Having Sex, Wanting Intimacy - Why Women Settle for One-Sided Relationships

This book is directed at those women, including high school and college students, who use sex as a means to achieving intimacy, and who fail to do so by using this method. It shows them how to recognize signs that their relationships are based on physical activities rather than emotional connections, and guides readers to finding a better way.

List of contents

Preface

1--The Quick Fix: Sextimacy Defined
2--Perfect Little Dolls: Cultural and Societal Factors
3--Sugar, Spice, All Things Nice: Family and Social Influence
4--Drama: Developing Emotional Awareness
5--Chatterbox: Building Direct Communication
6--Dress Up: Developing Healthy Self-Esteem
7--Kissing a Frog: Dating with Self-Awareness
8--Good Girls: Developing an Authentic Sexual Self
9--Housekeeping: Putting It All Together

Bibliography
Acknowledgments

About the author

Jill P. Weber, Ph.D., is a clinical psychologist in private practice in the Washington, DC area. She has appeared as a psychology expert in various media outlets including USA Today, Washington Post, Nightline, U.S. News and World Report, Teen Vogue, Family Circle, Seventeen, CNN, Associated Press and the Discovery Channel. She specializes in the impact of culture on female identity and relationship development. Jill writes a blog for Psychology Today and Huffington Post. For more see www.drjillweber.com.

Summary

This book is directed at those women, including high school and college students, who use sex as a means to achieving intimacy, and who fail to do so by using this method. It shows them how to recognize signs that their relationships are based on physical activities rather than emotional connections, and guides readers to finding a better way.

Product details

• Authors: Jill P. Weber, Weber Jill P.
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.08.2014
• EAN: 9781442238336
• ISBN: 978-1-4422-3833-6
• No. of pages: 246
• Subjects: Guides > Self-help, everyday life > Partnership, sexuality; Humanities, art, music > Psychology > Miscellaneous; Non-fiction book > Psychology, esoterics, spirituality, anthroposophy > Applied psychology; FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Dating, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies, HEALTH & FITNESS / Sexuality, SELF-HELP / Sexual Instruction, PSYCHOLOGY / Human Sexuality, Dating, relationships, living together & marriage, Gender studies: women, Sex & sexuality, sex manuals, Gender studies: women and girls, FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Marriage & Long-Term Relationships, Psychology: sexual behaviour, Sexual Behaviour, Sex and sexuality: advice and issues