Gerald R. Weeks - Psychology, Sex and Couple Therapy
Gerald Weeks is Professor Emeritus in Marriage
and Family Therapy at the University of Nevada-Las Vegas. Among his many
qualifications he is a licensed psychologist, a certified sex therapist and a
Diplomate of the American Board of Sexology. He has a diverse spectrum of
publications to his credit, including some "classic" texts in the
fields of individual, sex, marital, and family therapy. His first book,
Paradoxical
Psychotherapy (with Lou L'Abate, 1982), became a national and international
best-selling text and was reprinted in 7 languages. Several of his books are
widely used in marriage and family programs in the U.S. and abroad. His
Couples
in Treatment (with S. Fife, 2014) is now in its 3rd edition. He also
co-authored and co-edited the text
Systemic Sex Therapy (2nd edt.
2015) and is the senior author of the
Clinician's Guide to Sex Therapy (2nd
edt. 2015). In 2009, Weeks received the "Outstanding Contribution to
Marriage and Family Therapy" award from the American Association of
Marriage and Family therapy and the next year was named "2010 Family
Psychologist of the Year" by the Academy of Family Psychology. Weeks has
lectured and presented training workshops extensively throughout North
America, Australia and Europe on sex and couple therapy. Over the past 35
years, he has practiced, taught and supervised individual, sex, couple, and
family therapy. He continues to practice, write and lecture nationally and
internationally. For more information on this author go to
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerald_R._Weeks.
