Loss of Desire: Handbook on sexual dysfunctions in theory and practice

By Marina Kerkhoff, Jona van Weteren, Michael Schuyler

Sexual dysfunction is widespread, but often invisible. It affects body and soul, relationship and identity - and is an expression of complex internal and external tensions. This book provides a deep insight into the complex relationships of sexual dysfunction and sheds light on it from a medical, psychological, social, cultural and ethical perspective.
For professionals, this work provides a comprehensive basis for diagnosis and therapy at the cutting edge of science and practice. For those affected, it creates a comprehensible, sensitive and non-pathologising understanding of sexual health. The focus is always on the person - with their history, their relationships, their physicality and their ability to change.
In addition to classic treatment approaches, the book presents new forms of therapy: from personalised hormone and psychotherapies, body-centred methods, mindfulness-based sex therapies and virtual reality-supported interventions to digitally assisted self-help programmes. It also discusses integrative concepts that incorporate social factors such as gender roles, cultural norms and digital sex cultures into therapeutic work.
An interdisciplinary work of reference - differentiated, well-founded and humane. For a future sexology that not only heals but also understands - and takes sexuality seriously as a vibrant expression of dignity, self-determination and relationship skills.
Bremen University Press has published over 4,500 specialist books in various languages over the past 11 years.
1st edition 2025

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3690356768
• ISBN13: 9783690356763
• Release Date: April 2025
• Publisher: Bremen University Press
• Length: 194 Pages
• Weight: 0.51 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 8.5"