Wanting Sex Again: How to Rediscover Your Desire and Heal a Sexless Marriage

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"I never want to have sex again." If you feel like sex just isn't worth the effort, you're not alone. Forty million American women are frustrated by their lack of sexual passion. They know something's missing-and their husbands know it, too-but the emotional, physical, and mental obstacles to healthy desire can be a knot that seems too tangled to unravel. Drawing on twenty years of clinical experience, Laurie Watson shows that it really is possible to restore the thrill of sex, using proven psychological methods and personal accounts from actual therapy sessions. Her strategies will- .Offer a glimpse into the reality of other people's bedrooms .Address the sexual problems that can develop with life changes-from marriage to motherhood to menopause .Uncover the hidden factors that impact desire-stress, cultural messages, emotional connection, chemical and hormonal challenges, physical appearance issues, and more .Show how joyful, meaningful, satisfying sex can be yours again Candid, practical, and much needed, this book can help you rediscover your sexual self or discover it for the first time. Instead of dreading bedtime, you can look forward to it again.

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For married couples facing dilemmas of desire, Laurie Watson offers a blueprint for growing more personally conscious, trusting each other more, and reconnecting with the realm of sensual and sexual pleasure.Gina Ogden, PhD, LMFT, author of The Return of Desire: Rediscovering Your Sexual Passion

"I have read many books on this common problem. Rarely does one come along that's as good as Wanting Sex Again. This book is beyond helpful. It works on so many different levels that I would recommend it for anyone in a long term relationship whether they are having desire problems or not. I can't recommend it highly enough." Paul Joannides, PsyD, author of Guide to Getting It On

This book challenges women to not passively accept low desire but rather to identify possible barrierspreventing them fromexperiencingtheir innate femininity with all its mysterious pleasure. Deborah C. Neel, PhD, Licensed Psychologist/Certified Sex Therapist

Low libido is a difficult, bedeviling problem for many women and couples. Laurie Watson has helped many women recover lost libido, and her book will help many more. Two thumbs up!Michael Castleman, author of Great Sex

Laurie Watson has a gift for relating to women. Julie R. McQueen, CHES, Oncology Patient Navigator, Duke Cancer Center, Raleigh

A valuable therapeutic resource Carol Casper Figuers, PT, EdD, Associate Professor, Doctor of Physical Therapy Division, Department of Community and Family Medicine, Duke University School of Medicine

Laurie Watson has a wonderful method Her warmth, caring and passion for what she does really shines through. Ingrid Harm-Ernandes PT, WCS, BCIA-PMDB, Orthopedic/Womens Health Specialties, Duke Hospital

This insightful book is a compass that guides women back to their lost libido. Lauries message, rich in experience, inspires us to reconnect with our partners and ourselves.Polly Watson, MD, FACOG, NCMP, Boylen Healthcare, Raleigh

Author Bio

Laurie Watson is a sex therapist certified by the American Association of Sexual Educators, Counselors, and Therapists and a licensed couple's therapist. She writes the "Married and Still Doing It" blog in Psychology Today's online magazine, and frequently lectures at Duke University Medical School, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and East Carolina University.