Quickies: The Handbook of Brief Sex
Therapy
Wonderful Foreplay
Effective techniques for fashioning pleasurable and satisfying sex lives.
Here, Shelley Green and Douglas Flemons gather a wonderful array of
approaches to sex therapy, each presented by a well-known therapist in
the field. Quickies takes its cue from clients and keeps it positive and
quick, as readers are reminded that the point of sex therapy is sexual
change. .
Personal Review: Quickies: The Handbook of Brief Sex Therapy
Dr. Shelley Green and Dr. Douglas Flemons,
I am a student in the Marriage and Family Therapy program at
Valdosta State University in Valdosta, Georgia. One of our professors,
Martha Laughlin, used your book for one of our classes: Couples and Sex.
I must say that for an overall read, being a student, it was very educational
and helpful to me in my journey towards being a marriage and family

therapist. The use of case illustrations, while intertwining the disciplines of
Batesonian systemic thinking, helped me to more clearly understand how
to apply these principals that I am learning. Additionally, when reading
through the case illustrations, I was able to apply the teachings of my
sociology background, such as social construction and dominant social
narratives, and have a clearer understanding of how these can be used in
therapy.
On account of personal preference, I found certain chapters more
interesting than others. Chapter ten, "How Do Therapists of Same-Sex
Couples `Do It'?" was a favorite of mine. Being open to either an opposite-
sex or same-sex relationship myself, I could relate to the information
described in both chapter ten and chapter two. It is true that there is limited
research that can speak about the sexual difficulties of same-sex
relationships, and I was glad to see that you both included these chapters.
I found this book to also be intriguingly humorous. The double-meanings in
some chapter headings such as, "Come Again? From Possibility Therapy
to Sex Therapy," "Out of My Office and Into the Bedroom," "Just Between
Us: A Relational Approach to Sex Therapy," "Who Really Wants to Sleep
With the Medical Model? An Eclectic/Narrative Approach to Sex Therapy,"
and my personal favorite, "How Do Therapists of Same-Sex Couples `Do
It'?" were a delightful aspect to the book. As mentioned in the introduction
of this book, these chapter headings and titles grab the reader's attention
and hold it there. Sex therapy is indeed a "serious business," but the
lightheartedness of these chapter headings makes the book not only a
"serious" read, but a fun one too. It is refreshing to know that you can read
one of your class books for fun. You had mentioned in the introduction that
this was one of your motives. Well, in my opinion you succeeded.
One other chapter that I enjoyed was chapter six, and how author
Thorana S. Nelson "briefly" spoke about the different parts of family
therapy that have helped to form her orientation to therapy, structural,
Bowenian, behavioral, solution-focused, and narrative. For me, as a reader
this helped me to better articulate the views behind the therapist and why
she chose certain interventions. As a therapist, it is my orientation that you
have to be able to make sense of your client's behavior in order to form
that therapeutic relationship of change. Vice versa, it is helpful for me to be
able to make sense of the therapist in order to understand how change
occurred.
The book was well written; therefore, I did not find anything to be
significantly confusing. I understand that as a writer/editor, it is more
helpful to receive criticisms as opposed to praise, but I do not want to find
myself trapped into trying to find something out of nothing. Yet, this did not
surprise me considering that I agree with the majority of the ideologies
contained in the book. If anything, what I gained most from this book was a
better understanding of how to put these theoretical principals into
practice. It was an "out of the book and into my therapy room" experience.
Thank You for this.
L. Queen
Valdosta State University

Family Therapy Student
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