{"id":14820,"date":"2024-10-16T15:43:49","date_gmt":"2024-10-16T15:43:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/?p=14820"},"modified":"2024-10-16T16:22:55","modified_gmt":"2024-10-16T16:22:55","slug":"6-books-about-nonmonogamy-recommended-by-therapists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/?p=14820","title":{"rendered":"6 Books About Nonmonogamy, Recommended by Therapists"},"content":{"rendered":"
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These titles can offer insight, whether you\u2019re polycurious or already exploring.<\/p>\n

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When Mel Cassidy first became curious about nonmonogamy, there weren\u2019t many helpful resources. Most of the books focused on the transition from monogamy to nonmonogamy, but Cassidy, who goes by them\/them pronouns, was \u201cfreshly divorced, hadn\u2019t really dated as an adult.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI was winging it,\u201d said Cassidy, who has since become a relationship coach who specializes in consensual nonmonogamy.<\/p>\n

Recently, however, there has been an explosion of literature on the topic, including books about polyamory and other types of open relationships. And more people are interested, too: A 2023 Pew Research survey<\/a> found that 51 percent of adults under 30 considered open marriages \u201cacceptable,\u201d and a 2016 study of single adults in the United States<\/a> has shown that more than 20 percent have experimented with some form of consensual nonmonogamy.<\/p>\n

But even as these relationship styles become more common, there are lots of details to figure out. Partners have to decide on the approach that works best for them. There are also sexual and emotional concerns to parse when bringing new partners into the mix, said Shadeen Francis, a sex and relationship therapist based in Philadelphia.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Good books can help nonmonogamous partners \u201cdevelop compassion or positive empathy for one another,\u201d said Marie Thouin, a dating and relationship coach and researcher based in the San Francisco Bay Area. They can remind you that \u201cyou\u2019re not alone in your choice,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n

We spoke to more than a dozen relationship experts and researchers for their book recommendations \u2014 whether you\u2019re in a nonmonogamous relationship or interested in exploring.<\/p>\n

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These titles can offer insight, whether you\u2019re polycurious or already exploring.When Mel Cassidy first became curious about nonmonogamy, there weren\u2019t many helpful resources. Most of the books focused on the transition from monogamy to nonmonogamy, but Cassidy, who goes by them\/them pronouns, was \u201cfreshly divorced, hadn\u2019t really dated as an adult.\u201d\u201cI was winging it,\u201d said Cassidy, who has since become a relationship coach who specializes in consensual nonmonogamy.Recently, however, there has been an explosion of literature on the topic, including books about polyamory and other types of open relationships. And more people are interested, too: A 2023 Pew Research survey found that 51 percent of adults under 30 considered open marriages \u201cacceptable,\u201d and a 2016 study of single adults in the United States has shown that more than 20 percent have experimented with some form of consensual nonmonogamy.But even as these relationship styles become more common, there are lots of details to figure out. Partners have to decide on the approach that works best for them. There are also sexual and emotional concerns to parse when bringing new partners into the mix, said Shadeen Francis, a sex and relationship therapist based in Philadelphia.Good books can help nonmonogamous partners \u201cdevelop compassion or positive empathy for one another,\u201d said Marie Thouin, a dating and relationship coach and researcher based in the San Francisco Bay Area. They can remind you that \u201cyou\u2019re not alone in your choice,\u201d she added.We spoke to more than a dozen relationship experts and researchers for their book recommendations \u2014 whether you\u2019re in a nonmonogamous relationship or interested in exploring.We are having trouble retrieving the article content.Please enable JavaScript in your browser settings.Thank you for your patience while we verify access. If you are in Reader mode please exit and\u00a0log into\u00a0your Times account, or\u00a0subscribe\u00a0for all of The Times.Thank you for your patience while we verify access.Already a subscriber?\u00a0Log in.Want all of The Times?\u00a0Subscribe.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":14822,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14820","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lifestyle"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14820","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=14820"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14820\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14823,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14820\/revisions\/14823"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/14822"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=14820"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=14820"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=14820"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}