A New York City therapist examines the paradoxical relationship between domesticity and sexual desire and explains what it takes to bring lust home.One of the world’s most respected voices on erotic intelligence, Esther Perel offers a bold, provocative new take on intimacy and sex. Mating in Captivity invites us to explore the paradoxical union of domesticity and sexual desire, and explains what … and sexual desire, and explains what it takes to bring lust home.
Drawing on more than twenty years of experience as a couples therapist, Perel examines the complexities of sustaining desire. Through case studies and lively discussion, Perel demonstrates how more exciting, playful, and even poetic sex is possible in long-term relationships. Wise, witty, and as revelatory as it is straightforward, Mating in Captivity is a sensational book that will transform the way you live and love.
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Drawing on decades of experience working with patients, Perel tackles such topics as jealousy, boredom, communication, and more, and she does so with interesting, real-world examples that inspired me to do some serious self-reflection. Her philosophy of Erotic Intelligence is yummy brain-food as well. There aren’t enough stars for this book.
80% of this is solid advice, the remaining 20% is there to get headlines – and to help the couples rethink themselves
I first learned about Esther Perel from a friend, and then from the New Yorker, where she is supposedly ‘rethinking infidelity.’
Is she? Yes – but she’s not telling anyone to cheat either. Perel just recognizes that there is a …