Peggy J. Kleinplatz | |
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Nationality | Canadian |
Academic background | |
Alma mater | University of Ottawa |
Thesis | The impact of gender-role identity, conformity and choice on women's self-esteem, lifestyle satisfaction and conflict (1987) |
Doctoral advisor | Michael McCarrey |
Academic work | |
Discipline | Psychology |
Sub-discipline | Sexology |
Institutions | University of Ottawa Carleton University |
Notable works | New Directions in Sex Therapy:Innovations and Alternatives |
Peggy Joy Kleinplatz is a Canadian clinical psychologist and sexologist whose work often concerns optimal sexuality,opposition to the medicalization of human sexuality,and outreach to marginalized groups. [1] [2] She is a full professor of medicine and clinical professor of psychology at the University of Ottawa. [3] [4]
Peggy Joy Kleinplatz graduated from the University of Ottawa with a B.A. (Honours) in Psychology in 1981 and Ph.D. in 1987. [3] Her dissertation was titled The impact of gender-role identity,conformity and choice on women's self-esteem,lifestyle satisfaction and conflict. Kleinplatz's doctoral advisor was Michael McCarrey. [5]
Kleinplatz is a certified clinical psychologist and sex therapist who has taught human sexuality for over 20 years at the University of Ottawa. [6] She is a full professor in the Department of Medicine,a clinical professor of psychology at the University of Ottawa,with cross-appointments in the Faculty of Education and School of Epidemiology and Public Health. [4] She is also Adjunct Research Professor at Carleton University. [7] Kleinplatz has held the Chair of Ethics and the Chair of Certifications for the American Association of Sexuality Educators,Counsellors and Therapists (AASECT). [8]
Kleinplatz and physician Charles Allen Moser argue that paraphilias should be removed from the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM). [9] Kleinplatz wrote,"[T]he DSM criteria for diagnosis of unusual sexual interests as pathological rests on a series of unproven and more importantly,untested assumptions." [10] Therapists who focus on "functional" versus "dysfunctional" sex,have an approach,she writes that "is,at best,limiting and constraining and,at worst,dehumanising and risks exacerbating rather than alleviating suffering." [11] Kleinplatz criticized sex therapy as being "too performance oriented," and not focusing enough on desire. [12] Her work has been to focus more on ways that partners can please one another by learning to listen to what their partners want. [13] [14] Kleinplatz has shown that "great sex flourishes in relationships that deepen with maturity," according to the Globe and Mail . [15] She has also criticized the concepts premenstrual dysphoric disorder [16] and dyspareunia as medicalizing women's bodies. [17]
Her book, New Directions in Sex Therapy:Innovations and Alternatives (2001), was considered by the Journal of Sex &Marital Therapy to be an important challenge to current models of sex therapy. [18] The book is also a feminist critique of sex therapy and describes modern issues facing the practice. [19] The second edition,updated and expanded,came out in 2012 [20] with a 3rd edition is forthcoming from Routledge in September 2024. [21] New Directions in Sex Therapy (2nd edition) was a co-winner for an AASECT award in 2013. [8] Her book,Sadomasochism:Powerful Pleasures (2006),examines fifteen in-depth cases of different types of couples who practices sadomasochism. [22]
Kleinplatz was awarded the Prix d'Excellence at the University of Ottawa in 2000. [4] In 2015,she was awarded the Professional Standard of Excellence Award from the American Association of Sexuality Editors,Counsellors and Therapists for her contributions to the field. [23]
A paraphilia is an experience of recurring or intense sexual arousal to atypical objects, places, situations, fantasies, behaviors, or individuals. It has also been defined as a sexual interest in anything other than a legally consenting human partner. Paraphilias are contrasted with normophilic ("normal") sexual interests, though the definition of what makes a sexual interest normal or atypical remains controversial.
Sexual fetishism or erotic fetishism is a sexual fixation on a nonliving object or nongenital body part. The object of interest is called the fetish; the person who has a fetish for that object is a fetishist. A sexual fetish may be regarded as a non-pathological aid to sexual excitement, or as a mental disorder if it causes significant psychosocial distress for the person or has detrimental effects on important areas of their life. Sexual arousal from a particular body part can be further classified as partialism.
Sadism and masochism, known collectively as sadomasochism, are the derivation of pleasure from acts of respectively inflicting or receiving pain or humiliation. Practitioners of sadomasochism may seek sexual pleasure from their acts. While the terms sadist and masochist refer respectively to one who enjoys giving and receiving pain, some practitioners of sadomasochism may switch between activity and passivity.
Pornography addiction is the scientifically controversial application of an addiction model to the use of pornography. Pornography may be part of compulsive behavior with negative consequences to one's physical, mental, social, or financial well-being. While the World Health Organization's ICD-11 (2022) has recognized compulsive sexual behaviour disorder (CSBD) as an "impulsive control disorder", CSBD is not an addiction, and the American Psychiatric Association's DSM-5 (2013) and the DSM-5-TR (2022) do not classify compulsive pornography consumption as a mental disorder or a behavioral addiction.
Psychosexual disorder is a sexual problem that is psychological, rather than physiological in origin. "Psychosexual disorder" was a term used in Freudian psychology. The term of psychosexual disorder used by the TAF for homosexuality as a reason to ban the LGBT people from military service.
Sex therapy is a therapeutic strategy for the improvement of sexual function and treatment of sexual dysfunction. This includes dysfunctions such as premature ejaculation and delayed ejaculation, erectile dysfunction, lack of sexual interest or arousal, and painful sex ; as well as problems imposed by atypical sexual interests (paraphilias), gender dysphoria, highly overactive libido or hypersexuality, a lack of sexual confidence, and recovering from sexual abuse ; and also includes sexual issues related to aging, illness, or disability.
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The American-Canadian sexologist Ray Blanchard proposed a psychological typology of gender dysphoria, transsexualism, and fetishistic transvestism in a series of academic papers through the 1980s and 1990s. Building on the work of earlier researchers, including his colleague Kurt Freund, Blanchard categorized trans women into two groups: homosexual transsexuals who are attracted exclusively to men and are feminine in both behavior and appearance; and autogynephilic transsexuals who experience sexual arousal at the idea of having a female body. Blanchard and his supporters argue that the typology explains differences between the two groups in childhood gender nonconformity, sexual orientation, history of sexual fetishism, and age of transition.
Alexandra Katehakis is the clinical director of the Center for Healthy Sex in Los Angeles and an author. Katehakis is a clinical supervisor at American Association of Sex Educators, Counselors and Therapists (AASECT) and clinical supervisor and member of the teaching faculty for the International Institute for Trauma and Addiction Professionals (IITAP) a national certifying body for sex addiction therapists. She has been a contributor to Psychology Today, Los Angeles Times and The Huffington Post, as well as a panelist at sexuality conferences and public events.
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The American Association of Sexuality Educators, Counselors and Therapists (AASECT) is a professional organization for sexuality educators, sexuality counselors and sex therapists.
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Wendy Maltz is an American sex therapist, psychotherapist, author, educator, and clinical social worker. She is an expert on the sexual repercussions of sexual abuse, understanding women's sexual fantasies, treating pornography-related problems, and promoting healthy sexuality. She has taught at the University of Oregon and, up until her retirement in 2016 from providing counseling services, was co-director with her husband, Larry Maltz, of Maltz Counseling Associates therapy practice in Eugene, Oregon.
Arlene Istar Lev is a North American clinical social worker, family therapist, and educator. She is an independent scholar, who has lectured internationally on topics related to sexual orientation and gender identity, sexuality, and LGBTQ families.
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Michael A. Perelman is an American psychologist. He is a Clinical Professor Emeritus of Psychology in Psychiatry and former Clinical Professor of Reproductive Medicine, and Urology at Weill Cornell Medicine. Perelman is the co-director of the Human Sexuality Program, Payne Whitney Clinic of the NewYork–Presbyterian Hospital.
New Directions in Sex Therapy: Innovations and Alternatives is a 2001 book by the Canadian sexologist Peggy J. Kleinplatz. It provides alternatives to the then conventional clinical strategies of treating sexual problems with medical and drug interventions.
Charles Allen Moser is an American physician specializing in transgender health, a clinical sexologist, sex therapist, and sex educator practicing in San Francisco, California. He is the author of numerous academic publications and books in the fields of transgender health, paraphilias including BDSM, and sexual medicine.
Sara Nasserzadeh is an Iranian-American social psychologist, public speaker and author. She is known mostly for her educational programs on BBC World Service and Persian TV on human sexuality and relationships. She received the BBC’s Innovation of the Year Award in 2007 and was among the BBC Persian 100 Influential Women. Nasserzadeh received the People of Distinction Humanitarian Award in New York City in 2014. She is also a winner of AASECT Book Award and AASECT Professional Standard of Excellence Award.