Christina Richards

The Palgrave Handbook of the Psychology of Sexuality and Gender Christina Richards

Marc Notes: The Palgrave Handbook of the Psychology of Sexuality and Gender gives a thorough overview of all of the normative - and many of the less common - sexualities, genders and relationship forms including: Asexuality; Bisexuality; BDSM; Gay; Heterosexuality; Kink; Lesbian; Further sexualities; Trans sexualities; Cisgender; Intersex; Further genders; Non-binary gender; Monogamies;and Open Non-Monogamies. The Handbook also considers psychological areas such as Clinical psychology; Counselling psychology; Qualitative research; Quantitative research;and Sex therapy as they relate to sexuality and gender as well as intersectional areas such as: Ageing; Ethnicity; Class; Disability; Health Psychology;and Religion. Contributions from leading scholars and practitioners in this area combine cutting edge research with considerations on both clinical practice and academic study of sexuality and gender for psychologists from student to professor;and from any discipline interested in these ubiquitous aspects of humanity. --; Provided by publisher. Biographical Note: Christina Richards is an accredited psychotherapist with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) and is an Associate Fellow of the British Psychological Society (BPS). She is Senior Specialist Psychology Associate at the Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust Gender Clinic; Clinical Research Fellow at West London Mental Health NHS Trust (Charing Cross) Gender Clinic; and is a co-founder of BiUK. As well as many other publications she is the co-author of the BPS Guidelines and Literature Review for Counselling Sexual and Gender Minority Clients and a clinical guidebook on sexuality and gender published by Sage: Richards, C., & Barker. M. (2013). Sexuality and gender for mental health professionals: A practical guide. London: Sage. Dr. Meg John Barker is a writer, academic, counsellor and activist specialising in sex and relationships. Meg is a senior lecturer in psychology at the Open University and has published many academic books and papers on topics including non-monogamous relationships, sadomasochism, counselling, and mindfulness, as well as co-editing the journal Psychology & Sexuality. They were the lead author of The Bisexuality Report which has informed UK policy and practice around bisexuality. They are involved in running many public events on sexuality and relationships, including Sense about Sex, Critical Sexology, and Gender & Sexuality Talks. Meg is also a UKCP accredited therapist working with gender and sexually diverse clients, and wrote the relationship book Rewriting the Rules."Table of Contents: Introduction; Christina Richards & Dr Meg John BarkerPART I: SEXUALITY 1. Asexuality; Dr Mark Carrigan2. BDSM - bondage and discipline; dominance and submission; sadism and masochism; Dr Emma Turley & Dr Trevor Butt3. Bisexuality; Helen Bowes-Catton & Dr Nikki Hayfield4. Further sexualities; Christina Richards5. Gay men; Dr Damien Riggs6. Heterosexuality; Dr Pantea Farvid7. Lesbian psychology; Dr Sonja Ellis8. Trans sexualities; Dr Penny Lenihan, Dr Tony Kainth & Robin DundasPART II: GENDER9. Cisgender - Living in the gender assigned at birth; Dr Laura Harvey & Ester McGeeney10. Further genders; Dr Meg John Barker & Christina Richards 11. Intersex/DSD; Prof Katrina Ron12. Trans Gender - Living in a gender different from that assigned at birth; Dr Sarah Murjan & Dr Walter Pierre BoumanPART III: RELATIONSHIPS 13. Monogamy; Ali Ziegler; Prof Terri D. Conley; Amy C. Moors; Jes L. Matsick & Jennifer D. Rubin14. Open non-monogamies; Dr Nathan RambukkanaPART IV: PSYCHOLOGICAL AREAS 15. Clinical psychology; Prof Jan Burns & Dr Claudia Zitz16. Counselling psychology; Dawn Clark and Prof Del Loewenthal 17. Health psychology; Dr Joanna Semlyen18. Qualitative methods; Dr Sarah Seymour- Smith19. Quantitative methods; Dr Gareth Hagger-Johnson20. Sex therapy; Michael Berry & Dr Meg John BarkerPART V: INTERSECTIONS 21. Ageing; Dr Paul Simpson22. Class; Dr Brigette Rickett & Dr Maxine Woolhouse 23. Disability; Dr Alex Iantaffi & Dr Sara Mize24. Ethnicity; Dr Roshan das Nair25. Religion; Dr Rob Clucas"Publisher Marketing: The Palgrave Handbook of the Psychology of Sexuality and Gender combines cutting edge research to provide a thorough overview of all the normative - and many of the less common - sexualities, genders and relationship forms alongside psychological and intersectional areas relating to sexuality and gender.

Contributor Bio:  Barker, Meg John Meg Barker is a senior lecturer in psychology at the Open University and a sex and relationship therapist. Meg has researched and written extensively on relationships, gender and sexuality - particularly on bisexuality, BDSM and polyamory - and co-edits the journal Psychology & Sexuality. She also co-organises the Critical Sexology seminar series and wrote the popular psychology book on relationships, Rewriting the Rules. Her Rewriting the Rules blog associated with this project is available online. Meg's books with SAGE include Mindful Counselling and Psychotherapy (2013) and Sexuality and Gender for Mental Health Professionals (2013), co-authored with Christina Richards.