The Palgrave Handbook of the Psychology of Sexuality and Gender

Christina Richards is an accredited psychotherapist with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) and is an Associate Fellow of the British Psychological Society (BPS). She is Senior Specialist Psychology Associate at the Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust Gender Clinic; Clinical Research Fellow at West London Mental Health NHS Trust (Charing Cross) Gender Clinic; and is a co-founder of BiUK. As well as many other publications she is the co-author of the BPS Guidelines and Literature Review for Counselling Sexual and Gender Minority Clients and a clinical guidebook on sexuality and gender published by Sage: Richards, C., & Barker. M. (2013). Sexuality and gender for mental health professionals: A practical guide. London: Sage.Meg John Barker is a writer, academic, counsellor and activist specialising in sex and relationships. Meg is a senior lecturer in Psychology at the Open University, UK and has published many academic books and papers on topics including non-monogamous relationships, sadomasochism, counselling, and mindfulness, as well as co-editing the journal Psychology & Sexuality. They were the lead author of The Bisexuality Report - which has informed UK policy and practice around bisexuality. They are involved in running many public events on sexuality and relationships, including Sense about Sex, Critical Sexology, and Gender & Sexuality Talks. Meg is also a UKCP accredited therapist working with gender and sexually diverse clients, and wrote the relationship book Rewriting the Rules.Christina RichardsDr Meg John BarkerDr Mark CarriganDr Emma TurleyDr Trevor ButtHelen Bowes-CattonDr Nikki HayfieldDr Damien RiggsDr Panteá FarvidDr Sonja EllisDr Penny LenihanDr Tony KainthRobin DundasDr Laura HarveyEster McGeeneyProf Katrina RønDr Sarah MurjanDr Walter Pierre BoumanAli ZieglerProf Terri D. ConleyAmy C. MoorsJes L. MatsickJennifer D. RubinDr Nathan RambukkanaProf Jan BurnsDr Claudia ZitzDawn ClarkProf Del LoewenthalDr Joanna SemlyenDr Sarah Seymour- SmithDr Gareth Hagger-JohnsonMichael BerryDr Paul SimpsonDr Brigette RickettDr Maxine WoolhouseDr Alex IantaffiDr Sara MizeDr Roshan das NairDr Rob Clucas