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xiiIntimacy & Diabetes

As a certified sex therapist, I always suggest to my clients that they reframe the purpose of sex from having sex to be intimate to experienc-ing intimacy and expressing it in a variety of ways, one of which is sexual. When we can all do this, then how we behave sexually is less important than engaging in mutual sexual pleasure in a variety of ways. Individu-als experiencing the effects of diabetes may become less focused on how their bodies are not responding and more focused on the connection and sharing of physical touch.

Diabetes seems to exaggerate the problems with self-esteem, body im-age, and performance expectations of self and others that most of us ex-perience in our lives. The authors address the physical challenges people with diabetes and their partners face; readers of this book can benefit from an altered perspective on sex as an expression of intimacy and fo-cus less on the stereotypes that the media and society have taught us to aspire to.

Ignorance is not always bliss, and we don’t know what we don’t know. This applies to our medical and other health care providers and can lead to great suffering. Roszler and Rice inform the readers of what they don’t know and then educate them about choices and options for happy, healthy, and intimate sexuality.

Carol L. Clark, PhD

President and Founder of the International Institute of Clinical Sexology

President and Founder of the Therapist Certification Association