Are you one of the thirty percent of women who has difficulties with orgasm? Do you want to experience greater sexual satisfaction? In easy to read language, The Elusive Orgasm provides a full overview of women's sexual pleasure, covering sexual triggers, stages of arousal, the power of mind, and how women differ from men. Longtime clinical psychologist and sex therapist Dr. Vivienne Cass reveals all the causes of women's orgasm difficulties — and how to remedy them. In The Elusive Orgasm,...
Are you one of the thirty percent of women who has difficulties with orgasm? Do you want to experience greater sexual satisfaction? In easy to read language, The Elusive Orgasm provides a full overview of women’s sexual pleasure, covering sexual triggers, stages of arousal, the power of mind, and how women differ from men. Longtime clinical psychologist and sex therapist Dr. Vivienne Cass reveals all the causes of women’s orgasm difficulties and how to remedy them. In The Elusive Orgasm, you’ll learn:What an orgasm is How the clitoris is much more than a little button”The stages of a woman’s arousal The five types of orgasm difficulties The twenty-five causes of those difficulties Self-awareness via quizzes and questionnaires Sexual and non-sexual changes to help you orgasm Step-by-step plans to help you and your partner An extraordinarily thorough, all-inclusive exploration of every possible reason why women have orgasm challenges, The Elusive Orgasm gives you the tools to discover the source of your own orgasm difficulties, along with straightforward remedies.
List of illustrations xiAcknowledgments xiiiIntroduction: the elusive author xvTo begin with... 1But first, are you ready to orgasm? 15What is orgasm? 20Why me? Women who never or only occasionally have orgasms 54What changed Women who used to have orgasms (and now don't) 83Is there a pattern? Women who can orgasm at some times and not others 106Where do I go from here? Making changes 135Making lifestyle changes 146Changing your personal style 156Doing it differently: Changing sexual practices 180Making relationship changes 203Dealing with health factors 214Learning to orgasm in private: Your personal change program 232Learning to orgasm with a partner: The couple change program 267My final word 302Notes 305Index 307