Essential Clinical Care for Sex Workers
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A Sex-Positive Handbook for Mental Health Practitioners
safe spaces, and dismantling the whorearchy.
Despite the wide range of sex work—from street-based to OnlyFans—clinicians too often focus on what they think sex workers need, instead of building trust, developing rapport, and really doing the work to understand the unique stressors that make quality mental health care essential for sex worker communities.
Sex-positive therapists Theodore Burnes and Jamila Dawson break down everything that mental health providers need to know to work effectively with sex workers, while dispeling the tired, pervasive myths that continue to impact treatment today. Readers will learn about:
• Who sex workers are; different types of sex work; and sex workers’ specific therapy needs
• How outdated research methodology results in bad data and poor care
• The whorearchy—the sex-work hierarchy—and why we need to dismantle it
• How to recognize and move beyond personal biases
• How to provide effective, affirming, and better clinical care
• What words not to use—and what they reveal about the sexism, racism, misogyny, and transphobia embedded in our society (and our practices)
As sex work changes and evolves, encompassing everything from brothels to cam work, clinical care needs to catch up. This book shows you how.
FOR PROGRESSIVE, SEX-POSITIVE THERAPISTS: For clinicians who want to learn how to offer better, more informed care (and for those who already do…but want to learn more).
UNDERPUBLISHED TOPIC FOR UNDERSERVED CLIENTS: While sex workers face high rates of stress, standard mental health care isn’t equipped to offer affirming, evidence-based services. This is the first book to teach clinicians how to work with diverse and stigmatized sex worker populations.
MEETS CLINICIANS WHERE THEY ARE: Written accessibly without presupposing advanced knowledge or experience.
UNAPOLOGETICALLY SEX-POSITIVE: Other books pathologize sex workers or assume that sex workers are flawed, traumatized, or struggle with substance use disorder.
INTERSECTIONAL LENS: Examines the complexity of race, gender, queerness, and class in sex work and advocates for communities that are typically invisbilized.
NECESSARY CONVERSATION: Sex work is evolving (and it’s not going anywhere). More students than ever are choosing sex work to cover tuition; sites like
OnlyFans are capitalizing on an industry that has long been marginalized and maligned. This book showcases that sex work isn’t restricted by age or identity, moving the conversation forward in necessary ways.
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