Mental
health professionals are involved in sexuality and intimacy in various
ways:
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sexual education
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sexual abuse by social worker
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safe sex
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many clients in welfare institutions
have problems with their sexuality
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not seldom their sexuality is neglected
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Professionals can improve their professional
skills around these subjects in two ways:
learning to know the basic facts
about sexuality and mental health care
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mastering
the skills to talk about sexuality and intimacy
this book
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offers the most relevant
and actual information on the subject
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it
stimulates the reader by means of study tasks and cases to reflect on his
professional attitude
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it
helps the reader to improve his communication skills around this taboo subject
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learning to talk about sexuality, about dealing with sexual emotions
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has an important function
in the prevention of sexual abuse
The book is used on
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Dutch universities for professional education
of mental health professionals and in
teams from institutions for social work in the Netherlands