Magnificent Sex

It is the most common of the problems encountered in sex therapy and conventional treatment approaches have generally not proven to be effective in dealing with it (Leiblum, 2010).

For the reasons enumerated above and below, participants recruited for this study consisted of (1) individuals over the age of 60 who had been in a relationship for 25 years or more, (2) self-identified members of sexual minority groups and (3) sex therapists.

what lessons extraordinary lovers might have to offer the rest of us (Chapter 3).

8. Transcendence and Transformation For many, magnificent sex tends to involve experiences of transcendence.

had learned by then to ask clients routinely about their best sexual experiences rather than focusing only on their current problems. This turns out to be a particularly advantageous inquiry in dealing with low sexual desire (Kleinplatz, 2010).

Physical Pleasure and Intensity Many people we interviewed thought that feeling intense pleasure and high levels of arousal and build-up all contribute to making a sexual encounter magnificent.

Although the research team had difficulty distinguishing the transcripts of those individuals recruited on the basis of their age and experience from those recruited on the basis of their inclusion in a marginalized group, they could reliably identify those interview transcripts belonging to sex therapists.

We then wanted to know what factors facilitate and help to bring about magnificent sex (Chapters 4-12).

the literature on “great sex” or magnificent sex is close to non-existent.