To browse Academia. This new edition of A Clinician's Guide to Systemic Sex Therapy integrates the latest empirical research from the field of sex therapy and demonstrates how clinicians can optimize their treatment for a wide range of clients. Grounded in the Intersystem Approach, the book incorporates the multifaceted perspectives of the individual client, couple, or family. The authors of this award-winning text have set out a cutting-edge framework for clinicians looking to develop a comprehensive understanding of sexual issues, which will be an essential reference point for beginning and seasoned therapists alike.
While the quality of treatment traditionally has been a reflection of educational diplomas and professional licences, clinicians are now challenged to document treatment methods based on updated research. The American Psychological Association published a report on evidence-based practice in psychology in , where best available research evidence is based on multiple types of research evidence.
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The report focuses on clinical expertise and patient characteristics, culture and preferences as factors in evidence-based practice in psychology. There has been a call for more randomized and controlled research as basis for evidence for the effect of treatment.
The complexity of psychological treatment of sexual problems calls for more varied evidence. A literature search of publications between and was done in order to explore what kind of evidence is referred to in the literature.
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The first results of this search will be presented in this article. One question to be discussed is difficulties related to collecting literature through databases. Additional search methods like snow-balling and manual searches give important additional results, but limit the stringency of the search. Further results will be presented in future publications. They are ubiquitous in mass-media communication, popular culture, and everyday life conversations.
