The sexual alarm system : women's response to sexual intimacy and how to overcome it / Judith Leavitt.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Leavitt, Judith, 1946-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women--Sexual behavior.

Women.

Women--Psychology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (203 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Lanham : Jason Aronson, c2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The Sexual Alarm System: Women's Unwanted Response to Sexual Intimacy and How to Overcome It by Judith Leavitt explores the shield that develops around many women's bodies to protect them from real and perceived sexual intrusions and dangers. Because the Sexual Alarm System interferes with a woman's ability to be sexual, this book presents specific body exercises for therapists to give to women to work through this Alarm and to develop the ability to enjoy their sexuality.

Contents:

Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; I: Understanding the Sexual Alarm System; 1 What Is the Sexual Alarm System?; 2 What Triggers the Sexual Alarm System?; 3 Physiology; II: Background of the Sexual Alarm System; 4 History of Women's Sexuality; 5 History of Sex Therapy and Working with Women's Sexual Issues; 6 Sexual Development of Girls and the Sexual Alarm System; 7 Women's Fear of Sexuality: Additional Issues; III: Ways of Working with the Sexual Alarm System; 8 Going Around the Sexual Alarm System; 9 Addressing Men; 10 The Exercises

11 Experiencing All the Dimensions of Sexuality without the Arousal12 The Progressive Exercises; IV: Beyond the Basic Experiences; 13 Couples Exercises; 14 Adding Subjective Arousal; 15 Working Through the Sexual Alarm System; 16 Summary and Other Approaches for Dealing with the Sexual Alarm System; Bibliography; Index; About the Author

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9798765186558

1-280-76889-4

9786613679666

0-7657-0916-3

OCLC:

851314798