Intimate Relations Books

New and Published Books

1. Sexual Awareness

   Your Guide to Healthy Couple Sexuality, 5th Edition

   By Barry McCarthy, Emily McCarthy

   In the newest edition of this classic text, veteran authors Barry and Emily McCarthy explain how desire, pleasure, and satisfaction can enrich your relationship. As the premier book on the subject, Sexual Awareness focuses on factors that promote and subvert healthy couple sexuality. Reading this...

   Published March 18th 2012 by Routledge
2. New Directions in Sex Therapy

   Innovations and Alternatives, 2nd Edition

   Edited by Peggy J. Kleinplatz

   New Directions in Sex Therapy: Innovations and Alternatives focuses on cutting-edge, therapy paradigms as alternatives to conventional clinical strategies. With each passing year, the treatment of sexual problems seems to emphasize more medical and pharmacological interventions. There is...

   Published March 6th 2012 by Routledge
3. We're No Fun Anymore

   Helping Couples Cultivate Joyful Marriages Through the Power of Play

   By Robert Schwarz, Elaine Braff

   In the 21st century, we tend to expect more than ever from our relationships without knowing how to sustain them. Often a married couple juggling the many demands of life, work and children take their bond for granted. They fail to cultivate and nurture the positive interactions they share,...

   Published July 24th 2011 by Routledge
4. Case Studies in Couples Therapy

   Theory-Based Approaches

   Edited by David K. Carson, Montserrat Casado-Kehoe

   Series: Family Therapy and Counseling

   This up-to-date, highly readable, theory-based, and application-oriented book fills a crucial void in literature on couple therapy. Few books in the couple therapy market bridge the gap between theory and practice; texts tend to lean in one direction or the other, either emphasizing theory and...

   Published July 13th 2011 by Routledge
5. Enduring Desire

   Your Guide to Lifelong Intimacy

   By Michael E. Metz, Barry W. McCarthy

   Winner of the 2011 AASECT Book Award! Co-authors of Men’s Sexual Health, Michael Metz and Barry McCarthy have come together to inspire and motivate readers in their newest book, Enduring Desire. Real-life examples and clear, helpful individual and couple exercises allow readers to reach for...

   Published October 11th 2010 by Routledge
6. Handbook of Clinical Sexuality for Mental Health Professionals

   2nd Edition

   Edited by Stephen B. Levine, Candace B. Risen, Stanley E. Althof

   The constantly-changing field inspired the second edition of Handbook of Clinical Sexuality for Mental Health Professionals. In a state-of-the-art guide, Dr. Levine and his associates continue to help professionals with the assessment and treatment of a large array of sexual concerns. Written in a...

   Published January 19th 2010 by Routledge
7. Discovering Your Couple Sexual Style

   Sharing Desire, Pleasure, and Satisfaction

   By Barry W. McCarthy, Emily McCarthy

   Winner of the 2009 Smart Marriages® Impact Award Think all sex should be earth shattering? The quality of most couple sex doesn’t measure up to the much distorted image of the perfect romantic love/passionate sex encounter portrayed in popular culture. In Discovering Your Couple Sexual Style:...

   Published January 8th 2009 by Routledge
8. Handbook of Relationship Initiation

   Edited by Susan Sprecher, Amy Wenzel, John Harvey

   The Handbook of Relationship Initiation is the first volume to focus specifically on the very beginning stage of relationships – their origin. In this Handbook, leading scholars on relationships review the literature on various processes related to the initiation of relationships: how people meet,...

   Published June 10th 2008 by Psychology Press
9. Demystifying Love

   Plain Talk for the Mental Health Professional

   By Stephen B. Levine

   Intended primarily for mental health professionals, Demystifying Love deals plainly with topics rarely written about for clinicians. The book discusses in a small package highly readable and useful topics, such as love (as both noun and verb), psychological intimacy, sexual desire, as well as...

   Published December 12th 2006 by Routledge
10. Forgiveness and Reconciliation

    Theory and Application

    By Everett L. Worthington, Jr.

    To be unforgiving is harmful. The inability to come to terms with one’s anger or strife often can lead to stress disorders, mental health disorders, and relationship problems. Forgiveness is a personal decision. Forgiveness and Reconciliation focuses on individual experiences with forgiveness,...

    Published May 23rd 2006 by Routledge