The Palgrave Handbook of the Psychology of Sexuality and Gender

The Palgrave Handbook of the Psychology of Sexuality and Gender gives a thorough overview of all of the normative - and many of the less common - sexualities, genders and relationship forms including: Asexuality; Bisexuality; BDSM; Gay; Heterosexuality; Kink; Lesbian; Further sexualities; Trans sexualities; Cisgender; Intersex; Further genders; Non-binary gender; Monogamies; and Open Non-Monogamies.

The Handbook also considers psychological areas such as Clinical psychology; Counselling psychology; Qualitative research; Quantitative research; and Sex therapy as they relate to sexuality and gender as well as intersectional areas such as: Ageing; Ethnicity; Class; Disability; Health Psychology; and Religion.

Contributions from leading scholars and practitioners in this area combine cutting edge research with considerations on both clinical practice and academic study of sexuality and gender for psychologists from student to professor; and from any discipline interested in these ubiquitous aspects of humanity.



Christina Richards is an accredited psychotherapist with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) and is an Associate Fellow of the British Psychological Society (BPS). She is Senior Specialist Psychology Associate at the Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust Gender Clinic; Clinical Research Fellow at West London Mental Health NHS Trust (Charing Cross) Gender Clinic; and is a co-founder of BiUK. As well as many other publications she is the co-author of the BPS Guidelines and Literature Review for Counselling Sexual and Gender Minority Clients and a clinical guidebook on sexuality and gender published by Sage: Richards, C., & Barker. M. (2013). Sexuality and gender for mental health professionals: A practical guide. London: Sage.

Meg John Barker is a writer, academic, counsellor and activist specialising in sex and relationships. Meg is a senior lecturer in Psychology at the Open University, UK and has published many academic books and papers on topics including non-monogamous relationships, sadomasochism, counselling, and mindfulness, as well as co-editing the journal Psychology & Sexuality. They were the lead author of The Bisexuality Report - which has informed UK policy and practice around bisexuality. They are involved in running many public events on sexuality and relationships, including Sense about Sex, Critical Sexology, and Gender & Sexuality Talks. Meg is also a UKCP accredited therapist working with gender and sexually diverse clients, and wrote the relationship book Rewriting the Rules.

Christina Richards
Dr Meg John Barker
Dr Mark Carrigan
Dr Emma Turley
Dr Trevor Butt
Helen Bowes-Catton
Dr Nikki Hayfield
Dr Damien Riggs
Dr Panteá Farvid
Dr Sonja Ellis
Dr Penny Lenihan
Dr Tony Kainth
Robin Dundas
Dr Laura Harvey
Ester McGeeney
Prof Katrina Røn
Dr Sarah Murjan
Dr Walter Pierre Bouman
Ali Ziegler
Prof Terri D. Conley
Amy C. Moors
Jes L. Matsick
Jennifer D. Rubin
Dr Nathan Rambukkana
Prof Jan Burns
Dr Claudia Zitz
Dawn Clark
Prof Del Loewenthal
Dr Joanna Semlyen
Dr Sarah Seymour- Smith
Dr Gareth Hagger-Johnson
Michael Berry
Dr Paul Simpson
Dr Brigette Rickett
Dr Maxine Woolhouse
Dr Alex Iantaffi
Dr Sara Mize
Dr Roshan das Nair
Dr Rob Clucas