Freeing Sexuality: Psychologists, Consent Teachers, Polyamory Experts, and Sex Workers Speak Out

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Dr. Richard Louis Miller

Freeing Sexuality

Psychologists, Consent Teachers, Polyamory Experts, and Sex Workers Speak Out

Dr. Richard Louis Miller

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Park Street Press,U.S.
14 February 2024

Sex & sexuality, sex manuals

Explores the full spectrum of sexual beliefs, practices, and identities

• Shares the author’s fascinating interviews with 20 experts, including clinical psychologist Lonnie Barbach, sex therapist Stella Resnick, sexual freedom advocate Janet Hardy, consent educator Laura McGuire, and Norma Jean Almadovar, former LA policewoman and current president of the prostitutes’ union COYOTE

• Looks at the stigmas of sex work, recovering from sexual trauma, sexual identification, gender fluidity, polyamory, and porn as a mirror for society

Exploring sexual customs, beliefs, practices, and identities from a wide variety of perspectives, Dr. Miller shares his fascinating interviews with 20 experts ranging from clinical psychologists and researchers to sex workers and polyamory educators. We learn from sex therapists, relationship experts, and tantric sex teachers, such as Lonnie Barbach, Stella Resnick, Katherine Rowland, and Diana Richardson, about the importance of communication, how to keep sensuality alive, and how to generate fulfilling and sustainable intimacy in relationships. Looking at sexual identity and non-monogamy, we hear from Ritch Savin-Williams on sexual identification and gender fluidity, Sumati Sparks on open relationships and polyamory, Annie Sprinkle and Beth Stephens on the possibilities of ecosexuality, and Janet Hardy, author of The Ethical Slut, on sexual freedom.

Revealing the inner workings of the sex industry, we hear from current and former escorts and sex workers on the stigmas and dangers of sex work and the need to decriminalize it, including Norma Jean Almadovar, former LA policewoman and current president of the prostitutes’ union COYOTE. Ogi Ogas, author of A Billion Wicked Thoughts, speaks about using data science and computational neuroscience to uncover true statistics about our sexual desires. We hear from Paulita Pappel on porn as a mirror for society, Faith Jones on escaping a sex cult, Maeve Moon on recovering from sexual trauma, and Laura McGuire about the broad impact of teaching consent.

Validating the extraordinary range and diversity of our sexual thoughts, feelings, and behaviors, the author gathers voices that help us free our sexuality from the past, accept our natural urge for physical pleasure, and open us up to sexuality as a power for health, healing, and happiness.

By: Dr. Richard Louis Miller
Imprint: Park Street Press,U.S.
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 30mm
Weight: 494g
ISBN: 9781644115411
ISBN 10: 1644115417
Pages: 416
Publication Date: 14 February 2024
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Foreword by Dr. Lea Lis INTRODUCTION How We All Got Here SEXPERTS 1 Stella Resnick Keeping the Sensuality 2 Katherine Rowland Bridging the Gender Gap in the Bedroom and the Boardroom 3 Lonnie Barbach How Communication Keeps Sex Alive 4 Diana Richardson Slow Sex: The Path to Fulfilling and Sustainable Sexuality 5 Ogi Ogas Data Science Uncovering Our Sexual Desires GENDER IDENTITY & NON-MONOGAMY 6 Ritch Savin-Williams Sexual Identification and Gender Fluidity 7 Letha Hadady Ménage à Trois 8 Sumati Sparks Open Relationships and Polyamory 9 Janet Hardy The Ethical Slut: A Practical Guide to Polyamory, Open Relationships & Other Adventures 10 Annie Sprinkle & Beth Stephens Assuming the Ecosexual Position THE SEX INDUSTRY 11 Maggie McNeill The Honest Courtesan 12 Norma Jean Almodovar, Carol Leigh, and Veronica Vera Three Perspectives from Sex Workers 13 Veronica Monet Confessions of an American Escort 14 Maeve Moon Profiting from Trauma CONSENT 15 Paulita Pappel Alternative Porn as a Mirror for Society and a Political Act 16 Faith Jones Escaping a Sex Cult 17 Laura McGuire Teaching Consent and Its Broad Impact AFTERWORD Awakened Con-sensuality Acknowledgments Index

Richard Louis Miller, MA, PhD, has been a clinical psychologist for more than 50 years. He is host of the podcast Mind Body Health & Politics. The founder of the nationally acclaimed Cokenders Alcohol and Drug Program and the creator of the legendary Health Sanctuary at Wilbur Hot Springs, he has been a faculty member at the University of Michigan and Stanford University and an advisor on the President’s Commission on Mental Health. The author of Psychedelic Medicine and Psychedelic Wisdom and coeditor of Integral Psychedelic Therapy, he lives in Northern California.

Reviews for Freeing Sexuality: Psychologists, Consent Teachers, Polyamory Experts, and Sex Workers Speak Out

“Thank you, Dr. Miller, for calling out the cultural hypocrisy that creates mass psychological abuse. You help us see through the shaming and religious fear mongering that distorts and perverts our sexual and erotic birthrights. Those who delve into the pages of Freeing Sexuality will be blessed with their revolutionary insights into sexual terrain unfettered by shame. And they will benefit from your reasoned perspectives as an esteemed psychologist. Your readers now possess access to a paradigm shift that can liberate and heal their connection to self, to those they love, and to their broader community.” * Veronica Monet, author of Sex Secrets of Escorts and founder of the Shame Free Zone *