Sexual Awareness

Veteran authors Barry and Emily McCarthy show how desire, pleasure, and satisfaction can enrich your relationship. As the premier book on the subject, Sexual Awareness focuses on factors that promote healthy couple sexuality with psychosocial skill exercises that help couples learn how to value sexuality as a positive and satisfying part of their lives.

Barry McCarthy, PhD, is a clinical psychologist, professor of psychology, and certified sex and marital therapist. He has published extensively on couples and sexuality and has done over 300 professional workshops nationally and internationally. He is also the recipient of numerous awards, including the 2009 Smart Marriages Impact Award. Emily McCarthy, having worked for years as a speech therapist, now collaborates with her husband on books that address issues faced by couples.

Introduction. Enhancing Sexual Awareness: Getting Started. Re-awakening Your Sexuality: Non-genital Pleasuring. Whole Body Touch: Genital Pleasuring. Self-exploration and Masturbation. Non-demand Pleasuring: The Key to Sexual Intimacy. Developing Your Couple Sexual Style. Bridges to Sexual Desire. Erotic Scenarios and Techniques. Pleasuring, Eroticism, and Intercourse. Sexuality and Aging. Your Sexual Voice. Couple Sexual Desire. Female Pleasure and Eroticism. Female Sexuality: Becoming Orgasmic. Dealing with Female Sexual Pain. Arousal and Erection. Learning Ejaculatory Control. Confronting Ejaculatory Inhibition. Relapse Prevention: Maintaining Resilient Couple Sexuality.