The Elusive Orgasm: A Woman's Guide to Why She Can't and How She Can Orgasm [Paperback]

Vivienne Cass Ph.D. Ph.D. (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: May 2, 2007

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.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"An outstandingly readable book, with excellent illustrations." -- Professor Rosemary Coates, Sexology Programs, School of Public Health, Curtin University

"Informative, reassuring, practical." -- Sandra Pertot, PhD, clinical psychologist, sex therapist, and author of When Your Sex Drives Don't Match

"The best book, hands down, for women whose orgasms play hard-to-get!" -- Marshall Miller and Dorian Solot, authors of I LOVE FEMALE ORGASM

"The fortunate reader will get accurate information, reams of useful quizzes, excellent diagrams and sensible advice...." -- Leonore Tiefer

"[This] is more than a guide to having orgasms; [it's] about having good sex." -- Journal of Sex and Marital Therapy

About the Author

Vivienne Cass, PhD is a clinical psychologist and sex therapist with over thirty years of experience. She has taught courses on sexual therapy and sexuality and is the author of many articles and academic papers. Dr. Cass is a member of The Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality, The New York Academy of Science, and The International Society for the Study of Women's Sexual Health. She lives in Australia.

Product Details

• Paperback: 336 pages
• Publisher: Da Capo Press; 1 edition (May 2, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1600940234
• ISBN-13: 978-1600940231
• Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 5.5 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #17,345 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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44 of 45 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars great for information, November 5, 2008

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newbie (Missoula, MT) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Elusive Orgasm: A Woman's Guide to Why She Can't and How She Can Orgasm (Paperback)

I got this book and also 5 minutes to orgasm, but this book is great for people who have problems with orgasm in general. I found this is espesically helpful for women who haven't (or just aren't very good at) masturbating which is where a lot of young women have problems. The author is an expert and has tons of knowledge and experience helping women, plus she writes in an informal way that's fun to read. I love this book! It helped me after only the first couple chapters. It also has trouble shooting for lots of various problems, not just for newbies. If you can orgasm, but not during sex I recomend 5 mintues to orgasm, it is much more geared to that specifc problem.

41 of 42 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Helpful Book., June 27, 2008

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A. Brokaw - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Elusive Orgasm: A Woman's Guide to Why She Can't and How She Can Orgasm (Paperback)

This book was helpful in helping me to overcome my orgasm difficuly. The good thing about this book is that it describes all the problems women have orgasming in depth, and instructs the reader on how to overcome these problems. My only complaint about this book is that the author feels the need to constantly remind the reader that you don't have to orgasm if you don't want to. I found that continous restatement annoying. If I didn't want to orgasm I wouldn't have bought the book.(Hence the four stars instead of five.) However, this book was very helpful to me personally and I believe that it is the only book of it's kind for helping women overcome orgasm difficulty. I would definitely recommend it.

48 of 55 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Invaluable Book for both Sex Therapists and the General Reader (Men and Women!), May 31, 2007

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Anja Kuehl "M.D., Gynecologist" (Berlin, Germany) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Elusive Orgasm: A Woman's Guide to Why She Can't and How She Can Orgasm (Paperback)

As a practicing gynecologist with a speciality in sexuality I am thrilled that this invaluable book will now be available to a wider audience. Its practical suggestions, presented in clear and straightforward language, cannot help but improve the sexual satisfaction of everyone who reads it. And sex therapists will also benefit from the wisdom Dr. Cass has accumulated over decades of clinical experience.