By Rich Simon As therapists, many of us practice in two different worlds. In the first, we see polite, well-behaved, articulate clients with solid values. They engage fully in therapy, talk cogently about their problems, listen attentively to our responses, make reasonably good-faith efforts to follow our suggestions, and sooner or later get better. No wonder we genuinely like these people! 
By Rich Simon A thousand years ago, during the palmy days of generous insurance reimbursement, therapists could maintain the illusion that, since therapy was paid for by an unseen hidden hand, clinical practice was somehow untouched by the tacky subject of money. Even the style of therapy reflected this disjunction: 
CE Credits: 3 • Price: $39But in all the earnest outpourings of everyday clinicians and sex-therapy experts, are we forgetting the ordinary fun, adventure, and sheer childlike wonder at the heart of sex? This Reading Course, comprised of three articles, explores this fascinating meeting of imagination and the body, and leaves students with a broader vision of the erotic.
Course Readings
Erotic Intelligence: Reconciling Sensuality and Domesticity by Esther Perel
Satori in the Bedroom: Tantra and the Dilemma of Western Sexuality by Katy Butler
Inside the Sexual Crucible: The Thrill of Connection Opens Us to the Terror of Loss and Pain by David Schnarch
Learning Objectives
1. Discuss impact of our culture's goal orientation on sexuality
2. Develop interventions for couples to bring playfulness to their sexual relationship
3. Identify how the sexual relationship relates to the couple's communication
4. Develop interventions for couples focused on giving one another pleasure without orgasm
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