The Palgrave Handbook of the Psychology of Sexuality and Gender

The Palgrave Handbook of the Psychology of Sexuality and Gender gives a thorough overview of all of the normative - and many of the less common - sexualities, genders and relationship forms including: Asexuality; Bisexuality; BDSM; Gay; Heterosexuality; Kink; Lesbian; Further sexualities; Trans sexualities; Cisgender; Intersex; Further genders; Non-binary gender; Monogamies; and Open Non-Monogamies.

The Handbook also considers psychological areas such as Clinical psychology; Counselling psychology; Qualitative research; Quantitative research; and Sex therapy as they relate to sexuality and gender as well as intersectional areas such as: Ageing; Ethnicity; Class; Disability; Health Psychology; and Religion.

Contributions from leading scholars and practitioners in this area combine cutting edge research with considerations on both clinical practice and academic study of sexuality and gender for psychologists from student to professor; and from any discipline interested in these ubiquitous aspects of humanity.

Christina Richards is an accredited psychotherapist with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) and is an Associate Fellow of the British Psychological Society (BPS). She is Senior Specialist Psychology Associate at the Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust Gender Clinic; Clinical Research Fellow at West London Mental Health NHS Trust (Charing Cross) Gender Clinic; and is a co-founder of BiUK. As well as many other publications she is the co-author of the BPS Guidelines and Literature Review for Counselling Sexual and Gender Minority Clients and a clinical guidebook on sexuality and gender published by Sage: Richards, C., & Barker. M. (2013). Sexuality and gender for mental health professionals: A practical guide. London: Sage.

Dr. Meg John Barker is a writer, academic, counsellor and activist specialising in sex and relationships. Meg is a senior lecturer in psychology at the Open University and has published many academic books and papers on topics including non-monogamous relationships, sadomasochism, counselling, and mindfulness, as well as co-editing the journal Psychology & Sexuality. They were the lead author of The Bisexuality Report – which has informed UK policy and practice around bisexuality. They are involved in running many public events on sexuality and relationships, including Sense about Sex, Critical Sexology, and Gender & Sexuality Talks. Meg is also a UKCP accredited therapist working with gender and sexually diverse clients, and wrote the relationship book Rewriting the Rules.

Introduction; Christina Richards & Dr Meg John Barker
PART I: SEXUALITY
1. Asexuality; Dr Mark Carrigan
2. BDSM - bondage and discipline; dominance and submission; sadism and masochism; Dr Emma Turley & Dr Trevor Butt
3. Bisexuality; Helen Bowes-Catton & Dr Nikki Hayfield
4. Further sexualities; Christina Richards
5. Gay men; Dr Damien Riggs
6. Heterosexuality; Dr Panteá Farvid
7.Lesbian psychology; Dr Sonja Ellis
8. Trans sexualities; Dr Penny Lenihan, Dr Tony Kainth & Robin Dundas
PART II: GENDER
9. Cisgender - Living in the gender assigned at birth; Dr Laura Harvey & Ester McGeeney
10. Further genders; Dr Meg John Barker & Christina Richards
11. Intersex/DSD ; Prof Katrina Røn
12. Trans Gender - Living in a gender different from that assigned at birth; Dr Sarah Murjan & Dr Walter Pierre Bouman
PART III: RELATIONSHIPS
13. Monogamy; Ali Ziegler; Prof Terri D. Conley; Amy C. Moors; Jes L. Matsick & Jennifer D. Rubin
14. Open non-monogamies; Dr Nathan Rambukkana
PART IV: PSYCHOLOGICAL AREAS
15. Clinical psychology; Prof Jan Burns & Dr Claudia Zitz
16. Counselling psychology; Dawn Clark and Prof Del Loewenthal
17. Health psychology; Dr Joanna Semlyen
18. Qualitative methods; Dr Sarah Seymour- Smith
19. Quantitative methods; Dr Gareth Hagger-Johnson
20. Sex therapy; Michael Berry & Dr Meg John Barker
PART V: INTERSECTIONS
21. Ageing; Dr Paul Simpson
22. Class; Dr Brigette Rickett & Dr Maxine Woolhouse
23. Disability; Dr Alex Iantaffi & Dr Sara Mize
24. Ethnicity; Dr Roshan das Nair
25. Religion; Dr Rob Clucas