1. Seksualna terapija - posebna vrsta terapije ili dio svake psihoterapije
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Arbanas, Goran, Hasanović, Mevludin, Avdibegović, Esmina, and Hadžić, Aleksandra
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seksualna terapija ,psihoterapija ,edukacija iz seksualne terapije - Abstract
Sexual therapy has its roots in the work of European psychiatrists (primarily German speaking) of the second half of the 19th century. Nevertheless, it has developed as a specialised therapeutic procedure during the 1960s, following the research of American sexologists. However, from its appearance till today, there has been an issue of whether sexual therapy is a distinct and unique type (specialisation) of psychotherapy or any and every psychotherapy should include addressing the sexual aspects of one's life. One of the most accepted definitions of sexual therapy is the following: sexual therapy is a series of counselling and therapeutic procedures that aim to establish individual sexual health and/or healthy sexual relationship, as well as diminish the consequences of disorders of sexual health or help to cope with them. Sexual therapy is sometimes referred to as a clinical sexology, although some authors (e.g. Kleinplatz) make a distinction between them, claiming that sexual therapy is focused on the treatment of sexual dysfunctions, whereas clinical sexology includes the treatment of all sexual issues, problems and concerns. Some authors (e.g. Nassarzadek) believe that psychosexual therapy is a narrower term compared to sexual therapy, because the latter includes also other medical and physical interventions, and not „only“ talk therapy. Yet others (e.g. Gabbard) claim that psychosexual therapy is a broader term compared to sexual therapy, because it includes dynamic elements, nest to behavioural ones. Nevertheless, everybody agrees that there is a distinction between sexual therapy and sexual medicine, in terms of content and professionals who apply them (psychotherapists provide sexual therapy, whereas physicians and other medical professionals provide sexual medicine). Sexual therapy has some similarities and overlaps partly with andrology, venerology, sexopathology and sexual education, but is different from any of these. This lecture is going to try to give some answers to some of the former questions and will try to distinguish sexual therapy from other psychotherapeutic teachings and procedures and will try to answer the question of why people who work with patients/clients with sexual problems do need additional education in sexual therapy or sexual counselling.
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- 2023