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Peggy J. Kleinplatz | |
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| Nationality | Canadian |
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| 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 |
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| 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 Educators,Counselors and Therapists (AASECT) for her contributions to the field. [23]
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