The Palgrave Handbook of the Psychology of Sexuality and Gender combines cutting edge research to provide a thorough overview of all the normative - and many of the less common - sexualities, genders and relationship forms alongside psychological and intersectional areas relating to 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 booksand 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 bookRewriting 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

Introduction; Christina Richards and Dr Meg John Barker.- PART I: SEXUALITY.- Chapter 1. Asexuality; Dr Mark Carrigan.- Chapter 2. BDSM - bondage and discipline; dominance and submission; sadism and masochism; Dr Emma Turley and Dr Trevor Butt.- Chapter 3. Bisexuality; Helen Bowes-Catton and Dr Nikki Hayfield.- Chapter 4. Further sexualities; Christina Richards.- Chapter 5. Gay men; Dr Damien Riggs.- Chapter 6. Heterosexuality; Dr Pantea Farvid.- Chapter 7.Lesbian psychology; Dr Sonja Ellis.- Chapter 8. Trans sexualities; Dr Penny Lenihan, Dr Tony Kainth and Robin Dundas.- PART II: GENDER.- Chapter 9. Cisgender - Living in the gender assigned at birth; Dr Laura Harvey and Ester McGeeney.- Chapter 10. Further genders; Dr Meg John Barker and Christina Richards.- Chapter 11. Intersex/DSD; Prof Katrina Ron.- Chapter 12. Trans Gender - Living in a gender different from that assigned at birth; Dr Sarah Murjan and Dr Walter Pierre Bouman.- PART III: RELATIONSHIPS.- Chapter 13. Monogamy; Ali Ziegler; Prof Terri D. Conley; Amy C. Moors; Jes L. Matsick and Jennifer D. Rubin.- Chapter 14. Open non-monogamies; Dr Nathan Rambukkana PART IV: PSYCHOLOGICAL AREAS.- Chapter 15. Clinical psychology; Prof Jan Burns and Dr Claudia Zitz.- Chapter 16. Counselling psychology; Dawn Clark and Prof Del Loewenthal.- Chapter 17. Health psychology; Dr Joanna Semlyen.- Chapter 18. Qualitative methods; Dr Sarah Seymour- Smith.- Chapter 19. Quantitative methods; Dr Gareth Hagger-Johnson.- Chapter 20. Sex therapy; Michael Berry and Dr Meg John Barker.- PART V: INTERSECTIONS.- Chapter 21. Ageing; Dr Paul Simpson.- Chapter 22. Class; Dr Bridgette Rickett and Dr Maxine Woolhouse.- Chapter 23. Disability; Dr Alex Iantaffi and Dr Sara Mize.- Chapter 24. Ethnicity; Dr Roshan das Nair.- Chapter 25. Religion; Dr Rob Clucas.