Psychology Books I’ve Coauthored & Edited
The Gender Revolution and New Sexual Health
Celebrating Unlimited Diversity of the Human Sexuality Hypercube (First Edition)
This book deconstructs the gender binary and introduces students to the mathematics of unlimited human sexual diversity. The book bridges academic sexual science and real-world application of knowledge to improve personal satisfaction. It also prepares future healthcare providers, as well as those in other helping professions, to assist clients in a way that helps them increase their own personal comfort, confidence, and knowledge related to gender and sexual health.
The text provides students with practical approaches to overcome the various challenges individuals face related to gender and sexuality. The chapters explore topics including sexual literacy, gender dysphoria, the history of sex education, health, and attitudes in the United States, sexual identity and orientation, the health benefits of sexual expression, gender fluidity, and more. The text features questionnaires that can be used to measure personal satisfaction, success stories from the field, and a glossary to assist with new terms and concepts.
The Gender Revolution and New Sexual Health is an excellent resource for courses in sexual health, women’s health, gender studies, psychology, psychiatry, nursing, counseling, and sociology.
Sex and Gender
Current Clinical Concepts and Practices
Sex and Gender: Current Clinical Concepts and Practices is from long-time sex therapists, psychologists, and editors Frederick Peterson and Jill Bley. The editors and contributing authors share their expertise to assist general mental health practitioners become more comfortable and competent answering sexual health questions from their clients.
This textbook has 30 different chapters on sexual health and gender-related topics that are written with an emphasis on clinical application in the therapy room. These 30 chapters are organized under sections with topics that include the introduction to the art and science of sex therapy, sexuality models with important clinical implications, sexual dysfunctions and disorders, sex therapy with special populations, and sexual compulsivity and sex offending. In addition, there are over a dozen separate therapist guides and patient handouts.
Drs. Peterson and Bley have the benefit of over 50 years combined experience in the fields of clinical psychology and sexual health. Dr. Peterson is academically affiliated with the Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine, Ohio University; and College of Medicine, Wright State University. Dr. Bley has been very active teaching, lecturing, and consulting with courts, and she has co-authored/co-edited two previous books (with Dr. Peterson); she also has had a successful private practice in Cincinnati for over 42 years.