Expressive Therapies for Sexual Issues

????This text is intended to help social work practitioners move beyond both these often-accepted constructions of sexuality and the range of methods that are available to social workers in their clinical practice. Various themes are apparent throughout each of the chapters in thisvolume: the range of sexual experience and expression that exists acrossindividuals; a recognition of our society s responses to expressions ofsexuality, including the social, attitudinal, and cultural barriers thatinhibit the expression of healthy sexuality and that constrain our approaches to assisting individuals with their recovery from trauma; the need to consistently and painstakingly examine our own assumptions relating to sexuality in order to be more effective with our clients; and the delicate balance that is often required when working with clients around issues of sexuality in the context of institutions, community, and societal structures.?