The Men on My Couch, Dr. Brandy Engler
The Men on My Couch, Dr. Brandy Engler
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The Men on My Couch
True Stories of Sex, Love, and Psychotherapy

Author: Dr. Brandy Engler, David Rensin

Narrator: Abby Craden

Unabridged: 8 hr 34 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 03/18/2013


Synopsis

When Dr. Brandy Engler opened her sex therapy practice for women in Manhattan, she got a big surprise. Most of the calls were from men. They wanted to talk about womanizing, porn addiction, impotence, prostitutes—and most of all, love.

Her patients were everyday guys from all walks of life. Among them were David, the Wall Street hotshot and compulsive womanizer; Charles, an introvert who kept pushing away the fiancée he thought was too beautiful for him; Paul, the self-made man who visited massage parlors despite his sexy wife; and the men's group whose stark revelations about male anger and their search for the right woman will open your eyes. In The Men on My Couch, Dr. Engler allows listeners inside those private sessions to witness her exciting and evocative encounters with what men desire and fear.

Dr. Engler tells her own story, too. At first her patients' revelations are painful and disconcerting, especially against the backdrop of her own difficult love affair. Yet Dr. Engler lets listeners experience how she evolves both professionally and personally, from chagrin to compassion, and reconciles her idealized notions of love and sex with the unexpected and raw truths she hears in the office.

The Men on My Couch is unlike other relationship books. There are no tired facile conclusions or pejorative generalizations. Here are fresh insights into modern sexual maladies, gleaned from real people having real struggles and experiencing real epiphanies—in the real world.

This book will change how both women and men think about love, sex, and desire.


About Dr. Brandy Engler

Dr. Brandy Engler holds a doctorate in clinical psychology. She lives in Los Angeles, where she runs a private practice. She is happily married.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Kory

This was the BEST book I have read in a long time. Yes, it centers around therapy...I'm a therapist. Ok. There's that. But it is spicy. It is real. It will make you think. It's more about why people do the things they do than it is about sex therapy.....what's missing in people's lives and how they......more

Goodreads review by Katrin

One of those books I will remember for some time after reading it, because besides seeing things differently, it also made me see my own past and current relationships from a new angle. I also really liked the fact that although the author shared stories about men's behaviours that have been the cau......more

I picked this book seized with curiosity, I wanted to understand men, rather masculine point of view (er... feelings to be more precise). However, by the last page I had my own projections, assumptions and passivity regarding masculinity challenged. The clarity, humility and humor with which this bo......more

Goodreads review by Tugba

3.5/5 asıl puanım. İlişkiler, aşk ve cinsellik üzerine yazılmış akıcı bir kitaptı. Yer yer farklı ve güzel noktaları olsa da bir doktor tarafından yazılması beklentimi yükseltmişti ve bu beklentimin altında kaldı. Daha fazla psikolojik terim ve çözümleme barındırmasını beklerdim. Ya da çözümlemeleri......more

Klinik psikolog olan bir kadının cinsel sorunlar yaşayan bir dizi erkeği tedavi edişini konu alan Divanımdaki Erkekler genel olarak beklentimi karşılayan bir kitap değildi. Uzun süredir listemde yer alıyordu ve rahat bir kafayla okumak istemiştim. Başlarda iyi gitse de sonlara doğru bilindik sorunla......more