Gender, Sex and Relationship Diversity Therapy

This seminal book is the original and definitive text presenting gender, sex, and relationship diversity (GSRD) therapy as its own therapeutic approach rather than simply a set of techniques or “add on” to other modalities in working with LGBTQ+ clients and other marginalised populations.

This edited volume draws on the expertise of international clinicians who offer contemporary perspectives as well as modernising traditional psychotherapeutic theories. The book will first introduce the modality by explaining the essence of GSRD therapy: its history, philosophy, and theories, as well as what it is used for and how it is practiced. It will set the landscape for GSRD therapy, centred on its seven core components. It will focus on specific populations and themes that are prevalent in the GSRD communities, yet often not written about or discussed in core clinical training, such as working with queer and trans young people, parenting, working with serious mental health difficulties, and ageing and the end of life. It also covers topics such as neurodivergence, self-harm, and body image.

The book will be a critical resource for clinicians worldwide, particularly those working with or interested in working with populations who do not fit the dominant “norm” of heteronormativity and mono-normativity and those who are gender-expansive.

Author Biography

Dominic Davies is the Founder of Pink Therapy, a UK organisation that is committed to improving the mental health of gender, sex, and relationship diversities. He has been working as a psychotherapist, clinical sexologist, and practice consultant for over forty years, pioneering in the UK the development of GSRD Therapy as a new specialist field of clinical practice.

Silva Neves is an award-winning, COSRT-accredited, and UKCP-registered psychosexual and relationship psychotherapist and a trauma psychotherapist. He is a Pink Therapy Clinical Associate and works extensively with the LGBTQ+ communities. He speaks internationally.

Antonio Prunas, PhD, is a licensed psychologist, psychotherapist, and sex therapist, living and working in Milan, Italy. He is a Pink Therapy Clinical Associate and Associate Professor in Clinical Psychology at the Department of Psychology of Milano-Bicocca State University.