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OverviewSome 38 million girls were born in the United States between 1946 and 1964, and now about 2 million of them each year are entering the menopausal phase of life. But these Baby Boomers are not docile, do-as-they-are-told, and ask-no-questions women. They insist on full information, options, and participation in the decision-making process regarding how they will navigate this potentially challenging phase. In this breakthrough book, Dona Caine-Francis offers a reader-friendly primer on everything women need to know to remain physically, emotionally, and sexually vibrant before, during, and after menopause. A certified sex therapist and a psychiatric nurse practitioner, Caine-Francis goes beyond the standard explanations and suggestions for menopause. She challenges women to consider the menopausal years a time of opportunity, a chance to seize the day and reinvent the self in three dimensions—physically, emotionally, and sexually. *This book, be forewarned, contains adult material. Special features here include vignettes from therapy sessions for menopausal women and their partners, explanations of the five myths of menopause, a review of hormone therapy of all kinds, complementary and alternative medicine, insights into romance at midlife, and a chapter devoted to partners of these women to help them share an understanding and offering suggestions to keep the fires flamed. Strategies for sexual wellbeing of menopausal women may otherwise and elsewhere be neglected, but Caine-Francis provides a focus to such strategies and offers practical solutions to enhance sexual connections with partners. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Dona Caine-FrancisPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc Imprint: Praeger Publishers Inc Dimensions: Width: 16.30cm , Height: 2.80cm , Length: 23.60cm Weight: 0.499kg ISBN: 9780313348242ISBN 10: 0313348243 Pages: 224 Publication Date: 01 September 2008 Recommended Age: From 7 to 17 years Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Tertiary & Higher Education , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand  We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsForeword by Judy Kuriansky Acknowledgments 1. Menopause: Physical, Emotional, and Sexual Reinvention 2. Menopause Basics: What Is Happening to My Body? 3. The Changing Body of the Perimenopause and Menopause Woman 4. Hormone Therapy 5. Reinvent the Physical You 6. Reinvent the Emotional You 7. Complementary and Alternative Strategies for the Midlife Woman 8. Sexual Revitalization 9. Romeo Meets Juliet at Age 55! Appendix A: Coping Techniques for Todays Busy Woman Appendix B: Negative Coping Skills Appendix C: Scale of Relationship Intimacy Appendix D: Resource Websites Notes IndexReviews<p> I was pleasantly surprised to find this dimension of balanced living presented and hope that other writers on the topic will follow her example in this regard. . . . For mature women and men this volume presents a detailed explanation of the phases of menopause, suggestions for coping well with the transition, examples of individuals and couples, and exercises for embracing mid-life's seasoning. The author successfully does this professionally and with humor. - <p>Catholic Library World I was pleasantly surprised to find this dimension of balanced living presented and hope that other writers on the topic will follow her example in this regard... For mature women and men this volume presents a detailed explanation of the phases of menopause, suggestions for coping well with the transition, examples of individuals and couples, and exercises for embracing mid-life's seasoning. The author successfully does this professionally and with humor. - Catholic Library World Author InformationDona Caine-Francis, NP, CNS is an ANCC Board Certified psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner, clinical nurse specialist, and AASECT certified sex therapist at Lake Norman outside of Charlotte, North Carolina. She is past president of the North Carolina Nurses Association and currently serves on the National Board for the American Nurses Association's Center for American Nurses. She is the author of When Benjamin Wants to Know: Family Conversations About the Facts of Life and When Jessica Wants to Know (forthcoming). She is a national speaker on Speaking of Sex How to be an `Askable Parent' and Sex and the Seasoned Woman: A Menopausal Survival Kit. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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