cover image Seven Weeks to Better Sex

Seven Weeks to Better Sex

Domeena Renshaw. Random House (NY), $22 (280pp) ISBN 978-0-679-43546-4

Adhering to the structured seven-week program set forth in this do-it-yourself sex therapy manual requires patience-no intercourse is permitted until the fifth week, while, in the meantime, couples do ``home loveplay exercises'' and gradually get to know each other's preferences and hang-ups. Director of Loyola University's Sex Therapy Clinic, which she founded in Chicago in 1972, Renshaw distills the methods used in her clinical practice, teaching readers how to ``fight fairly,'' to work through anger, resentments and deeper conflicts, to identify emotional needs and desires and to focus on bodily sensations. Many of the techniques presented here were developed by William Masters and Virginia Johnson. This totally frank, detailed manual provides excellent guidance to help couples achieve greater closeness, communication and sexual satisfaction. Line drawings. Literary Guild and Doubleday Book Club alternates; author tour. (Mar.)