The Return of Desire: A Guide to Rediscovering Your Sexual Passion

A nationally known sex therapist offers an in-depth look at low sex drive among women--with information and exercises for reviving female desire and sexual pleasure

According to an often-quoted study reported in the Journal of the American Medical Association, 43% of American women suffer from "low libido." In The Return of Desire, respected sex therapist and researcher Gina Ogden offers a new understanding of this surprising and troubling statistic, moving beyond hormones, drugs, and other medical perspectives to address the mental, emotional, and relational dynamics that can dampen desire.

Based on her recent national sex survey and on decades of clinical practice, Dr. Ogden offers readers scores of insights, approaches, and exercises to help them understand how sexual desire can decrease or even disappear in relationships and what they can do about it. She shows you how to:

- Open up to the four energies that spark desire
- Create heart-to-heart communication with your partner
- Transcend guilt, shame, and "good-girls-don't" messages
- Help heal the sexual wounds of abuse, addiction, affairs, and low self-esteem
- Enjoy sexual pleasure throughout your life span--from new love, to parenthood, and into your golden years

Author: Gina Ogden
Publisher: Trumpeter
Published: 07/15/2008
Pages: 224
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.69lbs
Size: 8.96h x 5.99w x 0.59d
ISBN13: 9781590303641
ISBN10: 1590303644
BISAC Categories:
- Psychology | Human Sexuality (see also Social Science | Human Sexuality)
- Health & Fitness | Sexuality
- Health & Fitness | Women's Health | General

About the Author
Gina Ogden, PhD, has had a distinguished career as a marriage and family therapist, sex therapist, teacher, researcher, and author. She is the author of several books, including Women Who Love Sex and The Heart and Soul of Sex, and has been a featured guest on numerous radio and television programs including Oprah. She lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts.