HIV & AIDS Counseling

Sex, Sexuality and Therapeutic Practice

A Manual for Therapists and Trainers

Sex, Sexuality and Therapeutic Practice
  • Edited by Catherine Butler, Amanda O'Donovan and Elizabeth Shaw.

Published October 2009

Sexuality is an important area of clients’ lives yet it is often neglected, both in the consulting room and in training. This book examines issues of sexuality in a positive and affirming light and considers how sexuality-related issues can be introduced into therapy and training. Sex and…
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Without Condoms

Unprotected Sex, Gay Men and Barebacking

Without Condoms
  • By Michael Shernoff.

Published October 2005

After years of activism, risk awareness, and AIDS prevention, increasing numbers of gay men are not using condoms, and new infections of HIV are on the rise. Using case studies and exhaustive survey research, this timely, groundbreaking book allows men who have unprotected sex, a practice now known…
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AIDS and Mental Health Practice

Clinical and Policy Issues

  • By R Dennis Shelby, and Michael Shernoff.

Published September 1999

Addressing contemporary issues faced by individuals with HIV/AIDS, AIDS and Mental Health Practice: Clinical and Policy Issues provides psychologists, psychiatrists, social workers, and counselors with research and case studies that offers models for effective clinical practice at this stage of the…
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New International Directions in HIV Prevention for Gay and Bisexual Men

  • By Michael Wright, and B R Simon Rosser.

Published August 1998

It is widely recognized that current HIV intervention models are falling short of their goals. What are the alternatives?To answer this question, New International Directions in HIV Prevention for Gay and Bisexual Men presents a collection of articles from European and American authors that rival…
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Health Care for Lesbians and Gay Men

Confronting Homophobia and Heterosexism

  • By K Jean Peterson.

Published September 1996

Health Care for Lesbians and Gay Men educates practitioners about the special needs of gay and lesbian patients and how to look critically at the impact of homophobia and heterosexism on the provision of care. It provides an overview of critical health care issues for lesbians and gay men and…
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The Cellular Basis of Central Nervous System HIV-1 Infection and the AIDS Dementia Complex

  • By Richard W Price, and John J Sidtis.

Published February 1996

In this exciting symposium, the editor brings to print important new information on AIDS and how HIV affects the brain. Each chapter focuses on one or more of the cell types that reside in or traffic through the central nervous system (CNS). Each of these cells is important to considerations of the…
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Sexual Transmission of HIV Infection

Risk Reduction, Trauma, and Adaptation

  • By Lena N Schonnesson.

Published December 1992

Full of enlightening and useful information, this book is a must resource for all professionals who wish to learn more about both the impact of HIV on people's lives and the coping strategies of infected individuals. Sexual Transmission of HIV Infection focuses on the existential and adaptational…
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If A Partner Has AIDS

Guide to Clinical Intervention for Relationships in Crisis

  • By Carlton Munson, and R Dennis Shelby.

Published March 1992

This powerful book is an immersion into the experience of AIDS, loss, and the impact of HIV on the mourning process. It presents a reconstruction of the general range of experiences of well and surviving partners of AIDS diagnosed men from a study focusing on the well partner’s perspective from his…
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