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Maryann Karinch

About

Maryann Karinch is the author of 31 commercially published books, most of which are about human health and behavior. Of those books, nine were co-authored nine with doctors and therapists. Her books include Mature Sexual Intimacy (Rowman & Littlefield, 2019), Sex and Cancer: Intimacy, Love, and Romance after Diagnosis and Treatment (co-author Saketh Guntupalli, MD, Rowman & Littlefield, 2017), The Art of Body Talk (co-author Gregory Hartley, Red Wheel/Weiser, 2017), Forging Healthy Connections (co-author Trevor Crow, LMFT, New Horizon Press, 2013), The Wandering Mind (co-author John A. Biever, MD, Rowman & Littlefield, 2012), and Empowering Underachievers: New Strategies to Guide Kids (8-18) to Personal Excellence (co-author Dr. Peter Spevak, New Horizon Press, 2000 and 2006).

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Recent Posts

COVID Vaccination and Lingering Intimacy Anxiety

Just when you think you have everything under control, you feel like you’re graduating from high school again.

Just when you think you have everything under control, you feel like you’re graduating from high school again.

Even Strong Hearts Can Break

Do you have a friend with a broken heart? It's a real illness and you can take action to help your friend heal.

Do you have a friend with a broken heart? It's a real illness and you can take action to help your friend heal.

The Best Side Effect of COVID Vaccination

Dreading the potential side effects of the COVID-19 vaccine? Here's one to welcome.

Dreading the potential side effects of the COVID-19 vaccine? Here's one to welcome.

We Can Be Emotionally Blinded by Those Who Do "Good Work"

Ever feel sick when you're in the company of a professional do-gooder? Maybe find yourself a non-professional one.

Ever feel sick when you're in the company of a professional do-gooder? Maybe find yourself a non-professional one.

Evacuation — An Antidote to the Pandemic

In terms of relationships, our evacuation during raging wildfires was a kind of antidote to the pandemic. It reinforced healthy connections with family and friends.

In terms of relationships, our evacuation during raging wildfires was a kind of antidote to the pandemic. It reinforced healthy connections with family and friends.

Do You Feel Like You’re Climbing a Scree Field?

How are you coping with the ambiguity of the pandemic? We all need "teammates" to help us move toward more certainty in our daily lives.

How are you coping with the ambiguity of the pandemic? We all need "teammates" to help us move toward more certainty in our daily lives.

The Power of Intimacy in a Pandemic

Ever find yourself backing off, even from people you love and trust, because they might have "it"? You need more than hand sanitizer to protect yourself from the effects of COVID.

Ever find yourself backing off, even from people you love and trust, because they might have "it"? You need more than hand sanitizer to protect yourself from the effects of COVID.

Paranoid? Not If You Either Go Away or Smile

You make the mask disappear when you put a smile behind it.

You make the mask disappear when you put a smile behind it.

Emotion, Change, and Other Verbs

Are you passively responding to love? Make "emotion" a verb in your life so love can make you feel good--literally!

Are you passively responding to love? Make "emotion" a verb in your life so love can make you feel good--literally!

Pleasure Is Part of a Healthy Connection

Does the relationship you cherish suffer when you become physically intimate? Protect the connection you have with your partner by addressing the issue of painful sex.

Does the relationship you cherish suffer when you become physically intimate? Protect the connection you have with your partner by addressing the issue of painful sex.