'This book is a pleasure to read, owing to Levine's almost literary writing style. It provides a valuable humanistic addition to our attempts to understand the complexities of our own, and our patients', sexual lives.' Archives of Sexual Behavior, 28:4 (1999)

• 1: What Is Sexuality?.- 2: What Shapes Sexual Life?.- 3: The Psychological Organization of Our Sexual Selves.- 4: Psychological and Sexual Intimacy.- 5: The Paradoxes of Sexual Desire.- 6: Preparing to Conduct Therapy.- 7: The Sexual Equilibrium.- 8: Helping Men to Control Ejaculation.- 9: Helping Women to Become Orgasmic.- 10: Erection Problems.- 11: Paraphilia, Dissociation, and Sexual Abuse.- 12: Homosexualities.- 13: Gender Identity Disorders.- 14: Physical Illness and the Sexual Equilibrium.- 15: Erotic Feelings in Therapy.