Constructing the Sexual Crucible: An Integration of Sexual & Marital Therapy

Published in 1991 by W. W. Norton & Co.


Constructing the Sexual Crucible: An Integration of Sexual and Marital Therapy

Table of Contents

  1. Leaving The Promised Land
  2. The Quantum Model of Sexual Function and Dysfunction
  3. Sexual Potential: Actualization of Eroticism and Intimacy
  4. The Quest For Intimacy
  5. A Clinical Model of Intimacy
  6. Constructing the Sexual Crucible
  7. Individual Dimensions of Intimacy and Sexuality
  8. The Dyadic System in Intimacy and Sexuality
  9. The Problem of "Problems of Sexual Desire"
  10. Politics of Sexual Desire and the Nature of Wanting
  11. The Extended Emotional System: Families of Origin
  12. The Extended Emotional System: Lovers and Friends
  13. Inside the Crucible
  14. In Pursuit of Sexual Potential
  15. Uses of Inherent Paradox in Sexual/Marital Therapy
  16. The Therapist's Involvement in Therapy
  17. Sexuality and Spirituality



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