Sexual enhancement programs: An examination of their current status and directions for future research

Pleasure-Centered Educational Program: A Comprehensive Approach to Pleasure-Oriented Sexuality Education in Domestic Violence Shelters

“…Some information has been dispersed through relationship enhancement programs (Brick, Lunquist, Sandak, & Taverner, 2009;Cooper, 1985;Lieser, Tambling, Bischof, & Murry, 2007), parent-focused programs (Lin, Chu & Lin, 2006), the less conventional means of adult retail stores/novelty parties (Herbenick & Reece, 2006Reece, Herbenick, & Sherwood-Puzzello, 2004), and the media (Sprecher, Harris, & Meyers, 2008). Lieser and colleagues (2007) suggest that there is significant variation in the amount of information about sexuality and the way in which that information is delivered in adult relationship enhancement programs.…”

Disclosing Daydreams versus Real Experiences: Attitudes, Emotional Reactions, and Personality Correlates

“…For example, sharing fantasies can be the mark of maximal intimacy and trust in close relationships but also increases vulnerability to rejection or exploitation. Some sex therapists have built such sharing into their programs [e.g., 38,39]. For clients in other clinical settings, disclosing daydreams is likely to advance the progress of treatment.…”

Human Sexuality Instruction in Counselor Education Curricula

“…More recently, the worldwide attention focused on a relatively new sexually transmitted disease, Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS), has presented a challenge to all helping professions. Beginning in 1985, social workers, physicians, and psychologists have led the way in offering strategies for working with the fear, pain, and grief that accompanies AIDS; furthermore, they have promoted education about AIDS-related concerns (Cooper, 1985;Greene, 1985;Kaplan, Johnson, & Bailey, 1987). To date, only 12 articles on AIDS have been published in the 15 (now 14) American Association for Counseling and Development (AACD) journals; the first mention of this issue was in the Journal of Counseling and Development (Kinnier, 1986).…”