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"This exploration of the phenomenon of promiscuity in the lives and backgrounds of patients seeking psychotherapy should help psychotherapists to learn effective strategies for therapy with promiscuous patients. This book features insights about the pitfalls of patients who cannot bear commitment to any one person, or who jeopardise their commitments with a need to spark their lives with promiscuity. ""Psychotherapy and the Promiscuous Patient"" teaches psychotherapists to respond to their patients' promiscuous behaviour as a symptom of a problem, not the problem itself. A realm of aspects of promiscuity are explored within the psychiatric context. Promiscuity is very broadly defined in examinations of adult promiscuity as a result of childhood sexual abuse, hypersexuality in adult males, addiction to the sensation of ""falling in love"", career promiscuity, and even psychotherapy as an uncommon ""promiscuity"" - a non-exclusive, altruistic love. Chapters confront the changing distinctions between promiscuity and sex addiction and challenge readers to uncover the various emotional needs met by promiscuity in order to protect patients from their self-destructive behaviour. Practising psychotherapists relate methods for dealing with patients' constant restlessness and working with a variety of patients in an intimate setting. ""Psychotherapy and the Promiscuous Patient"" contains strategies that can be directly applied to practice including: the use of narrative construction and reconstruction as treatment for sexually promiscuous clients; a self-psychological approach to treatment; the importance of confusion as an introduction to change in therapy; a method of self-investigation applied to promiscuous behaviour; the implications of the clinical meaning and therapeutic use of strong-laughter outbursts in psychology; and a self-psychology perspective on transference to therapists. ""Psychotherapy and the Promiscuous Patient"" should be a valuable clinical book for psychotherapists, and it offers an across-the-board appeal to a wide variety of psychiatrists and related social scientists who are interested in today's shifting moral climate. It should also be a useful supplement text for an introductory methods or applications in psychiatry course."

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Author:   E Mark Stern
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Inc
Imprint:   Routledge
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.30cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.294kg
ISBN:  

9781560243175

ISBN 10:   1560243171
Pages:   190
Publication Date:   08 January 1993
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Contents More Than a Romp Assessment of Promiscuous Behavior Adult Promiscuity Following Childhood Sexual Abuse: An Introduction Addiction or Promiscuity? The Concept of Promiscuity--A Self-Psychology Perspective Hypersexuality as a Disorder of the Self “Psychopathological Promiscuity” and “Refinding” in the Quest for Sexual Love: Recapitulations of Incest Fantasy and Narcissism The Bubble Introducing Confusion to Create Change Career Promiscuity: Patients Who Cannot Commit to a Career The Personal Valuation of Promiscuity: A Method of Investigation AIDS and the Client “In the Fast Lane”: Narrative Construction and Reconstruction Promiscuity, Psychotherapy, and Strong Laughter The Promiscuity of Psychotherapy Reference Notes Included

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