When Your Sex Drives Don't Match: Discover Your Libido Types to Create a Mutually Satisfying Sex Life

When Your Sex Drives Don't Match: Discover Your Libido Types to Create a Mutually Satisfying Sex Life

by Sandra Pertot
When Your Sex Drives Don't Match: Discover Your Libido Types to Create a Mutually Satisfying Sex Life

When Your Sex Drives Don't Match: Discover Your Libido Types to Create a Mutually Satisfying Sex Life

by Sandra Pertot

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Overview

Do your partner's sexual needs, expectations, or desires vary widely from your own? While the differences between the two of you can be confusing and stressful, a break-up doesn't have to be imminent. Now, for the first time, When Your Sex Drives Don't Match introduces the ten libido types — from the emotionally intimate Sensual type to the physically passionate Erotic libido. Longtime sex therapist Dr. Sandra Pertot presents her groundbreaking, highly practical discoveries and insights about: How your libido types affect both you and your partner Quizzes and exercises to help pinpoint the basis of your concerns, and how to remedy them Rational ways for couples to understand, manage, and overcome sexual incompatibilities Understanding and overcoming the Cycle of Misunderstanding that causes so much conflict Tips on building and maintaining your intimate relationship. With clear, straightforward diagnostic tools and remedies, When Your Sex Drives Don't Match will help you and your partner identify, understand, and work through your problems for a mutually satisfying sex life.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780786734047
Publisher: Hachette Books
Publication date: 03/17/2009
Sold by: Hachette Digital, Inc.
Format: eBook
Pages: 272
Sales rank: 631,642
File size: 2 MB

About the Author

Sandra Pertot, PhD, is a clinical psychologist and sex therapist with over thirty years of experience who specializes in problems of libido, particularly as they relate to couples. She has worked in a variety of clinical settings and has her own private practice. She is the author of Perfectly Normal: Living and Loving with Low Libido and has written for many publications in the US and Australia, including Woman's Day and Penthouse. Pertot lives in New South Wales, Australia.

Table of Contents


Acknowledgments     xiii
Introduction     1
Normal? What's Normal?     11
The Driving Force     21
The Sensual Libido     35
The Erotic Libido     45
The Dependent Libido     55
The Reactive Libido     65
The Entitled Libido     75
The Addictive Libido     85
The Stressed Libido     93
The Disinterested Libido     105
The Detached Libido     117
The Compulsive Libido     125
The Cycle of Misunderstanding     139
The Exercises Understanding Your Mismatched Libidos     159
Sharing Your Discoveries The Talk     187
Beyond the Talk: Building Your Intimate Relationship     213
Maintaining a Mutually Satisfying Sex Life     241
Recommended Reading     249
Index     251
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