The Book: "The Pleasure Prescription- A Surprising Approach to Healing Sexual Pain" by Dee Hartmann and Elizabeth Wood

“Finally, a book for women and their practitioners on how to understand and treat the symptoms of painful sex! Each chapter ends with a detailed prescription. This unique approach puts the reader in a healing environment, reducing stress and promoting self-treatment.” —Rebecca Stephenson, PT, DPT, MS, WCS This book is aimed at women readers experiencing unwanted pain with sex who: Suffer with pain that has been difficult to diagnose Are interested in resolving their pain Want to enjoy pain-free sex Desire more pleasure in their bodies, lives, and relationships Are searching for ways to help themselves  Coauthored by a women’s health physical therapist and a sexuality educator, The Pleasure Prescription outlines an approach that many women may find counterintuitive: that their own sexual pleasure may be a pathway to overcoming pain. Research shows that decreasing pain allows for more pleasure; conversely, the stories highlighted in this book suggest that increasing pleasure c