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Excellent Resource Jan 20, 2008
This is a powerful tool for couples and an excellent resource that should be a part of every therapist's library.
Fulfulling a Need Effectively Nov 29, 2007
Review of "CPR for your Sex Life: How to Breathe Life into a Dead, Dying or Dull Sex Life - A Guide and Workbook for Couples"
By Mildred L. Brown, Ph.D and Stephen L. Braverman, MA
Review by Sharon Asher
"CPR for your Sex Life" is a book that is truly needed by and will be invaluable to many couples who would like to improve their sex lives. It is written in a way that is compassionate, accessible and practical. The focus is on communication at all levels which is necessary for intimate sexual relations. The professional therapeutic expertise of the authors is evident in the clear presentation of issues followed by excellent and exceptionally helpful written exercises to enhance and reinforce learning at every stage. It will be a treasured guide for many couples for years to come. Highly Recommended!!!
Upbeat, Thoughtful, Effective Guide for Couples...Excellent! Nov 29, 2007
CPR for Your Sex Life is a wonderful guide for couples and clinicians alike. It does offer advice, but what I especially appreciate is that it provides a pathway for couples to broaden and deepen their intimate relationship that is unique to them enabling them to discover a sex life and intimate relationship that is better than it ever was.
This is a self-paced workbook, so readers can choose areas where they would like to linger. There are relationship enhancing activities on nearly every page that are easy to follow, not too long, and they actually work! There is plenty to keep a couple moving forward for quite a long time. It is written in straight forward, direct language with lots of examples to jump start communication. While there isn't an index, the table of contents is very detailed and helpful. The focus is on heterosexual relationships.
The overall attitude of this book is upbeat. Couples are guided to explore and talk about things that many may have previously thought about but didn't know where to begin in a sensitive and realistic way.
As a sex therapist I highly recommend this book as a professional and personal resource for other health care professionals. I especially recommend it for couples who are ready for more sex, intimacy, and fun. Millie Brown and Stephen Braveman have used sensitivity, intelligence, years of experience, and wisdom to create an exceptional workbook and guide.
Great Resource Nov 19, 2007
Both authors have worked in the field of sexuality for many years now and have great insight. This book is an example of their ability to teach and make information accessable and available to a wide audience. Easy to follow, this will be great for couples working to help their relationship grow. Whether you are actively experiencing barriors to your sexuality or just want to keep things hot and intimate - This book will help you!
- Melissa Fritchle, Sex Therapy Intern
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Review I wrote for the American Association of Sex Educators, Counselors and Therapists Nov 18, 2007
You would think that after writing an 854-page book on sex, I would know most of what's in "CPR for your Sex Life" by Brown & Braveman--and I probably do. But what's so nice about CPR is how the authors lay everything out is a way that is accessible and fresh. It was as if I was reading all of these suggestions for the first time, and these truly are the steps that many couples who are struggling with little or no sex in their relationships need to begin with.
Of course, there are those couples who bring us problems that are so seeped in psychodynamic turmoil that we end each session feeling emotionally tarred and feathered. They require our finest clinical skills and will not be helped by this book or any other. And there are situations where physical conditions or a combination of physical and emotional issues loom large, and they will need an approach that requires the coordination of multiple disciplines.
However, for the majority of couples, this book is a wise companion, providing a helpful and easy to understand roadmap for how to get the sexual part of a relationship back on track.
The one aspect of "CPR" that might scare away some clients is that it asks for written responses throughout. So I tried to put myself in the mindset of a person who only writes in mono-syllabic grunts, and still came away with much that was good. If your client finds the blank lines overwhelming or a good excuse for resistance, tell them to just answer the questions in their mind. In doing so, they will still get much that is wise and helpful from this excellent book.
My only problem with the book came at the very end where the authors imply that males can control the timing of their ejaculations if they will just work at it--were it that easy for many of us, be we too slow or too fast! But this is only a minor issue, and the authors wisely counsel their readers not focus on the genital part of sex until they've established a more solid relational base. "CPR" is full of advice that we can all learn from, and keep going back to time and again if we want to keep our sexual relationships vibrant and alive.
Paul Joannides, Psy.D.
author "Guide To Getting It On!" 5th edition
weekly podcast: ThePleasureReport.com
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