Media Release: Dr. Arlene G. Krieger’s first book, Sex From the Couch, to be released July 16th, 2013. Please look for us, The Blue Bird Books on Amazon.com !
Book Review
“Throughout my years as a PhD. Clinical Sexologist and Marriage and Family therapist, these reoccurring issues of why love grows stale and what love even means in the social context of our time, have weighed heavy on my mind. Rather than write a clinical book on the subject, I wrote this book, an easy read and lighthearted yet philosophical free-fall of stories, thoughts and advice on the subjects of love, lust and relationship.
Real love entails dedication and commitment, along with the responsibilities that come with this type of devotion to allowing another person into your life. Often times these relationships lack movement, creativity and the curiosity that it takes to keep the bond between two people continuously rejuvenated and alive.
Not every story here will speak to you, however it is said that, Truth is singular, and its many versions are often mis-truths. Thus, our belief systems often become our interpretations of the world we live in and therefore, our own individual truths. Who is the victim or villain in these vignettes of love and longing? Willing or innocent, predatory or provocateurs, we all as part of the human species, want human connection.
You will be delighted and shocked, puzzled and at times both offended and aroused, but I am sure that you will keep on reading, unable to look away, knowing that you will find yourself, somewhere around the corner on the next page.
Why can’t you stay in love the way it was when you first met? Can you remember that feeling of being so fully alive? … Happy inside as your heart skipped a beat in receiving your new lover’s phone call, text or email. Just hearing the sound of that ping set you on fire with hopes and dreams of romance and unbridled desire. Where did all of the excitement go?
Can those feelings ever come back as strong as in the beginning? For many, sexuality is still a mysterious and miss-understood, complex problem continuously arising in their relationships and daily interactions.
Whether it is an issue of someone wanting more, or simply wanting something sexually different or differently exciting ….there it is, the ugly truth that you just simply aren’t attracted to your partner any longer. It can hit you as suddenly as an afternoon spring rainstorm…the realization that your partner just doesn’t do it for you. You find yourself daydreaming or having fantasies about that hard bodied guy that smiled seductively as he passed you by in the supermarket aisle.
What is this thing called love? Forget about love, the important questions are; what about relationship? How the heck did I get here? And, is this all there is? I think these are the most frequently asked questions by those that find themselves in a partnership with another person.
I have worked with thousands of people over the years, from all walks and social contexts of life. Love comes in many shapes and forms, meaning that we all love differently. This is not simply a decision of how to love another person, but is greatly informed often by a person’s family of origin ….and how they learned to love.
This is the best collection of human stories to date without a doubt and your experiences of love and life would be poorer without it. Some are a reflection of thoughts from my work as a Clinical Sexologist, others are true tales of life and love relayed through friends, acquaintances, people at parties, on airplanes, and any setting you can imagine.
These stories, as disclosed directly by people just like you; not solicited but offered up and sandwiched in between conversations in my daily routines of life, for you to now be invited into the “real normal” of human relationship.
If you find yourself in these stories, hopefully you will also identify with and be inspired in your own strength and insights to fight for a better and truer relationship with your partner.
*(all names and details have been changed to maintain privacy and confidentiality)
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