The Professional's Guide to Sexuality Consultation

An Exploration of Entrepreneurship, Strategic Planning, and Business Influence
1. Auflage 2024
ISBN: 978-1-032-32365-7
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 232 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 346 g

This book offers support and guidance to sexuality professionals who are looking at different strategies to progress their careers, accounting for all the diverse jobs they can take on or create.

Bringing together contributions from the field of sexology, business, and marriage and family therapy, James C. Wadley combines elements of sexuality, business development, and entrepreneurship to help therapists consider their professional options. Chapters address topics such how to navigate consultative opportunities in sex education, clinical work, counseling, coaching, supervision, research, non-profit and for-profit entities, volunteer experiences, and in academic settings. Professional contributions offer practical advice as well as personal reflections, with insights ranging from obtaining consultative positions, to starting one’s own business, and using social media effectively.

Sexuality educators, counselors, therapists, healers, advocates, activists, researchers, policy makers, workers, and other consultants will find this book invaluable when navigating new ideas and professional paths they can take within the field.

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate and Professional

Autoren/Hrsg.

Wadley, James

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Psychologie / Allgemeines & Theorie Psychologische Theorie, Psychoanalyse
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftswissenschaften: Berufe, Ausbildung, Karriereplanung
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Psychologische Disziplinen Sexualpsychologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Psychotherapie / Klinische Psychologie Familientherapie, Paartherapie, Gruppentherapie
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Internationale Wirtschaft Entwicklungsökonomie & Emerging Markets

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foreword  Introduction  1. Gig Work for the Sexuality Professional  2. Sexuality Education Consulting: The Things They Didn’t Teach in School  3. Developing and implementing an intentional framework for quality hires and sustainable growth in sexuality business  4. Navigating Touch: Ethics and Triadic Relationships  5. Allyship: From Passion to Influence  6. Threading the Needle: Ethical Practice with Kinky Clients  7.  Survivor to CEO: Activation in Practice  8.   So… it’s a sex podcast?  9.  Developing Persona: Sex Therapist, Sex Professional, Sex Worker  10. REAL Professional Freedom:  The Day I Decided to Leave a Group Practice to Start My Own  11. Finding Your Niche: The Importance of Specialization and Branding  12. The Business of Sex Coaching: 13 Steps to Career Success as a Sexological Entrepreneur  13. Beyond Therapy: Entrepreneurship in Sex Therapy Practice

Über Autor(innen)

James C. Wadley is a professor of the Master of Human Services department at Lincoln University. He is also Director of the Sex Therapy Program at Council for Relationships (Philadelphia, USA). He is the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Black Sexuality and Relationships and the founder and principal of the Association of Black Sexologists and Clinicians.