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Title: Rekindling Desire: A Step by Step Program to Help Low-Sex and No-Sex Marriages by Barry W. McCarthy, Emily J. McCarthy ISBN: 0-415-93551-2 Publisher: Brunner-Routledge Pub. Date: 15 January, 2003 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.5 (4 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: My highest recommendation
Comment: Barry and Emily McCarthy have written THE book for couples who are mired in a sea of sexual avoidiance. If you still love your partner, but you somehow just can't make the sexual connection, read this book. It is a treasure trove of practical, realistic
strategies to revive your love.
Here, finally, is the comprehensive, thoughtful, down to earlth, un-gimicky guide and roadmap I needed to have to give to the many, varied low and no sex couples who I see for sex therapy. There is no simplistic, woman's-magazine advice to be found in the pages of Rekindling Desire. I can't think of anything I wish the authors had said that they omitted. The discussions and the cases have depth, and as a reader struggling with the problem of a low sex relationship, you will find yourself in its pages. As the reader, you can hear the authors' seasoned clinical voices cheering you on, giving you sage advice. A major strength of this book: you get concrete, healing suggestions for rethinking, reframing, and constructively talking to eachother about this important, joint problem.
You also get the chance to give up some long-held myths that are ruining your chances to reawaken love. I admire the McCarthys' discussion of normal sexuality and their counseling on realistic sexual expectations. Just reading through Rekindling Desire will be educational for all couples. Low and no sex relationships are complicated. Rekindling Desire does't promise instant cures, it doesn't hype the "latest advances." To make deep changes, readers will need to be committed to change, to grab hold of the techniques provided. But by adopting the "intimate team" approach, a loving couple who each intend to reclaim their due share of physical and emotional connection and sexual desire will surely succeed.
Rating: 4
Summary: Rekindling Desire:A Step Program to Help Low-Sex and No-Sex
Comment: I am a sex therapist with over 20 years of experience in the field. This is a book that I was eagerly awaiting and am using on a daily basis as an adjunct to my work with couples. It is clear, repetitive enough to "make the point," and gives couples clear steps that they can read and evaluate on their own, as well as in the therapy sessions. I fell very positive about recommending this book.
Rating: 4
Summary: A satisfied reader....
Comment: What a surprise to see that the reader from Kalamazoo was disappointed with this book .... Au contraire, I thought the authors did an excellent job of laying out reasons for lack of marital bliss between the sheets, and then presenting great step-by-step strategies and techniques for effecting change.
There were many eye openers:
* Good sex in a marriage contributes 15-20% of marital vitality. Bad sex contributes 50-70% of marital malaise.
* Romantic love is inherently unstable usually ending before marriage or seldom lasting past the first year.
* Sexual desire is based on emotional and sexual intimacy NOT on romantic love or passionate sex.
* YOU are responsible for yourself as a sexual partner. It is NOT the job of the spouse to make you desirous or turn you on.
* Good intentions are not enough. You need a PLAN to enhance your sexual relationship. The most successful strategy is a gradual step-by-step process.
* The most powerful aphrodisiac is NOT an esoteric technique; it is an involved, aroused spouse......
The McCarthys did a fine job of differentiating "media hype" sex,(spontaneous,intense,nonverbal,passionate,perfect)from "real marital sex", (less than half of the time there is equal desire,arousal, orgasm and satisfaction).
I also enjoyed learning about the poisons for sexual desire. It was a jolt to discover that sexual desire is SO easy to kill.
I could go on about the merits of this book.... Suffice it to say; it was a great and informative read. I highly recommend it for all couples, but especially for those grappling with sexual concerns.
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Title: The Sex-Starved Marriage: A Couple's Guide to Boosting Their Marriage Libido by Michele Weiner-Davis ISBN: 0743227328 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Pub. Date: 07 January, 2003 List Price(USD): $24.00 |
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Title: Resurrecting Sex : Resolving Sexual Problems and Rejuvenating Your Relationship by David Schnarch, James Maddock ISBN: 006019359X Publisher: HarperCollins Pub. Date: 06 August, 2002 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: Passionate Marriage : Keeping Love and Intimacy Alive in Committed Relationships by David Schnarch ISBN: 0805058265 Publisher: Henry Holt & Company, Inc. Pub. Date: 15 May, 1998 List Price(USD): $16.00 |
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Title: I'm Not in the Mood: What Every Woman Should Know About Improving Her Libido by Judith Reichman ISBN: 0688172253 Publisher: Quill Pub. Date: 03 November, 1999 List Price(USD): $12.00 |
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Title: In the Mood, Again: A Couple's Guide to Reawakening Sexual Desire by Kathleen A., Ph.D. Cervenka ISBN: 1572243511 Publisher: New Harbinger Pubns Pub. Date: April, 2003 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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