Sexual Orientation and Psychodynamic Psychotherapy : : Sexual Science and Clinical Practice / / Jennifer Downey, Richard Friedman.
This book bridges psychoanalytic thought and sexual science. It brings sexuality back to the center of psychoanalysis and shows how important it is for students of human sexuality to understand motives that are often irrational and unconscious. The authors present a new perspective about male and fe...
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Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Columbia University Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013 |
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Place / Publishing House: | New York, NY : : Columbia University Press, , [2008] ©2008 |
Year of Publication: | 2008 |
Language: | English |
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (363 p.) :; 2 figures |
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Other title: | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface to the Paperback Edition -- Acknowledgments -- Part 1. Theoretical / Developmental -- Introduction to Part 1 -- 1. Sexual Fantasies in Men and Women -- 2. Genetic Influences on Sexual Orientation -- 3. Psychoendocrinology and Sexual Orientation -- 4. Psychoendocrinology and Role Behavior -- 5. Freud, Oedipus, and Homosexuality -- 6. Toward a Revised Formulation of Male Oedipal Aggression -- 7. Late Childhood: The Significance of Postoedipal Development -- 8. Female Homosexuality: Classical Psychoanalytic Theory Reconsidered -- Afterword to Part 1 -- Part 2. Clinical -- Introduction to Part 2 -- 9. Homophobia, Internalized Homophobia, and the Negative Therapeutic Reaction -- 10. Internalized Homophobia, Pathological Grief, and High Risk Sexual Behavior in a Gay Man with Multiple Psychiatric Disorders -- 11. Internalized Homophobia and Gender-Valued Self-Esteem in the Psychoanalysis of Gay Patients -- 12. Homophobic Parents -- 13. Psychopathology, Suicidality, and Homosexuality: New Developments -- 14. Coming Out at Eighty-Four: The Psychotherapeutic Treatment of Internalized Homophobia in a Lesbian Patient -- 15. Sexual Orientation and Psychoanalysis: Current Problems and Controversies -- 16. Origins of the Model of Homosexuality as Psychopathology -- References -- Index |
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Summary: | This book bridges psychoanalytic thought and sexual science. It brings sexuality back to the center of psychoanalysis and shows how important it is for students of human sexuality to understand motives that are often irrational and unconscious. The authors present a new perspective about male and female development, emphasizing the ways in which sexual orientation and homophobia appear early in life. The clinical section of the book focuses on the psychodynamics and treatment of homophobia and internalized homophobia. |
Format: | Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. |
ISBN: | 9780231504898 9783110442472 |
DOI: | 10.7312/frie12056 |
Access: | restricted access |
Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
Statement of Responsibility: | Jennifer Downey, Richard Friedman. |