As the controversial field of sex addiction treatment reaches for legitimacy across the disciplines of medicine, psychiatry, and psychotherapy, Getting Real about Sex Addiction: A Psychodynamic Approach to Treatment applies a psychoanalytic framework to concepts of addiction and sex, as well as related concepts of personality and attachment development. Authors Graeme Daniels and Joe Farley explore the intersection of sex and culture and address social undercurrents relating to gender, such as objectification and sexual aggression, and how those influence conceptualization goals and procedures in treatment. Through a series of case illustrations and vignettes, this text demonstrates the psychodynamic method across various treatment contexts, including individual, couples, and group therapy. The result is a work that critiques theoretical, intervention, and gender biases that have infiltrated this important yet embattled field. It provides a fresh, alternative approach from a source with the oldest pedigree in modern psychology.

On the 50^th anniversary of the rock opera Tommy, psychoanalytic author Graeme Daniels presented an in-depth review of the deaf, dumb, and blind boy’s tale, and of its place within the history of rock music. Based on an academic paper previously published in the Journal of Culture and Psychology, Daniels’ book blends personal anecdotes, reflections, academic psychological insights, and even fantasy: an imagined analysis of an adult Tommy.

“An impressive work of intellectual labor”

— Kirkus Reviews