Get Closer: A Gay Men’s Guide to Intimacy and Relationships

A new, updated edition is now available on KINDLE . Click on the author’s name and then click on the Kindle icon.
Each relationship is as individual as the men who are involved. Rather than rely on a one-size-fits-all approach to relationship success, Los Angeles therapist Jeffrey Chernin, Ph.D. helps each of us to acquire a better understanding of ourselves and how we engage in intimate relationships. In this warm and compassionate guide, Chernin helps us answer the questions we long to Having counseled gay men for more than 20 years, Chernin shows how you, too, can build a strong, lasting relationship. Discover the love and intimacy that await you.
I wish I had Get Closer years ago when beginning my first partnership. A terrific and useful book.” –Felice Picano, co-author of The New Joy of Gay Sex

“An outstanding book for gay men who want to look at their relationships–both beginning and long-term–and improve them…. This book will help you to get closer to yourself and to others!” –Kenneth D. George, Ph.D., Emeritus Professor, University of Pennsylvania, author of Mr. Right is Out There and Keeping Mr. Right

“Jeffrey Chernin guides us through our readiness for a relationship and how to find a likely partner. Then he provides helpful strategies to work through the differences that inevitably arise, enhancing our ability to maintain the intimate connections many of us long for.” –Rik Isensee, LCSW, author of Love Between Men