{"product_id":"overcoming-anxiety-in-sex-and-paula-leech-9781032438399","title":"Overcoming Anxiety in Sex and Relationships: A Comprehensive Guide to Intimate and Emotional Freedom","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis book gives readers an accessible and comprehensive understanding of\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ehow anxiety, stress, and pressure can have a profound impact on pleasure, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003econnection, and sexual functioning, offering practical tips and techniques\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003efor resolving common sexual struggles.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnxiety can influence a multitude of aspects that make us who we are, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003echanging how we move through, make meaning of, and interact with the\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eworld around us. Paula Leech begins by defining anxiety and how it affects\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eour physiology before guiding readers to identify some of the primary\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003esources of anxiety in their lives, such as family, gender, culture, religion, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003erelationship dynamics, and sexual trauma. Encouraging clients to take\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eresponsibility, she offers alternative ways of conceptualizing and defining\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003esex, sexuality, sexual values, and a client's ongoing sexual development as\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ea way of addressing some of the emotional, social, and psychological barriers\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eto intimacy. Practical and engaging, this book includes mindfulness\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eand embodiment exercises to help clients release stored tension, work\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethrough specific sexual struggles and \"dysfunctions,\" and deepen their\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003econnections with their body.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis guide is essential reading for established and training sex therapists\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eas well as for those who experience anxiety-based\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003esexual challenges with\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003etheir partner.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Paula Leech\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1032438398\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781032438399\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/16\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 308\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.96lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.68d","brand":"Paula Leech","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46216943599871,"sku":"9781032438399","price":34.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_c5b2653b-8295-43b0-97cc-430fac325661.jpg?v=1728513825","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/overcoming-anxiety-in-sex-and-paula-leech-9781032438399","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}