Sexuality is a significant part of the human experience, yet it is often a neglected topic in both counselor training and the counseling process. In this preeminent guide, expert clinicians with a variety of mental health and medical backgrounds write on diverse issues related to sexuality through a radical acceptance lens. Each chapter illustrates an affirmative and expansive approach to sexuality that considers clients' sexual and cultural identities and emphasizes sexual wellness. Students and professionals alike will learn how to respectfully and ethically approach sexuality considerations not commonly mentioned in the professional literature, such as sexuality and disability, healing after sexual violence, older adult sexuality, the impact of chronic illness on sexual expression, and paraphilias.
The text is organized around eight comprehensive parts-Foundations; Physiological and Psychological; Attraction, Orientation, and Gender; Sexual Wellness; Sexual Agency; Approaches to Sexual Divergence; Relationships; and Education-with case examples, "Questions You Always Wanted to Ask," and additional resources interwoven throughout.
About the AuthorSchubert, Angela M.: - Angela M. Schubert, PhD, LPC, NCC, BC-TMH, is a clinical practitioner and associate professor for the CACREP-accredited clinical mental health counseling program at Central Methodist University. A member of the American Counseling Association (ACA), Association for Counselor Education and Supervision (ACES), Sexuality and Aging Consortium, American Association of Sexuality Educators, Counselors, and Therapists (AASECT), and the Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality, Schubert served for 6 years as Missouri state chair for AASECT. She currently serves on the editorial board for the Journal of Counseling Sexology & Sexual Wellness. Dr. Schubert is the president of the Association of Counseling Sexology and Sexual Wellness (ACSSW) and co-host of the Let's Get Uncomfortable podcast. Her research interest focuses on intersectionality of culture, gender, age, and sexuality through a relational-cultural theoretical lens. She has continued to act as expert consultant on sexuality-related topics such as sexual wellness, aging sexuality, sexual consent, sexual assault, and body image. She is currently undergoing supervision to become an AASECT-certified sex therapist.
Pope, Mark: - Mark Pope, EdD, NCC, MCC, MAC, ACS, was professor and chair of the Division of Counseling and Family Therapy at the University of Missouri-Saint Louis. He was the author of 6 books, more than 30 book chapters, more than 40 journal articles, and more than 100 professional presentations at the international, national, and state levels. Dr. Pope wrote extensively on various aspects of counseling, including counseling with and the career development of ethnic, racial, and sexual minorities; violence in schools; teaching career and multicultural competence in counseling; psychological testing; international issues in counseling, and the history of and public policy issues in career counseling. His work has appeared as books, as conference presentations, and in such journals as the Journal of Homosexuality, the Journal of Lesbian and Gay Social Services, the Journal of Counseling & Development, The Career Development Quarterly, The Counseling Psychologist, The Family Journal, the Journal of Multicultural Counseling and Development, and American Psychologist. Dr. Pope served as president of the American Counseling Association; the National Career Development Association; the Association for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Issues in Counseling; and the Society for the Psychological Study of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Issues (APA Division 44). He was elected a Fellow of the American Counseling Association; American Psychological Association; National Career Development Association; Society of Counseling Psychology; Society for the Psychological Study of Ethnic Minority Issues; and Society for the Psychological Study of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Issues. He also served as the editor of The Career Development Quarterly, on the editorial boards of several other professional journal, as well as as the Director of Psychological Services for the American Indian AIDS Institute and the Native American AIDS Project in San Francisco.
Dr. Pope passed away in January 2023.
