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

The Return of DesireA Guide to Rediscovering Your Sexual PassionBy Gina OgdenPaperback; 224 pagesA 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 pleasureAccording 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.

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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