Sexual Alarm System

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.

Judy Leavitt, EdD, is a licensed psychologist and diplomate certified sex therapist. She has a private practice in Wayland, Massachusetts where she works with individuals, couples, and families. At the Massachusetts School of Professional Psychology in Boston, Massachusetts, she is an adjunct faculty teaching women's psychosexual development and experience, human sexuality, and couples therapy.

Introduction Part I: Understanding the Sexual Alarm System Chapter 1: What is the Sexual Alarm System Chapter 2: What Triggers the Sexual Alarm System Chapter 3: Physiology Part II: Background of the Sexual Alarm System Chapter 4: History of Women's Sexuality Chapter 5: History of Sex Therapy and Working with Women's Sexual Issues Chapter 6: Sexual Development of Girls and the SAS Chapter 7: Women's Fear of Sexuality: Additional Issues Part III: Ways of Working with the Sexual Alarm System Chapter 8: Going Around the Sexual Alarm System Chapter 9: Addressing Men Chapter 10: The Exercises: An Overview Chapter 11: Experiencing All the Dimensions of Sexuality without the Arousal: The Ingredients Chapter 12: The Progressive Exercises Part IV: Beyond the Basic Exercises Chapter 13: Couples Exercises Chapter 14: Adding Subjective Arousal Chapter 15: Working Through the SAS Chapter 16: Summary and Other Approaches for Dealing with the SAS Bibliography