Unfuck Your Intimacy: Using Science for Better Relationships, Sex, and Dating

by Faith G. Harper

Overview

Explore your relationships and sexuality, with yourself and with others, with this new book by Dr. Faith, author of bestselling Unfuck Your Brain. Written particularly for people who are in intimate relationships, but also incredibly useful if you're single or dating and trying to unpack your past or plan for your future. With science and humor, Dr. Faith demystifies topics such as kink, consent, shame, and trauma recovery. Contains many exercises and questions to think, talk, or write about, on your own or with a partner. Read this book to learn vital life skills like listening to your body and your gut, setting boundaries, and communicating your needs. If you're looking to heal from past wounds, make better choices, or improve an existing relationship, this book is for you. Better sex and relationships are totally possible! You've got this.This book speaks to so many of the possible ways of being intimate with yourself and others. Whether you're queer, straight, trans, ace, demi, aro, are dealing with past abuse or societal bullshit, or have no freaking clue what's going on with you yet, Dr. Faith's got you covered.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781621067627
Publisher:	Microcosm Publishing LLC
Publication date:	06/11/2019
Series:	5-Minute Therapy
Pages:	192
Sales rank:	99,067
Product dimensions:	5.10(w) x 7.00(h) x 0.80(d)

About the Author

Dr. Faith G. Harper, LPC-S, ACS, ACN is a bad-ass, funny lady with a PhD. She’s a licensed professional counselor, board supervisor, certified sexologist, and applied clinical nutritionist with a private practice and consulting business in San Antonio, TX. She has been an adjunct professor and a TEDx presenter, and is proud to be a woman of color and uppity intersectional feminist. She is the Wall Street Journal bestselling author of the book Unf*ck Your Brain and many other popular zines and books on subjects such as anxiety, depression, boundaries and grief. She has been known to publish in academic spaces as well, most recently with a chapter in the book Understanding Indigenous Perspectives. She is available as a public speaker and for corporate and clinical trainings.Subscribe to the Unfuck Your Brain newsletter to get a discount on her books and zines.

Editorial Reviews

04/22/2019

Trauma therapist Harper (Unf*ck Your Brain) unpacks the complexities of love and sex in this useful and charmingly profane self-help guide. She begins by exploring ways one’s relationship with intimacy can become damaged, including sexual trauma, guilt from religious stigmas toward sexuality, and additional mental and physical problems. Harper addresses people of all sexualities, and she encourages those who identify as gender-fluid to fearlessly examine their sexuality. She also recommends that all readers reconnect with their bodies and embrace the healing power of physical touch. Finally, she explores the art of “dating like a grownup,” providing sage advice on the importance of communication and discusses many subjects traditional books about intimacy often avoid, such as open relationships and BDSM. Given the copious profanity throughout, conservative-minded readers may hesitate before adding this to their collections. For everyone else, Harper’s thoughtful, well-reasoned lessons, told with spirited panache, will offer fresh perspective on how to overcome common hindrances to intimacy. (June)

Publishers Weekly

[Review Quote (previous work)] "Faith is a hoot with heart, and her guide is full of workable, professional advice, as well as it is replete with sarcasm, good humor, and grace." - Foreword Reviews [Review Quote] ""Trauma therapist [Dr.] Harper unpacks the complexities of love and sex in this useful and charmingly profane self-help guide."" - Publisher's Weekly [Review Quote] "“Yes, it’s a dating guide. But if it were just about dating, I would have put the book aside after maybe 20 pages…Harper writes about how dramatic experiences from our past can affect our relationships. ‘Intimacy’ here means not only sexual intimacy, but also trust and the ability to open up to other people…Harper’s tone is honest, direct and entertaining, and includes lots of swearing! It’s exciting to learn how our upbringing, society’s religious values, our sexuality—and, perhaps, the stigma associated with it—as well as illness or disability, can shape our relationships…Even if you feel that everything is okay, you can get a lot out of this book—the importance of touch, for example, or even how to seriously doubt your self-doubt…”" - Julia Brummert, OX Fanzine

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