Download or read book Helping Gay Men Find Love written by Israel Martinez and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-09-18 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Navigating the complex dating world is difficult, but finding a life partner is particularly challenging for gay men. On the surface alone, the pool of options is significantly smaller, and potential matches can be hard to spot. But psychology also plays an important role. Growing up as a sexual minority often leads to insecurities and developmental issues particular to gay men, and these create roadblocks when attempting to build a healthy relationship. Author and psychotherapist Israel Martinez, LCSW, who himself identifies as gay, has helped many LGBT clients work through these obstacles in their efforts to find lasting love. His well-researched, well-tested, and effective techniques begin by addressing self-esteem issues and from there work toward building practical relationship skills. These skills, paired with sincere effort, will markedly increase the chances of finding-and sustaining-a healthy partnership. A straightforward and helpful guide, Helping Gay Men Find Love builds on itself chapter by chapter, guiding readers through each stage-from the first date to meeting the parents. This book gives gay men a better chance of acquiring what all human beings need: love and companionship.
Download or read book Gay Dating Your Guide to Finding Love written by Jaye Sassieni and published by . This book was released on 2010-04-14 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The essential read for every gay man from Dating Coach and founder of Urban Connections dating site, Jaye Sassieni.A straight-forward, helpful guide for gay men who are looking for love. As well as examining how and where to find your Mr Right, this book asks what is stopping you from finding a suitable partner? Subconscious, self-imposed barriers such as lack of confidence, an impossible search for perfection or destructive patterns are identified and dealt with through self analysis of your beliefs, attitudes and body language. This positive and inspiring book will leave you feeling clearer about your relationship goals and how to achieve them. The book includes chapters on understanding where gay men are coming from, looking for love in all the right places, how and where to find him, and playing and winning the gay dating game: preparation, etiquette, rejection and body language.
Download or read book M4M written by Jack Mauro and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2007-04-24 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: M4M is a one-stop resource for the millions of gay men seeking love online—it will make the difference between sitting online and actually finding what you're there for! Millions of gay men are searching for love—and the vast majority of them are now searching online. But while the internet helps bring people together, its anonymity, lack of rules, and easy stage for false advertising often result in disappointing matches. But the right guy is out there. Chances are good that every gay man could find exactly what he's looking for online—if he only knew where and how to look. In M4M, Jack Mauro offers candid, witty advice on every aspect of the gay online-dating arena—how to (and how not to) compose a successful profile, what kind of photo to use ("normal," naked, and everything in between), the art of direct messaging (from the basics to advanced seduction), "straight" men in gay chats, navigating the usual suspects found in seemingly every chat room, taking it offline, and much, much more. Whether the goal is a quick fling or a lifelong partnership, M4M gives both the frustrated online veteran and the curious newbie everything they need to know to get them away from the keyboard and into a satisfying real-life connection.
Download or read book Lasting Love at Last written by Amari Ice and published by Difference Press. This book was released on 2018-02-27 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At last, gay love is here to stay. In the era of mobile apps, the gay dating census (aka #BaeBuffet) is literally in the palm of your hands. But how do you sift through all the digital smoke and glitter to find a heart of gold? Enter certified matchmaker and love coach, Amari Ice, and his twelve-step RELATIONSHIP Process. In Lasting Love at Last, Amari Ice, the gay relationship guru, will show you: - How to attract lasting love in as little as ten weeks - How to recognize and neutralize what's sabotaged your past relationships - The reason most relationships fail - The difference between not being ready for a relationship and being scared of commitment - What you actually need from a partner in order to be happy - How to guarantee you only invest in someone worth your time, energy, and love - And much, much more If Paul Carrick Brunson's It's Complicated (But It Doesn't Have to Be) and Patti Stanger's Become Your Own Matchmaker had a #Gayby, Lasting Love At Last is what they'd name it.
Download or read book Keeping Mr Right written by Dr. Kenneth D. George and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this comprehensive follow-up to his bestselling Mr. Right is Out There, Kenneth George offers, in the same warm and wise manner, guidelines for gay men on forming successful male couples. Known for his commonsense and honest approach to relationships, Dr. George explores the issues facing gay couples and offers advice on working through them rather than letting them become insurmountable. Included in the book are tips on: negotioating changes rather tham living with annoying differences; defining your relationship with a 'job description'; and having great sex!
Download or read book Gay Dating Your Guide to Finding Love written by Jaye Sassieni and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2010-05-10 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The essential read for every gay man from Dating Coach and founder of Urban Connections dating site, Jaye Sassieni.Finally, a straight-forward, helpful guide for gay men who are looking for love. As well as examining how and where to find your Mr Right, this book asks what is stopping you from finding a suitable partner? Subconscious, self-imposed barriers such as lack of confidence, an impossible search for perfection or destructive patterns are identified and dealt with through self analysis of your beliefs, attitudes and body language. This positive and inspiring book will leave you feeling clearer about your relationship goals and how to achieve them.
Download or read book Straight Acting Gay Men written by Angelo Pezzote and published by Kensington Books. This book was released on 2008 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author, drawing on his years of experience as a gay psychotherapist and advice columnist (AskAngelo.com), offers practical and thoughtful relationship strategies, as well as insight into such issues as coming out, dating, avoiding players, and maintaining a satisfying sex life. Original.
Download or read book Boyfriend 101 written by Jim Sullivan and published by Villard. This book was released on 2003-05-13 with total page 279 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: You’ve done the bar thing. You’ve let your best friend set you up. You’ve even logged on to a gay dating website. But the man of your dreams is still out there, just waiting for you to find him. What’s a gay guy to do? Look no further than this book. Whether you’re new to the dating scene or just wanting a refresher course, in Boyfriend 101 you’ll find an abundance of practical tips for meeting the right man (and avoiding the wrong ones) and keeping him (and you) interested for the long term. Topics include: •Deciding what you need versus what you want in a boyfriend •Icebreakers that actually work •Expanding your social network •The best places to meet men •Writing a hot personal ad or online profile •First-date protocols (or, Waiting until after the third date to have sex) •Discussing HIV and negotiating safe sex •Maintaining a healthy body image •Overcoming fear of abandonment •Creating healthy lines of communication with your boyfriend
Download or read book Finding a Lover for Life written by David Price and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-11-12 with total page 155 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Develop healthy, lasting relationships!Here is a terrific dating guide for single gay and bisexual men. This insightful book provides a proven strategy for creating a satisfying dating life and finding a partner who is right for you! It integrates theory and practice to help you create and develop healthy relationships, guiding you through the process of dating and relationship formation. Finding a Lover for Life comes complete with thought-provoking worksheets that challenge myths, false beliefs, and incorrect assumptions about gay/bi men, dating, and relationships.Finding a Lover for Life will save you a great deal of time and frustration in developing dating skills. Its rational, skills-based strategic approach to dating will help you plan, organize, and focus your efforts in that part of your life. Finding a Lover for Life is the tool you need to plan and implement strategies that will: attract available dating partners eliminate problems by identifying compatible and noncompatible partners create a healthy relationship It also takes you through an individual preparation routine for dating that will help you to: challenge societal views of romance uncover self-defeating beliefs resolve past conflicts create affirming and self-enabling beliefs This book will help you learn to date in a healthy and efficient way. But more than that, Finding a Lover for Life will help you develop a more positive self-concept, create a healthy community of friends, and help you move your life in a new, more constructive direction.
Download or read book Gay Men s Introduction to Love and Relationships written by Richard L Travis and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2020 with total page 118 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Can a gay man find a friend to trust? Can he find a date, or even a partner? Are there healthy gay relationships out there? Are most gay men only partiers and not really emotionally available? What about trans men, bisexuals, and gender fluid people? Gays are entitled to have good, healthy friendships and good healthy relationships.Many gay men have felt they have been perceived as "damaged goods" and therefore act out in self-abusive ways by choosing inappropriate or emotionally unavailable men to date or befriend. This book helps identify personality characteristics or behaviors that get in the way of successful relationships. Clearly there is a need for each of us to take responsibility for what we bring to the relationship and be totally conscious of what the other person brings to the relationship.This book addresses the struggles that gay men have finding safety in home, employment, and relationships. It also focuses on the different needs gay men may have as individuals and as a group. This book is about working at being conscious; conscious of our own behavior and needs and conscious of others' behavior and needs. It is also about being conscious in our relationships.There are poignant thoughts and quotes from gay men in successful relationships given to those who might benefit by their wisdom and experience, There are also many suggestions from gay men who were surveyed, as to how to seek out a healthy date or potential partner. You will read about what kind of relationships seem to work better than others. You will also read about gay codependent relationships and how difficult they are. There is also a section describing relationships with 2-men, 3-men, and 4-men. You can also read about gay men who don't want a relationship.This book will guide you to look at you look at yourself and others to help lead you to the kind of friends and relationships that will enrich your life and make you thrive and grow. This book addresses the struggles and the hopes that gay men have to just find safety in their homes, employment and in their relationships. It also focuses on the different needs gay men have as individuals and as a group. This could be the one book that you read to get you moving towards a positive change and getting or keeping that "special someone."
Download or read book Finding True Love in a Man Eat Man World written by Craig Nelson and published by Dell. This book was released on 1996-01-01 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nelson draws both on his interviews with other men and on his own experiences in the gay dating scene to present this revealing and often humorous guide. From breaking down psychological blocks to surviving a breakup, Nelson explores the key issues in gay male relationships and the baggage left over from adolescence.
Download or read book Bringing Perfect Back written by Patrick H. Perrine and published by Booksurge Publishing. This book was released on 2008-10-18 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At a time when what a gay male relationship is and can be is radically changing, Bringing Perfect Back offers a refreshing and personable look at everything facing the modern gay man, whether he's searching for a partner or committed to one. From the early stages of how to present himself and how to know what will work for him, to taking sensible advantage of the Internet as well as the world at large as he ventures out into the serious romance market, Bringing Perfect Back walk him through the beginnings with solid counsel and down-to-earth humor. Then, all the major and minor snags of the gay relationship in action get a thorough going-over. From wrangling over bills, old boyfriends, sexual passions lessening, down to the bare bones of surviving infidelity and opting for marriage. Bringing Perfect Back looks hard at each hurdle the gay man is sure to face with understanding, with candor, and always with an eye out for the real success of his relationships.
Download or read book Intimacy Between Men written by John H. Driggs and published by Plume. This book was released on 1991-11-28 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A wonderful and wise book that has been needed for a long time."—Patrick J. Carnes.
Download or read book Affirmative Gay Relationships written by Neil Kaminsky and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 2003 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For many men, the search for a fulfilling long-term relationship often ends in heartbreak and frustration. This groundbreaking book presents a step-by-step strategy for men who are serious about finding a life partner and establishing a committed relationship. Kaminsky puts the focus on the individual to help him understand what he wants (and needs) from a partner, how (and where) to find him, and how to form a healthy and happy relationship that just might last a lifetime!
Download or read book Love in the Time of HIV written by Michael Mancilla and published by Guilford Press. This book was released on 2003-07-16 with total page 235 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The facts of life have never been more complicated for gay men. While the threat of AIDS has been diminished by new treatments and longer life expectancy, HIV remains a serious and intractable foe. In this affirming guide, therapist Michael Mancilla, himself HIV-positive, helps fellow gay men, both single and partnered, pursue the happy and fulfilling love life they deserve. Readers will find advice on everything from meeting Mr. Right and talking about HIV status to building the long-term relationships that many never expected to have. Candid first-hand accounts reveal how others in the community are negotiating safer sex, overcoming legal and financial hurdles to plan for the future, learning to accept care as well as give it, and crafting the kinds of intimate relationships they want, whether that means casual sex, dating, or permanent commitment. Smart, honest, and insightful, this book is written from the heart.
Download or read book Enhancing Pleasure for Gay Men written by Israel Martinez and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2024-07-09 with total page 175 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book aims to help therapists understand the challenges gay men face in their sex lives, providing professionals and gay men with evidence-based interventions and clinical tools to help them heal and live overall healthier lives. Gay men have unique and debilitating issues that can get in the way of them having pleasurable sex. Instead of sex being a space to learn about themselves, heal, release, and receive joy, for many sex is fraught with shame, anxiety, self-hate, and feeling isolated. Written for both professionals and the clients they treat, this book aims to heal sex-related wounds through sex and, in turn, improve every aspect of gay men’s mental health. The book begins by exploring what is special about gay men and sex before looking at assessing and presenting medical issues impacting sexual functioning, such as childhood trauma, attachment styles, body issues, anxiety, depression, long-term relationships and parenting, and hookup apps. It then moves onto clinical interventions to address these issues, with intake questionnaires and information on how to adapt sensate focus exercises, neuroscience, narrative, CBT, and somatic modalities to provide sex therapy interventions specific to gay men. With special focus on marginalized communities within the LGBTQIA+ community, such as trans men, BIPOC, aging, disabled, and chronically ill voices, this book is essential reading for sex therapists and mental health professionals working with gay men, as well as gay men themselves looking to live authentically and happily in their sexual lives.
Download or read book Love Me As I Am gay men reflect on their lives written by and published by Love Me As I Am. This book was released on 2012 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
