The New Sexual Landscape and Contemporary Psychoanalysis

‘Knafo and Lo Bosco, the co-authors of the award-winning The Age of Perversion, Desire and Technology in Psychoanalysis and Culture, have teamed up again for a compelling exploration of contemporary sexuality under a psychoanalytic informed frame. […] Their new book revisits the impact of that link on modern sex culture while offering contemporary practitioners novel ways to explore sex and gender of today’s generation. […] The elusive realm of sex, gender, and identity is eloquently presented and discussed, with special attention to a novel sexual lexicon that is gaining prominence in psychoanalytic narratives. […] Sex has been neglected, if not cast out from the psychoanalytic field. Just as Knafo and Lo Bosco did in their previous book, the authors join those who try to place sex back at the center stage of psychoanalytic discourse.’

– Isaac Tylim, Psychoanalytic Psychology, American Psychological Association 2022, Vol. 39, No. 4, 342–343

‘This splendid book will deliver new ideas to clinicians and academics and is a gift to all of us who want to think about sexuality more deeply – and less anxiously. It is not only an updated erotic encyclopedia […] but is also a tender exploration of the psychic work that sexual play accomplishes. Readers should expect to be shocked, perhaps even thrilled – but also unexpectedly touched and moved.’

– Virginia Goldner, PhD, Founding Editor, Studies in Gender and Sexuality, Faculty, NYU Postdoctoral Program in Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis

‘This new volume is a truly outstanding contribution to psychoanalytic thinking. It is a wake-up call to all practitioners… We clinicians must adjust to a sea change in how gender and sexuality are evolving and how these transformations are related to our digital era. […] I highly recommend [this book] to anyone who is interested in the future of psychotherapy in an era dominated by technology.’

– Glen O. Gabbard, MD, Clinical Professor Psychiatry, Baylor College of Medicine

Danielle Knafo, PhD, is a clinical psychologist and psychoanalyst and a professor at Long Island University and New York University. Her recent book, The Age of Perversion: Desire and Technology in Psychoanalysis and Culture, (co-authored with Lo Bosco) won the 2018 American Board of Professional Psychology Book Award.

Rocco Lo Bosco is a teacher and author of fiction and nonfiction. Previous titles include Staying Sane in Crazy Town: A Monologue of Rude Wisdom, and a children’s book, The Rainbow’s Argument.