- Counsellor/Psychotherapist, BACP Fellow, RSCPP Registered Senior Practitioner, Media Consultant
- Listed in the Evening Standard's Top 20 Therapists - Conference Panellist at the Happiness Forum
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Carol Martin-Sperry , Broadcaster, Writer and Consultant on Counselling Issues and represents British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy as a Media Spokesman
Foreword by Christopher Clulow , Director, The Tavistock Marital Studies Insitute
Couples and Sex provides both a practical introduction to, and theoretical understanding of, couples dynamics and psychosexual concepts. It offers accessible and pragmatic information, using case studies throughout, and gives an increased awareness of the issues and processes relating to working with couples, both in the dynamics of what goes on between them and in the mechanics of their sexual relationship.
‘Martin-Sperry’s book is a comprehensive, clear and readable explanation of the factors that couples confront when they have sexual difficulty. I recommend this book to both experienced and new therapists, and to all clinicians who want to know more about the crucial role of sex in couple relationships.’ - David Scharff in the Introduction Therapists, psychotherapists, their supervisors, and health professionals working in all settings who work with counsellors or psychotherapists, will find this essential reading. ‘This book considers sex in the context of adult couple relationships. It invites us to consider the nature of committed relationships and some of the life course issues that can affect the manner in which they develop. Taking a multi-discipline approach, the chapters provide important information about human sexual functioning, suggest approaches to helping couples with sexual problems and contain copious illustrations that bring it all to life. This book provides valuable information that will help readers think about what is involved, assess how far to go with couples presenting with sexual and relationship problems and equip them to make a sensitive referral if specialist help is needed.’ - Christopher Clulow, in the Foreword
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REVIEW QUOTES ''This is a comprehensive, clear and readable book with complex points being well illustrated with case studies and diagrams'' HEALTHCARE COUNSELLING AND PSYCHOTHERAPY JOURNAL ''Full of case examples, this book would be a useful read for anyone interested in training in couple therapy, or even psychosexual therapy. It would make excellent recommended reading for those who have shown interest in training with Relate through the website'' RELATE NEWS ''This book provides practical introduction to, and theoretical understanding of, couples and dynamics and pscyhosexual concepts. It offers accessible and pragmatic information, using case studies throughout, and gives an increased awareness of the issues and processes relating to working with couples, both in the dynamics of what goes on between them and in the mechanics of their sexual relationship'' COUNSELLING AND PSYCHOTHERAPY ''Written in a practical, concise, user-friendly way and filled with case examinations and genograms to illustrate relationship difficulties, this book makes for interesting reading.'' | ||