibilities for:
- Music
- Photography
- Poetry
- Monologue and performance
- Visual art
- Movement and dance.
- Sandplay
Reader-friendly and jargon-free, Expressive Therapies for Sexual Issues breaks consequential new ground for social work professionals and counselors seeking to integrate expressive modalities, and more familiarity with sexual matters, into their practice.
This text is intended to help social work practitioners move beyond both these often-accepted constructions of sexuality and the range of methods that are available to social workers in their clinical practice. Various themes are apparent throughout each of the chapters in this volume: the range of sexual experience and expression that exists across individuals; a recognition of our society’s responses to expressions of sexuality, including the social, attitudinal, and cultural barriers that inhibit the expression of healthy sexuality and that constrain our approaches to assisting individuals with their recovery from trauma; the need to consistently and painstakingly examine our own assumptions relating to sexuality in order to be more effective with our clients; and the delicate balance that is often required when working with clients around issues of sexuality in the context of institutions, community, and societal structures.
Covers various therapeutic approaches Includes a wide range of sexual issues Integrates theoretical foundations
Autor*in
Sana Loue
Themen in »Expressive Therapies for Sexual Issues«
Art Therapy Child Abuse Childhood Abuse Expressive Arts Therapy Gender Identity Healing Sexual Trauma Partner Violence Poetry Therapy for Sexual Abuse Sandplay Therapy Sexual Issues Sexuality and Behavior Sexuality and Disability Treatment of Sexual Abuse