Sexology from a Holistic Point of View

by Ventegodt, Soren

• ISBN13: 9781617618598
• ISBN10: 1617618594
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2011-01-01
• Publisher: NOVA SCIENCE PUBLISHERS INC

Summary

Sexology, the art and science of helping other people with their sexual problems, has been an integrated part of every culture throughout history. The original holistic sexological therapy, using both talking and touching for healing, developed into either talk therapy or touch therapy during the 20th century. The practice of holistic sexology consist of therapeutic conversation and manual sexological therapy, often called "vaginal massage", "vaginal acupressure", and "pelvic floor physical therapy". This book examines and presents research in the field of holistic sexology, which integrates the knowledge and tools of many different traditions for Reichian therapy, sexology and pelvic physiotherapy.

Author Biography

Sren Ventegodt, MD, MMedSci, EU-MSc in Complementary, Psychosocial and Integrated Health Sciences is the director of the Nordic School of Holistic Health and Quality of Life Research Center in Copenhagen, Denmark. He is also responsible for the Research Clinic for Holistic Medicine and Sexology in Copenhagen and used as a popular speaker throughout Scandinavia with more than a thousand public presentations. He has published numerous scientific and popular articles as well as a number of books on holistic medicine, quality of life and quality of working life. Joav Merrick, MD, MMedSci, DMSc, is professor of pediatrics, child health and human development affiliated with the Kentucky Children's Hospital, University of Kentucky, Lexington, United States, the medical director of the Health Services, Division for Mental Retardation, Ministry of Social Affairs, Jerusalem, the founder and director of the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development in Israel. Numerous publications in the field of pediatrics, child health and human development, rehabilitation, intellectual disability, disability, health, welfare, abuse, advocacy, quality of life and prevention. Received the Peter Sabroe Child Award for outstanding work on behalf of Danish Children in 1985 and the International LEGO-Prize (The Children's Nobel Prize) for an extraordinary contribution towards improvement in child welfare and well-being in 1987

Table of Contents

Introduction: Holistic sexology. All you need to know to help heal your patient	p. 1
Theoretical Sexology	p. 7
Sex and Viagra	p. 9
The Holistic Theory of Healing	p. 23
The Life Mission Theory and Understanding Existential Healing	p. 33
The Anti-Self (The Shadow) or the Evil Side of Man	p. 37
Scientific Sexology	p. 51
Sexuality and Quality of Life in Denmark	p. 53
Life Events and Later Quality of Life	p. 65
Clinical Sexological Studies	p. 79
Female Quality of Life	p. 81
Effect of Vaginal Acupressure (Hippocratic Pelvic Massage)	p. 93
Teaching Orgasm for Females with Chronic Anorgasmia using the Betty Dodson Method	p. 113
Impaired Self-Rated Ability of Functioning Sexually Improved by Psychodynamic Short-Term Therapy Complemented with Bodywork	p. 129
Adolescence and Adolescence and Adulthood	p. 137
Problems with Sex and Living Together	p. 139
Every Contact should be Therapeutic	p. 149
The Holistic View of the Adolescent	p. 153
Chronic Pain	p. 159
Eating Disorders	p. 167
How to Counsel and Treat Young People to Alleviate and Prevent Sexual Problems	p. 187
Psychodynamic Holistic Therapy	p. 197
Factors Influencing the Therapeutic Decision-Making	p. 199
How to Recover Memory without ôImplantingö Memories	p. 223
How to Avoid the Freudian Trap of Sexual Transference and Counter Transference	p. 237
How to Use Implanted Memories of Incest as a Tool for Dissolving a Strong Female Oedipus Complex	p. 253
Use of Hippocrates' Healing Principle of Similarity in Classical Sexology and Traditional, Holistic Medicine	p. 259
Sexual Trauma	p. 271
Holistic Approach to Rape and Incest Trauma	p. 273
Long Term Effect of Child Sexual Abuse and Incest with a Treatment Approach	p. 285
Patient Diary as a Tool in the Treatment	p. 299
Rehabilitation of Philosophy of Life during Holistic Existential Therapy for Childhood Sexual Abuse	p. 337
Advanced Tools for Holistic Medicine and Sexology	p. 351
Practical Sexology	p. 373
Five Tools for Manual Sexological Examination	p. 375
Holistic Pelvic Examination	p. 387
Existential Therapy and Acceptance through Touch	p. 399
Acupressure through the Vagina (Hippocratic Pelvic Massage)	p. 415
Medical Sexology and Sexual Pain	p. 433
Psychosomatic Reasons for Chronic Pain	p. 435
Pain and Pleasure in Sexuality	p. 439
Ethical Aspects	p. 463
Genital, Sexual and Non-Sexual Pain and other Health Problems related to the Female Gender	p. 465
Ethics and Holistic Healthcare Practice	p. 487
Lesson to Learn about the Pelvic Examination and its Sexually Suppressive Procedure	p. 495
Medical Ethics and Therapeutic Dilemmas in the Sexology Clinic	p. 503
Integrative Ethical Theory	p. 527
Acknowledgment	p. 541
Acknowledgments	p. 543
About the Authors	p. 545
About the Quality of Life Research Center in Copenhagen, Denmark	p. 547
About the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development in Israel	p. 551
About the Book Series ôHealth and Human Developmentö	p. 555
Index	p. 557
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