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Freeing Sexuality

Psychologists, Consent Teachers, Polyamory Experts, and Sex Workers Speak Out

Published by Simon & Schuster/Inner Traditions
Distributed by Simon & Schuster

About The Book

• Shares the author’s fascinating interviews with 20 experts, including clinical psychologist Lonnie Barbach, sex therapist Stella Resnick, sexual freedom advocate Janet Hardy, consent educator Laura McGuire, and Norma Jean Almadovar, former LA policewoman and current president of the prostitutes’ union COYOTE

• Looks at the stigmas of sex work, recovering from sexual trauma, sexual identification, gender fluidity, polyamory, and porn as a mirror for society

Exploring sexual customs, beliefs, practices, and identities from a wide variety of perspectives, Dr. Miller shares his fascinating interviews with 20 experts ranging from clinical psychologists and researchers to sex workers and polyamory educators. We learn from sex therapists, relationship experts, and tantric sex teachers, such as Lonnie Barbach, Stella Resnick, Katherine Rowland, and Diana Richardson, about the importance of communication, how to keep sensuality alive, and how to generate fulfilling and sustainable intimacy in relationships. Looking at sexual identity and non-monogamy, we hear from Ritch Savin-Williams on sexual identification and gender fluidity, Sumati Sparks on open relationships and polyamory, Annie Sprinkle and Beth Stephens on the possibilities of ecosexuality, and Janet Hardy, author of The Ethical Slut, on sexual freedom.

Revealing the inner workings of the sex industry, we hear from current and former escorts and sex workers on the stigmas and dangers of sex work and the need to decriminalize it, including Norma Jean Almadovar, former LA policewoman and current president of the prostitutes’ union COYOTE. Ogi Ogas, author of A Billion Wicked Thoughts, speaks about using data science and computational neuroscience to uncover true statistics about our sexual desires. We hear from Paulita Pappel on porn as a mirror for society, Faith Jones on escaping a sex cult, Maeve Moon on recovering from sexual trauma, and Laura McGuire about the broad impact of teaching consent.

Validating the extraordinary range and diversity of our sexual thoughts, feelings, and behaviors, the author gathers voices that help us free our sexuality from the past, accept our natural urge for physical pleasure, and open us up to sexuality as a power for health, healing, and happiness.

About The Author

Dr. Richard Louis Miller, MA, PhD, has been a clinical psychologist for more than 50 years. He is host of the syndicated talk radio show, Mind Body Health & Politics. The founder of the nationally acclaimed Cokenders Alcohol and Drug Program, he has been a faculty member at the University of Michigan and Stanford University, an advisor on the President’s Commission on Mental Health, a founding board member of the Gestalt Institute of San Francisco, and a member of the national board of directors for the Marijuana Policy Project. He lives in Fort Bragg and Wilbur Hot Springs, California.

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Product Details

  • Publisher: Simon & Schuster/Inner Traditions (December 5, 2023)
  • Runtime: 13 hours and 6 minutes
  • ISBN13: 9781797163239

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“Thank you, Dr. Miller, for calling out the cultural hypocrisy that creates mass psychological abuse. You help us see through the shaming and religious fear mongering that distorts and perverts our sexual and erotic birthrights. Those who delve into the pages of Freeing Sexuality will be blessed with their revolutionary insights into sexual terrain unfettered by shame. And they will benefit from your reasoned perspectives as an esteemed psychologist. Your readers now possess access to a paradigm shift that can liberate and heal their connection to self, to those they love, and to their broader community.”

– Veronica Monet, author of Sex Secrets of Escorts and founder of the Shame Free Zone

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