Biomedical Ethics 6. (Sexual Counseling and Sex Therapy)

Dr. Felix Podimattam is one of the best-known moral theologians in India & outside. Besides his full time job as a professor, he finds time to write books at an amazing rate. He has authored 136 books. Besides his Master's degree in Political Science from Mysore, he holds a Licentiate in Theology from the Pontifical Gregorian University, Rome, & subsequently a Doctorate in Moral Theology from the Alphonsian Academy, Rome. His post-doctoral studies were pursued in Washington, DC, USA. At present he is professor of Moral Theology at St. Francis Theological College, Kottayam, Kerala, India. CONTENTS INTRODUCTION PART ONE SEXUAL COUNSELLING CHAPTER ONE COUNSELING IN GENERAL 1. The Importance of Counseling 2. To Whom Do They Turn? 3. The Counselor 4. Professional Ethics 5. Counseling Arrangements 5-l.Setting the Appointment 5.2. Preparing for the Interview 5.3. Beginning the Interview 5.4. Determining the Length of the Interview 5.5. Closing the Interview 5.6. Keeping a Record of the Interview 5.7. Handling Persistent Cases 6. The Counseling Process 7. Your Best Attention 8. Accepting the Counsel 9. Waiting for the Real Problem 10. Recognizing the therapeutic Process 11. The Significance of Pauses 12. Problems and Their Setting 3. Tracing the Origins 14. Physical Causes 15. Multiple Perspectives 16. Motives for Discussion 17. Focusing on the Client's Problem 18. Encouraging Self-Reliance 19. Handling Direct Questions 20. Involvement 21. Responsibility for Referrals 22. The Great Physician 23. Success in Counseling 24. Growing Professionally CHAPTER TWO SEXUAL COUNSELING IN PARTICULAR 1. Basic Attitudes 2. Healing Relationships 3. Sexuality: Faces and Masks 4. Common Problems, Common Approaches 5. Feelings about Sex 6. Translating Sexual Communication 7. Sex Drive: Too Much,Too Little 8. Sex and the Modern Neurosis 9. Sex and Depression 10. Transference in Sex Therapy 11. Sex Problems in Marriage 12. Marital Infidelity 13. Women's Liberation and Sexual Problems 14. Adolescents and Sex Peer Approval Rebellion Expressions of Hostility Escape A Cry for Help 15. Masturbation 16. Sexual Fantasies 17. Counseling Homosexuals 18. Child Molesting 19. The Sexually Deprived 20. The Seductive Client 21. When to Refer PART TWO SEX THERAPY CHAPTER THREE SEX RESEARCH CHAPTER FOUR SEX THERAPY l.Nature of Sex Therapy 1.1. Difference between Counseling and Therapy . Sexual Counseling and Sex Therapy 1.2. Effectiveness of Sex Therapy 1.3. Sexual Disharmony 1.4. Choosing a Sex Therapist 1.5. The Therapist as a Sexual Being 1 5.1. Relevance of the Sex of the Therapist 1 5 2 Basic Differences between Female and Male Therapists 1 5 3. Role Differences between Female and Male Therapists 1.5.4. Parental and Friendship Roles 1.6. Finding the Right Treatment 1.6.1. Behavior Therapy 1.6.2. The Masters and ]ohnson Technique and Modifications 1.6.3. Psychotherapy 1.6.4. Hormone and Drug Therapy 1.6.5. Hormone Replacement Therapy 1.6.6. Hormones and Chemical Inhibitors 1.6.7. Self-Help and Sex Aids 1.6.8. Friendship Therapy 1.6.9. Reality Therapy 1.7. Objections against Sex Therapy 2. Ethics of Sex Therapy 2.1. Importance of Religious and Moral Attitudes in Therapy 2.2. Confidentiality and Privacy 2.3. Therapist-Patient Intimacies 2.4. Standardization of Qualifications for Sex Therapists 3. Sex Therapy and Singles 4. Sex-Changing Surgery 4.1. Sex-Changing Surgery and Hermaphroditism 4.2. Sex-Changing Surgery and Transsexualism CONCLUSION BIBLIOGRAPHY END NOTES.