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Rekindling Desire

A Step-by-Step Program to Help Low-Sex and No-Sex Marriages

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  • Paperback: 224 pages
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  • Published: January 2003
  • ISBN: 978-0-415-93551-7
  • Publisher: Routledge

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Table of Contents

Part I: Understanding -The First Step. Why Do Couples Experience a Dead End to Desire? Whose Problem is it - His, Hers, or Ours? Turnoffs: Poisons for Sexual Desires. The New Man: Overcoming Sexual Dysfunction. Finding Her Voice: Overcoming Female Dysfunction. Part II: Changing. The Second Step: Nurturing Anticipation - Bridges to Sexual Desire. The Third Step: Feeling Close - Enhancing Intimacy. The Fourth Step: Let's Play Feely - Touchy - Nondemand Pleasuring. The Fifth Step: Just Do it - Challenging Inhibitions. The Sixth Step: Making it Special - Creating Erotic Scenarios. Part III: Preventing Relapse. The Seventh Step: Keeping it Vital - Preventing Relapse. The Eighth Step: Enhancing the Bond - Intimacy Dates. The Ninth Step: Lusting for Life - The Erotic Marriage. The Tenth Step: Your Parents Were Wrong - Valuing Marital Sexuality. Appendix 1. Choosing a Marital or Sexual Therapist. Appendix 2. Books for Further Reading

Author Biography

Barry McCarthy, Ph.D., is a certified sex therapist and Professor of Psychology at American University. He has published extensively on couples and sexuality and given more than a hundred workshops around the world. Emily McCarthy holds a B.S. in Speech Communication from Southern Illinois University. Having worked for years as a speech therapist, she now collaborates with her husband on books that address issues faced by married couples. This is the seventh book he and his wife, Emily, have co-authored on the subject, including Sexual Awareness, which has sold more than 500,000.

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