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Sexual Aversion, Sexual Phobias And Panic Disorders
Sexual avoidance disorders are the primary complaint of many patients seeking help for sexual dificulties and have been recommended as a new diagnostic entity in DSM-III-R under the category Disorders of Sexual Desire.

Now, Helen Singer Kaplan, author of the widely used volumes, The New Sex Therapy and Disorders of Sexual Desire has written a pioneering book that provides the first integration of brief psychodynamic therapy with antipanic medication. She demonstraties that both psychotherapy and medication have valuable but entirely distinct functions in the treatment of these sexual disorders and both are needed to help patients with drug-responsive sexual anxiety.

Sexual Aversion, Sexual Phobias And Panic Disorders provides a detaied guide to the diagnosis and treatment of these disorders. It first describes the clinical features of the sexual avoidance syndromes and panic disorder. Then a pluralistic concept of the etiology of sexual phobias is presented, stressing the interplay between the patients biological vulnerability and the efects of cultural, neurotic, and relationship stresses.

Following is an unusually valuable chapter on Sexual Disorders and Medication written by Donald F. Klein, M.D., one of the country's foremost experts in psychopharmacology. He discusses the appropriate prescription of medication following the careful differential diagnosis of anxious and depressive states in patients complaining of sexual disorders.

Succeeding chapters cover an integrated approach to treatment that combines medication with brief psychodynamic therapy; conjoint sex therapy with couples who have problems related to their separation anxiety and rejection sensitvity; and some hypotheses about drugs and the psychodynamic process.

Throughout the volume, detailed cse studies make clear the diagnosis and treatment of patients with sexual avoidance syndromes.

Sexual Aversion, Sexual Phobias And Panic Disorders is an indispensible volume for all physicians and couples, and familes with sexual problems.
--- from book's dustjacket ... Read more

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Sexual disorders may arise from multiple causes. Their clinical assessment,diagnosis, and treatment must take into account the patient's underlying biology, history, andbehaviors. Using an approach pioneered at the Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Peter Faganapplies the four "perspectives of psychiatry" (disease, dimension, behavior, and life story) to thediagnosis and treatment of sexual disorders.

This book offers therapists an efficient and clinically proven way to organize the range oftheoretical methodologies currently available, presenting a framework that is both conceptuallycohesive and readily applicable in clinical settings. After an introduction, each chapter offers acase study followed by an analysis based on one perspective methodology as well as a discussionof the clinical implications of thatperspective. The book closes with a chapter integrating theapproaches. This book will be of interest to mental health care professionals, includingpsychiatrists, psychologists, and social workers, who treat patients with sexual disorders. ... Read more

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Great
A title that is plain and simple that is on the over of a very complex and scientific book. The expert here tries to explain the issue of sexual disorders in an ample and extensive presentation that contains mostly unusable info for the average man. If you want a book that is closer your suffering yet still offers you solutions read "Natural Penis Enlargement: New methods of avoiding and curing impotence, premature ejaculation, and erectile dysfunction safely and inexpensively. NEW Secrets that your doctor won't tell you, No Pumps, No Pills and No Gadgets!" by Platinum Millennium ... Read more

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Masters & Johnson Institute, St. Louis, MO. Research for psychotherapists on the relationship between sexual abuse and eating disorders. Discusses prevalence and causal relationships. Case studies. 27 contributors, 20 U.S. DNLM: Eating Disorders - etiology. ... Read more

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Sexuality is an integral part of gender identity, self-image, and overall well-being. Sexual problems have a high prevalence in the general population and also among patients with mental disorders. Clinical Manual of Sexual Disorders is the first comprehensive text in decades to address the management and treatment of sexual dysfunctions. Using a conceptual model that incorporates biological, psychological, and cultural interventions as its guiding principle, the book explores and evaluates the many facets of sexual dysfunction. Written by 25 contributing clinical specialists from around the world, the text combines conceptual shifts within the field of human sexuality with the latest research findings into a practical three-part volume. The book covers general areas of human sexuality within the frame of psychiatry, management of major sexual dysfunctions in conjunction with certain psychiatric conditions and medications, and sexual issues in two unique patient populations children and adolescents, and older adults. ... Read more

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First book devoted to the diagnosis and treatment of sexual pain in women

Female Sexual Pain Disorders is a remarkable fusion of clinical and scientific knowledge that will empower women’s healthcare professionals to help their patients in overcoming this common debilitating disorder.

Based on the highest level research, it provides state-of-the-art practical guidance that will help you to:

• Evaluate and distinguish the causes of sexual pain in women
  
• Differentiate the many forms of sexual pain
  
• Implement multidisciplinary treatments

All proceeds from this book are being donated to the International Society for the Study of Women’s Sexual Health (ISSWSH). ... Read more

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Getting Smart about "Female Problems"
Female sexual pain disorders are just now getting research attention. Believe it or not, this is the FIRST book on the topic, as far as I know. As a psychologist and AASECT-certified sex therapist, I can recommend this book for it's comprehensive, scientific information about pain. It should help professionals treat women more knowledgeably - and should help women themselves find answers to intimate problems. ... Read more

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Part of the Resources for Christian Counseling Series, this volume deals with sexual dysfunction and therapeutic techniques in the context of biblical standards of morality. The authors are a husband and wife team with vast counseling experience. ... Read more

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Complete coverage of The Handbook of Sexual and Gender Identity Disorders provides authoritative coverage of the etiology, diagnosis, and treatment of three major DSM-IV-TR classifications of sexual disorders and gender identity disorders: sexual dysfunctions, gender identity disorders, and paraphilias/atypical sexual behaviors.

The first internationally contributed handbook of its kind, this practical guide provides mental health professionals as well as medical professionals with the latest information in the understanding and treatment of sexual problems and gender identity related disorders. Covering both the medical and mental health related aspects of sexual dysfunctions and gender identity disorders, topics covered include:
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Male sexual arousal disorder
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Female desire disorder
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Female genital pain and its treatment
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Aging and sexuality
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Disease and sexuality
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Gender identity disorders in adults
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Cross-cultural issues in gender identity disorders
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Paraphilic sexual disorders
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Sexual addiction
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Legal and privacy issues surrounding paraphilias

An insightful and unique resource, the Handbook of Sexual and Gender Identity Disorders prepares mental health and medical professionals to more skillfully and compassionately recognize and address the sexual issues of those who seek their help. ... Read more

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Recent research indicates that there has been a steady increase in the number of patients seeking help with various sexual desire problems. Now, Sexual Desire Disorders, an exciting new volume from one of the foremost authorities in the field of sex therapy and human sexuality, explores in-depth the human sexual response, with emphasis on various therapeutic approaches to the treatment of sexual dysfunctions, particulars disorders of sexual desire. The book examines not only the historical perspectives of these disorders, but the most recent research, thinking, and acceptance of these problems as a real clinical phenomena. This volume focuses primarily on the dysfunctional regulation of sexual motivation. Dr. Kaplan applies her comprehensive, integrated, psychodynamically oriented sex therapy approach when addressing the etiology, clinical features, and diagnostic criteria of these disorders. The author also examines psychiatric disorders that can lead to a loss of sexual desire, as well as some organic causes, including medical conditions, drugs, and age. Finally, Sexual Desire Disorders presents over 30 case studies that cover treatment approaches for a wide variety of sexual desire disorders, ranging from hyperactive sexual desire in a married bisexual man to a loss of sexual desire due to infertility treatment. ... Read more

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LACK OF INTEREST IN SEX
Helen Singer Kaplan
The Sexual Desire Disorders:
Dysfunctional Regulation of Sexual Motivation

(New York: Brunner/Mazel, 1995) 332 pages
(ISBN: 0876307845)
(Library of Congress call number: RC560.S46K37 1995)

An experienced sex-therapist draws on her experience
with more than 2,000 clients
to discuss the most common problems people have with sex.
She focuses here more on lack of desire
than the general reader would assume.
Kaplan encourages her clients to go with their sexual fantasies
rather than fight against them--even when the 'turn-ons'
seem immature and out-of-character.

A few other books on sexology are reviewed by James Park here on the Internet:
"SEXOLOGY---BEST BOOKS".

Revolutionary Approach
Almost three decades ago, Dr. Helen Kalan was the first to identify the disorders of sexual desire as distinct entities, thus showing the way to more effective treatment of all the sexual disorders. Now, in this volume, drawing upon her systematic recording of the treatment experience and outcome of over 6000 patients whom she has treated - and by recognizing and studying not just the successes but the treatment failures as well - Dr. Kaplan has brought the art of science of sex therapy to new levels of clarity and effectiveness.

In this hardcover, Dr. Kaplan applies her comprehensive, integrated, psychodynamically oriented approach to arrive at an individualized treatment attuned to the specific diagnosis and unique circumstances of each patient. In addition, the author examines psychiatric disorders that can lead to loss of sexual desire, as well as organic causes, including medical conditions, drugs and aging. Throughout the volume, more than 30 case studies illuminated the varied clinical approaches to the various disorders of sexual desire.

This book provides a remarkable synthesis of trailblazing theory, painstaking research, and highly focused clinical treatment that will make this volume an indispensable guide for many years to come.

Revolutionary Approach
Almost three decades ago, Dr. Helen Kalan was the first to identify the disorders of sexual desire as distinct entities, thus showing the way to more effective treatment of all the sexual disorders. Now, in this volume, drawing upon her systematic recording of the treatment experience and outcome of over 6000 patients whom she has treated - and by recognizing and studying not just the successes but the treatment failures as well - Dr. Kaplan has brought the art of science of sex therapy to new levels of clarity and effectiveness.

In this hardcover, Dr. Kaplan applies her comprehensive, integrated, psychodynamically oriented approach to arrive at an individualized treatment attuned to the specific diagnosis and unique circumstances of each patient. In addition, the author examines psychiatric disorders that can lead to loss of sexual desire, as well as organic causes, including medical conditions, drugs and aging. Throughout the volume, more than 30 case studies illuminated the varied clinical approaches to the various disorders of sexual desire.

This book provides a remarkable synthesis of trailblazing theory, painstaking research, and highly focused clinical treatment that will make this volume an indispensable guide for many years to come.

Practical and sensitive = real help
Helen Singer Kaplan does an excellent job of separating out the psychological from the physical elements that contribute to having reduced sexual desire.Beginning with a distinction between genital dysfunctions and the arousal disorders, Dr. Kaplan proceeds through the importance of getting a complete and accurate picture of the patient's past and present experience that contribute to reduced or absent desire.After evaluation and a full understanding of the patient's goals for treatment, Dr. Kaplan moves into treatment strategies, using homework and other behavioral suggestions.She uses the exploration of underlying psychoanalytic causes only when the shorter-term solution-focused, behavioral treatments fail to make significant changes.The very readable case histories are a cross section of problems in this area and of Dr. Kaplan's innovative and individualized techniques for offering help.Her comfort with all areas of sexual behavior, anatomy, and individual preferences comes through in every sentence.

I was especially impressed by Dr. Kaplan's consideration of some people's lack of motivation in having insights into their personality patterns and behavior.She demonstrates admirable respect for people whose religious beliefs or ethnic norms prevent them from following some of her suggestions to fantasize, share fantasies, masturbate, or use erotica.In each case, she reframed the suggestion so that it was in keeping with the patient's values or she changed the assignment so that it was acceptable to the patient.Her understanding and respect that many couples have successful relationships that they want to maintain but that we, as therapists, might not want for ourselves, provided excellent role modeling for those who read her book.She also doesn't claim 100% success and is willing to discuss some of her treatment failures and why she thought she was ineffective-the mark of a true scientist.

~~Joan Mazza, author of Dream Back Your Life; Dreaming Your Real Self; Things That Tick Me Off; Who's Crazy, Anyway? and Exploring Your Sexual Self. ... Read more

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Harvard University, Boston.Presentation of the author's theories on the effects of childhood sexual abuse on emotional development. 26 contributors, 20 U.S. DNLM: Borderline Personality Disorder - etiology. ... Read more

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This is an excellent review of a sensitive topic.
Many clinicians and patients are puzzled by the connection between trauma and bpd.This is a well-edited collection of scholarly, thoughtful, and balanced perspectives on these topics.This book is highly recommended forall readers interested in this painful area. ... Read more

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A Volume in the Jossey-Bass Library of Current Clinical Technique

Addresses the most current thought on sexual dysfunction. Shared here are clinical techniques and case studies derived from sex therapy, couples and marital therapy, behavior therapy, psychodynamic therapy and psychoanalysis. Also clarified is the reasoning behind the most effective and up-to-date interventions.

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Excellent, with one major concern
Treating Sexual Disorders is an excellent, multi-authored work.It describes sex and couples therapy in a comprehensive manner that will be especially useful to the beginning sex therapist.I have one major concern, however, and that is the last chapter (treating paraphilia).The psychodynamic orientation of the author makes him regard paraphilia as inherently pathological, and not just as a result of learning history that gives us all different "turn ons."Charlton speaks, for example, on page 309 of how "working closely with the paphiliacs involves a confrontation with the nature of evil" and later mentions the "evil inherent in perverse sexuality."To be fair, perhaps he was only referring to victimizing or to the DSM IV caveat that the behavior has to cause upset to the person engaging in it or to a victim.The tone of the entire chapter, however, seems to pathologize paraphilia more than the literature supports.In my own practice (I am a licensed psychologist), I see many clients who have been told that any form of unusual sexuality makes them evil or dirty.They don't need any more help to feel that way.More could have been written regarding mutually consensual play between couples that is just a little (or a lot) "kinky" without the heavy judgement.This chapter aside, there is a great deal of value in this volume.

Educational, useful and well written
As a therapist who sees patients with sexual problems I found this book extremely helpful.The various chapters gave me the tools I needed to understand sexual difficulties from a psychological and physical perspective.I've even referred my patients to selected chapters of the book, and they have reported that they were able to understand the concepts without having a professional education.I would recommend this book to seasoned and novice therapists to add to their library.It addresses areas that therapists tend to avoid. ... Read more

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Drawing on three decades of experience as a sex therapist and sex researcher, Dr. Gina Ogden shows you how to:

   • Open up to the four energies that spark desire
   • Create heart-to-heart communication with your partner
   • Transcend guilt, shame, and "good-girls-don't" messages
   • Help heal the sexual wounds of abuse, addiction, affairs, and low self-esteem
   • Enjoy sexual pleasure throughout your life span—from new love, to parenthood, and into your golden years


To learn more about the author, Gina Ogden, go to www.ginaogden.com. ... Read more

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Wonderful contribution to understanding women's sexuality & desire!
Gina Ogden did an outstanding job of writing a wonderful contribution to understanding women's sexuality, specifically, low sexual desire. She brings years of experience as a therapist to her work as an academic researcher. The combination of using these two distinct roles to examine women's sexuality and sexual desire provides the reader with a very comprehensive and dynamic picture of what women's sexual desire is and how it can be enhanced. As a mental health counselor myself, I found that the way in which Gina describes women's sexuality in her book is a very important, and not regularly found, perspective in the mental health literature. Gina is able to write about low sexual desire from a clinical perspective, but also go beyond that to address the spiritual aspects of women's sexuality. I have found very few academic authors that delve into this realm with such tenacity and such a stand for women to be completely fulfilled in their minds, bodies and spirits.

The book encourages the reader to look at themselves as the source of their sexual desire, and strives to foster women's relationships with themselves as the starting point for a fulfilling sexual life. This is very important and empowering for women, who are many times taught by their caregivers and society to focus on factors outside themselves to fulfill themselves. Gina's book gives women permission to ask for what they want in sexual relationships and feel good about getting their needs fulfilled. In this book, Gina does a wonderful job of writing about the different aspects of why women's sexual desire may wane, which in my opinion could help readers find a context for their own experience. The book also provides the reader with some excellent exercises for getting back in touch with their own feelings of sexual desire, including a guided visualization and other exercises.

As a licensed mental health counselor specializing in sex therapy, I highly recommend this book to women who are struggling with concerns related to low sexual desire!

Great reading.
I have very intersted in this subject and after getting this book, I have really opened up more. It has really helped me muddle through some of my issues and get back to what is most important.

I LOVE this book!
Return of Desire is a gift all women deserve.In this book Gina Ogden offers an understanding of the complexity of who we are as sexual beings and the connection between sexuality and spirituality.Regardless of one's religious or spiritual background (or lack of one), Gina helps us to realize how scripts that play out in our minds about our sexual selves may be influenced by family, culture and sources outside of us.She educates through insightful concrete examples and guided invitations to self reflect. For some of the us the gift in this book may be some powerful "Aha" revelations.For others of us the gift may also be profound- of healing and hope.

Gentle and hopeful
I love this book "Return of Desire". I feel very peaceful when I am reading it... like talking with a friend! So many books make you feel like you are supposed to feel things that you just don't. Gina Ogden gives us permission to feel just exactly what we are feeling, but then helps us to explore "why" we might be feeling this way, and "how" we might be able to expand or incorporate new ways of thinking and feeling into our lives that ultimately will help us to be more whole. The structure of exploration into ourselves is very respectful and wholistic- I believe that we are creatures made up of physical, mental, emotional and spiritual components, and that all of these need to be taken into consideration when we want to grow. Thank you so much Gina Ogden.

no real information
Lacking in concrete information--focuses on goddess--visualizing, spiritual experiences during sex--if you enjoy mubo-jumbo, you'll enjoy this book! ... Read more

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McGill Univ., Montreal, Canada. Discusses normal gonadal and sexual development and clinical issues common to genetic abnormalities. Details causes by genetics, endocrinologic, and systemic-metabolic. For geneticists, endocrinologists, urologists, and advanced students. DNLM: Gonadal Disorders--genetics. ... Read more

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Great Primary Source Material
If you're interested in the subject the bibliography alone is worth the purchase. Great illustrations and a nice discussion with good primary source quotes on both upper/middle class women and working class women and their relationship with medicine from the turn of the last century.

Classic feminist text on women and medicine
Classic feminist text on women and medicine. Provides important overview on women's health in the 19th and 20th centuries. Discusses class issues as the impact on health (especially working women), public health, the medical profession, immigrants, prostitution, reformers like Margaret Sanger, etc. Still stands as essential reading for history of medicine.

It's one of those books that is fascinating, factual and a real page turner
I'm fairly stunned at the two two-star reviews here. This book was co-authored by Barbara Ehrenreich who went on to write several other WONDERFUL books, such as "Nickel and Dimed" and "For Her Own Good."

"Complaints and Disorders; The Sexual Politics of Sickness" is a short book (95 pages) but that's part of what made it such a good read. Once you start reading it, you won't want to stop until you're to the last page. And there's a lot of info packed into those pages.

On page 37, the authors write, "The entire mystique of female sickness - the house calls, the tonics and medicines, the heatlh spas - served, above all, to keep a great many women busy at the task of doing nothing."

That's what was done to women in the Victorian era. In modern times, we use beauty and weight as the lure to "keep women busy as the task of doing nothing."

There's also some background info on how women healers (or witches, as the men liked to call them) were removed from power so male doctors could enjoy their ascension to power and wealth.

It's one of a handful of books I've pressed into the hands of my daughter and said, "you have GOT to read this book." And *that's* the highest recommendation.

too short
This book is way too short for such an interesting topic. Another problem is that it depicts women as main victims of weird medical practices in 19th and early 20th century, which is not entirely true. At those times (and may be true today in some cases also) one would be far better off if one stayed away from medical profession. Also, there are some really hillarious things about treating hysteria which authors didnot bother to mention. For the hystory of vibrators as legitimate medical treatment for hysteria, Rachel Maines has done very good job in dealing with this topic. What is also a pity is that authors didn't pursue various medical superstitions about females and different treatment of females which are present in modern times. For example, nobody questions the articles published in peer reviewed medical journal which state that patient's absolute refusal is "relative contraindication" for performing episiotomy. Is there any other surgical procedure which can be inflicted on a patient against patient's explicitly stated wishes? Or for example the fact that many health insurances cover Viagra but don't cover contraceptives. There are many topics well worth investigation which belog to the topic "Complaints and Disorders : The Sexual Politics of Sickness" which authors have chosen not to address in this pamphlet (can't even call it a book).

Good Bathroom Read
An account of modern (post-Industrial Revolution) medicine's attempts to squish women under the juggernaut of progress by declaring them weak and/or unfit to achieve. While we here at History House are always suspicious ofany work with an obvious political agenda (printed by The Feminist Press),the accounts of doctors and their loopy practices in the nineteenth centuryare a hoot. If push came to shove, we would suspect some of the wilderaccounts given are probably minority views, but the prevailing notion ofwomen as fragile bits of fluff subject to the whims of their productivesystems was probably held by a majority of the docs during the period inquestion. Besides, it's only about ninety pages. A good bathroom read.[HistoryHouse.com] ... Read more

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Highlighting the complex interaction of biology and emotion in sexual chemistry, this book systematically evaluates drugs that can inhibit desire, cause impotence, block orgasm, or affect sexual functioning in other ways. It provides a system for evaluating any and all drugs, and includes techniques for the medical management of drug-induced sexual dysfunctions. ... Read more

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A practical handbook for practitioners that covers the assessment, treatment and management of sexual offenders with intellectual disabilities – an area of growing interest within clinical forensic psychology.

• New for the Wiley Series in Forensic Clinical Psychology: a practical handbook that covers the assessment, treatment and management of sexual offenders with intellectual disabilities
• Summarises the research literature on the characteristics and prevalence of sexual offenders with intellectual disabilities
• Discusses risk assessment and innovations in treatment and management
• Includes contributors world-renowned in the field of assessment and treatment of sexual offenders with intellectual disabilities such as Tony Ward, Glynis Murphy, and Douglas Boer

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In the late 1960s and early 1970s, the focus in sex therapy was on behavior change. Sex therapists then usually acted as guides, describing techniques and assigning sensate-focused homework. In the 1990s, the availability of a wealth of new information and procedures, combined with our current understanding of the significance of such factors as family-of-origin issues and patient emotions and cognitions, has brought the practice of sex therapy to a new level of sophistication. Designed as a succinct guide to contemporary sex therapy, this book provides a state-of-the-art, empirically based overview of the most common sexual dysfunctions, and a step-by-step manual
for their assessment and treatment.
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Very Informative
I ordered this book forclass. I have only read a little of it, but what I have read is very easy to read and informative. It's similar to the DSM for sexual dysfunctions but a lot easier language!

Good
This second edition is one of the best treaties on the issue of sexual disorders that I have ever read. Completed by the first edition this pack is something that you not want to miss. A great book that does disappoint in some areas[...].

Not Helpful for a "Lay" Reader
This book is not one I would recommend for "personal enrichment" use.It is very technical, with the usual statistical graphs, etc.I found the categories considered to be components of dysfunction somewhatinteresting. ... Read more

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Here is a first-time examination of sexual anorexia: theextreme fear of sexual intimacy and obsessive avoidance of sex.Patric Carnes, the acknowledged leader in the treatment of compulsivesexual behavior, examines its causes, then describes concrete tasksand plans for exploring intimacy and restoring healthy sexuality. ... Read more

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sexual anorexia over coming self hatered
I had never heard of this problem before. It is basically a detachment disorder. It is like a young neglected child that can not bond.

Sex addiction
Very informative, enlightening, recommended by therapist, very worthwhile information for addicts and spouses of addicts

Necessary for couples who are unable to share intimacy
This is a textbook about sexual anorexia, which is a condition that causes a person to fear intimacy to the point of incredible pain.It contains a plan for recovery, and certainly is a place to begin to grapple with such a sensitive and important part of life.

Sexual Anoerxia
Excellent, well written, professional, innovative book about a difficult subject. Easy to read and understand.

Riveting
I haven't finished this yet, but the author tackles this subject in a way that makes the book hard to put down.I am confident I will get a lot out of this read. ... Read more