Sexual Intelligence: What We Really Want from Sex--and How to Get It - Softcover

Klein, Marty

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0062026070 ISBN 13: 9780062026071

Publisher: HarperOne, 2013

Synopsis

Enjoyable sex: It's not about technique or a perfect body or being hopelessly, passionately in love. It's about sexual intelligence. In his three decades of working with couples and individuals as a sex therapist and marriage counselor, Dr. Marty Klein has continuously seen that although most people say what they want from sex is pleasure and closeness, that's not what they focus on during sex. Instead, we're preoccupied with how we look, what our partner is thinking, how we're performing, and whether we're normal. We do more thinking, worrying, and judging than experiencing. Sex like that can't thrill us, can't create intimacy, and can't, well, feel sexy. In "Sexual Intelligence", Klein shows how to stop observing ourselves during sex, ending our obsession with sexual performance and sexual normality. "I don't help people 'function' better during sex," he says. "I teach people how to relax and enjoy sex with the body they have, the partner they have, in the situation they have." Now that's something we all want: fulfilling, exciting sex at every stage of our lives. In "Sexual Intelligence", Klein challenges our understanding of sex, love, intimacy, romance, and satisfaction. After all, sex isn't just an activity. Change the way you think about sex, and you can change your sex life-forever.

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Review:

"Klein is comforting and permission-giving, while presenting boundaries that you can discuss with a partner if you have concerns. This is an easy to read, smart book with loads of information and advice. "Sexual Intelligence" is an important contribution to the field and to the reader." --Dr. Pepper Schwartz, Ph.D., sex/relationship expert, AARP; chief relationship expert, PerfectMatch.com

About the Author:

Marty Klein, Ph.D. has been a licensed marriage and family therapist and certified sex therapist for more than 30 years. A former contributing editor to The New Physician, American Baby, and Modern Bride, he has written for Mademoiselle, Men's Journal, Parents, and Playboy, as well as PsychologyToday.com and AlterNet.org. A sought-after lecturer and courtroom expert, Klein has been quoted in Newsweek, The New Yorker and the New York Times. He has appeared on TV shows inluding 20/20, Nightline, and Penn and Teller. Klein lives in Palo Alto, California; visit him at www.sexed.org.

About this edition

• Publisher: HarperOne
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 0062026070
• ISBN 13: 9780062026071
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 242