The Erotic Mind

Few of us will find our most enthusiastic and curious sexual selves in committed monogamy, yet we continue to try. In The Erotic Mind, Dr. Jack Morin shows us how to turn obstacles into opportunities for arousal, enhance self-pleasure, and avoid pitfalls that can ruin the best sexual encounters. A groundbreaking new book based on his clinical experience as a sex therapist and psychologist, The Erotic Mind explores eleven areas of psychology: childhood experiences, anxiety and guilt, anger and frustration, determination, level of personal control over arousal and sexual response; physical factors such as stress and pregnancy; body image issues; sleep patterns that change sexual desire or impact performance; relationship dynamics—including confidence in the relationship with one's partner; upbringing differences between men and women that have been ignored by popular culture; new research.