Title: Rekindling desire : a step-by-step program to help low-sex and no-sex marriages /
Authors: McCarthy, Barry W., 1943-; McCarthy, Emily J.
Publisher: Brunner-Routledge,
Year: 2003
Subjects: Sex instruction; Sex in marriage; Women Sexual behavior; Men Sexual behavior; Sexual excitement; Sexual abstinence; Sexual desire disorders; Sexual Abstinence [MESH]; Sexual Behavior [MESH]
Abstract: Rekindling Desire provides the guidance couples so desperately need to revitalize low-sex and no-sex marriages. Sex therapist and psychologist Barry McCarthy, and his wife, writer Emily McCarthy, present a step-by-step program that restores and restructures marital sexuality. Book jacket.
Contents: 1. Why do couples experience a dead end to desire? -- 2. Whose problem is it--his, hers, or ours? -- 3. Turnoffs : poisons for sexual desires -- 4. The new man : overcoming sexual dysfunction -- 5. Finding her voice : overcoming female dysfunction -- 6. The second step : nurturing anticipation--bridges to sexual desire -- 7. The third step : feeling close--enhancing intimacy -- 8. The fourth step : let's play feely-touchy--nondemand pleasuring -- 9. The fifth step : just do it--challenging inhibitions -- 10. The sixth step : making it special--creating erotic scenarios -- 11. The seventh step : keeping it vital--preventing relapse -- 12. The eighth step : enhancing the bond--intimacy dates -- 13. The ninth step : lusting for life--the erotic marriage -- 14. The tenth step : your parents were wrong--valuing marital sexuality.