Sexuality in creative coping groups for women with physical disabilities (original) (raw)

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Working with 27 women with physical disabilities in unstructured group sessions over the past two years, the authors observed the relative unimportance of sexuality as a discussion topic. Sexuality did enter into the discussion where it related to self-acceptance, as women went from a “false acceptance” to a “truer acceptance.” There was occasion to see sexuality as more important to the newly disabled as a mechanistic issue. In view of their findings, the authors feel it important that counselors not assume the primacy of sexuality as a concern.

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1. the Counseling and Personnel Department, University of Maryland, USA
   Kay Harris Kriegsman MA & Beverly Celotta PhD

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1. Kay Harris Kriegsman MA
2. Beverly Celotta PhD

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Kriegsman, K.H., Celotta, B. Sexuality in creative coping groups for women with physical disabilities.Sex Disabil 4, 169–172 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01277434

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• Issue date: September 1981
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01277434

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