Mirror of Intimacy: Daily Reflections on Emotional and Erotic Intelligence

WINNER -- 2015 AASECT Book Award by AASECT, American Association of Sexuality Educators, Counselors and Therapists

WINNER -- 2016 Clark Vincent Award by CAMFT, California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists

Increase your sexual potential to connect on a deeper level with your mate. This award-winning book is for anyone with a desire for more loving relationships and greater self-love.

The basic question, "What comprises hot, healthy sex?" set us on a quest.

Mirror of Intimacy contains a year's worth of daily reflections that explore and support the range of human sexualities as a divine gift and a human right. The reflections reference a rich array of approaches: attachment theory, mind/body nexus, neurobiology, 12-step principles, meditation techniques, Eastern and Western philosophy, and ancient world myths. Unfettered by cultural, social, or religious norms, we set our intention to examine 366 topics related to sex and sexuality.

A reader writes, "Mirror of Intimacy is a 'vade mecum, ' one of those books which you don't let out of your sight. As a psychologist, I am happy to have this magnificent creation to use with clients and patients leading to their enrichment, joy and celebration of life. The book will soon be one of the important therapeutic tools in our field."

It's a promise--these pages will erotically enlighten you and your world

About the Author
Katehakis, Alexandra: - Alexandra Katehakis, MFT, CST-S, CSAT-S, is Founder and Clinical Director of Center for Healthy Sex in Los Angeles, and Senior Fellow at The Meadows. A Certified Sex Therapist/Supervisor and Certified Sex Addiction Therapist/Supervisor, she specializes in sexual-marital therapy and the treatment of sexual addiction. Ms. Katehakis has incorporated interpersonal neurobiology into her Psychobiological Approach to Sex Addiction Treatment (PASAT), and the Society for the Advancement of Sexual Health honored her with its 2012 Carnes Award for significant contributions to the field. In addition to co-authoring Mirror of Intimacy, she is a contributing author to the Clark Vincent award-winning Making Advances: A Comprehensive Guide for Treating Female Sex and Love Addicts (2012) and author of Erotic Intelligence: Igniting Hot, Healthy Sex After Recovery From Sex Addiction (2010). Ms. Katehakis's upcoming book, Sex Addiction as Affect Dysregulation: A Holistic Healing Model (2015), will be published by W.W. Norton & Company. Ms. Katehakis contributes regularly to The Huffington Post and PsychologyToday.com, and has served as a clinical educator at numerous mental health and addiction treatment centers in the US and Europe.Bliss, Tom: - Tom Bliss graduated from Pitzer College with a self-designed major in Multimedia Performance: Life as an Art Form. While penning his senior project--a symbolic play about a playwright being forced to show up in his own symbolic play--he was privileged to experience Samadhi, the supreme state of enlightenment through meditation. Upon graduating, he joined the San Francisco-based Chero Company founded by Frank Moore, the wheelchair-bound performance artist/shaman, whose marathon all-nude Eroplay happenings encouraged people to connect freed of social and cultural programming. During the next 15 years Mr. Bliss worked on both coasts as a multimedia performance artist and writer. In 2007, he entered a sex and love addiction recovery program at the Los Angeles Gay and Lesbian Center, and attends weekly support groups through various organizations. In 2009 he completed the Parent Educator Certification Program in Non-Violent Communication (NVC) at Echo Parenting & Education. He has appeared as guest educator on the PBS series, A Place of our Own, discussing topics ranging from emotional literacy to self-care.