11 Books on Psychogenic Erectile Dysfunction and Sexual Health
Top picks for men with books focused on working through erectile dysfunction, addressing pelvic pain, and creating a more vibrant sex life.
Coping with Erectile Dysfunction: How to Regain Confidence and Enjoy Great Sex by Barry W. McCarthy PhD
This book is the first ever to address this common problem using a comprehensive biological, psychological, and social approach. It offers a proven-effective program for regaining erectile function, building strong and intimate relationships, and having great sex.
Pelvic Pain: The Ultimate Cock Block by Susie Gronski
This book clarifies how chronic pain operates and explores the complex interplay between the nerves, gut, and immune system for those suffering from pelvic pain. The author offers ways to reframe pain and how to incorporate mindful and breathing practices.
Come as You Are by Emily Nagoski
Important foundational text for creating and sustaining a sex life filled with confidence and joy. Stress, mood, trust, and body image are central to sexual well-being.
Come Together by Emily Nagoski
Come Together isn’t about how much we want sex, or how often we’re having it; it’s about whether we like the sex we’re having. Nagoski breaks down the obstacles that impede us from enjoying sex—from stress and body image to relationship difficulties and gendered beliefs about how sex “should” be—and presents the best ways to overcome them.
The Art of Receiving and Giving: The Wheel of Consent by Betty Martin
In this book, the author guides the reader through the Wheel of Consent framework, and shares practices to help us recover the ability to notice what we want and set clear boundaries. In these practices, we discover that the Art of Giving includes knowing our own limits so we can be more generous within those limits, and not give beyond our capacity. We also discover that the Art of Receiving invites us to notice and ask for what we really want.
So Tell Me About the Last Time You Had Sex: Laying Bare and Learning to Repair Our Love Lives by Ian Kerner
With wit and warmth, the nationally recognized sex therapist and author of the smash hit She Comes First shows readers how to tap into their erotic personalities and realize their sexual potential. Dr. Kerner provides the tools and techniques you need to assess, fix, and expand your sex scripts, as well as discuss many common sexual problems that get in the way of happy endings.
Heart of Tantric Sex by Diana Richardson
After many years of exploration, Diana Richardson found that the ancient practice of Tantra, with its unique, intelligent approach to sex, had the effect of enhancing intimacy and deepening love. Here she has adapted Tantra for modern Western lovers in a practical, sympathetic way.
Slow Sex: The Path to Fulfilling and Sustainable Sexuality by Diana Richardson
The first step to revive a waning sex life or make a healthy one more fulfilling, says author Diana Richardson, is to make sex a conscious decision rather than an accidental encounter. Focusing on eye contact, subtle sensations, and deep breathing, Diana’s practice of slow sex awakens the body’s innate mechanism for ecstasy, unlocking the door to extraordinary realms of sensitivity, sensuality, and higher consciousness.
Naked at Our Age: Talking Out Loud About Senior Sex by Joan Price
Author Joan Price shares stories of how sex lives and relationships have changed with age. Along the way, she offers wise advice from sex therapists, health professionals, counselors, sex educators, and other knowledgeable experts, helping seniors to embrace intimacy in all its forms.
The Soul of Sex: Cultivating Life as an Act of Love by Thomas Moore
In The Soul of Sex, Thomas Moore at last restores sex to its rightful place in the human psyche. Describing sex as an experience of the soul, Thomas Moore here brings out the fully human side of sex – the roles of fantasy, desire, meaning, and morality – and draws on religion, mythology art, literature, and film to show how sex is one of the most profound mysteries of life.
The Existential Importance of the Penis by Daniel Watter
Although this book is geared towards clinicians, the book is a unique exploration of sexual health concerns. The author uses an existential lens to introduce the notion that the penis is a conduit for male emotion and hence regulates their ability to form and experience intimate relationships.
