Sexual Turning Points: The Seven Stages of Adult Sexuality

344 Pages·1984·15.159 MB·English

by  Lorna J. Sarrel

Loma J. Sarrel,M.S.W,and
Philip M.Sarrel, M.D.
Sexuality
Life’s sexual hurdles can prove challenging,
even for the most daring adventurer. How
many of us have often been astonished at
the way our thoughts, attitudes, and feelings
about sex are so markedly influenced by the
major events that occur throughout our
lives—our sexual turning points. According
to Lorna and Philip Sarrel, co-directors of
\file University’s sex counseling service, the
connection between life events and sexual¬
ity is, indeed, a direct and vital one. Sexual
Turning Points, their groundbreaking and
revelatory study of human sexuality, is
based on the authors’ years of professional
experience in the field of sex therapy. It is the
book that will help prepare you to meet life’s
sexual challenges.
With intelligence, compassion, and an
engaging intimacy, the Sarrels take you on
an enlightening psychosexual journey
through the seven stages of adult sexuality:
• Sexual Unfolding
• Before (or instead of) Marriage
• Marriage
• Becoming Pregnant
• Parenting
• Divorce and Remarriage
• Mid-Life and Beyond
(Continued on back flap)
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SEXUAL TURNING POINTS
EXUAL
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TURNING POINTS
The Seven Stages of
Adult Sexuality
LORNA J. SARREL, M.S.W.
PHILIP M. SARREL, M.D.
Copyright © 1984 by Philip and Lorna Sarrel, Ltd.
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Sarrel, Lorna J.
The seven stages of adult sexuality.
Bibliography: p.
Includes index.
1. Sex (Psychology) 2. Sexual disorders. 3. Sex
therapy. I. Sarrel, Philip M., 1937— ■ IT Title.
BF692.S22 1984 155-3 84-739
ISBN 0-02-606910-5
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