MTU Library Catalogue

Syndetics cover image
Image from Syndetics

Passionate marriage : love, sex, and intimacy in emotionally committed relationships / David Schnarch.

By: Schnarch, David Morris, 1946-.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: New York : H. Holt, 1998 (2006 printing)Edition: 1st Owl book ed.Description: 432 p. ; 24 cm.ISBN: 0805058265 .Subject(s): Sex in marriage | Sex therapy | Marital psychotherapyDDC classification: 616.891562
Contents:
Section One: The basics -- Nobody's ready for marriage - marriage makes you ready for marriage -- Differentiation: developing a self-in-relation -- Your sexual potential: electric sex! -- Intimacy is not for the faint of heart -- Sexual desire: who wants to want? -- Section Two: Tools for connection -- Hugging till relaxed -- Love and foreplay aren't blind, unless you insist on it -- Eyes-open orgasm: making contact during sex -- Where's your head during sex? mental dimensions of sexual experience -- Fucking, doing and being done: it isn't what you do, it's the way you do it -- Section Three: Observations on the process -- Two-choice dilemmas and normal marital sadism -- Hold onto yourself: your crucible survival guide -- Couples in the crucible: reaching critical mass -- Sex, love and death.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Barcode
General lending MTU Bishopstown Library Lending 616.891562 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00106705
General lending MTU Bishopstown Library Lending 616.891562 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00106706
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

A sexual and marital therapist explains how to achieve emotional, sexual, and personal fulfillment and intimacy with one's partner in a committed relationship.

Originally published: New York : Norton, 1997.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 411-426) and index.

Section One: The basics -- Nobody's ready for marriage - marriage makes you ready for marriage -- Differentiation: developing a self-in-relation -- Your sexual potential: electric sex! -- Intimacy is not for the faint of heart -- Sexual desire: who wants to want? -- Section Two: Tools for connection -- Hugging till relaxed -- Love and foreplay aren't blind, unless you insist on it -- Eyes-open orgasm: making contact during sex -- Where's your head during sex? mental dimensions of sexual experience -- Fucking, doing and being done: it isn't what you do, it's the way you do it -- Section Three: Observations on the process -- Two-choice dilemmas and normal marital sadism -- Hold onto yourself: your crucible survival guide -- Couples in the crucible: reaching critical mass -- Sex, love and death.

CIT Module COUN 8005 - Core reading.

CIT Module COUN 6005 - Supplementary reading.

Author notes provided by Syndetics

David Schnarch Ph.D. runs the Family Health Center in Evergreen, Colorado, where he lives. He is a licensed clinical psychologist, a certified sex therapist, and a clinical member of the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy.