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Passionate Marriage: Keeping Love and Intimacy Alive in Committed Relationships is a nonfiction relationship and sex therapy book by David Schnarch, PhD. It is a foundational work in the field of couples therapy because it argues that long-term passion does not disappear simply from time passing; rather, it depends on how partners handle individuality, anxiety, conflict, and emotional maturity. Schnarch combines clinical insight with a strong theoretical framework drawn from differentiation of self, a concept associated with Murray Bowen, to explain why many committed relationships become stagnant and how they can become more vital instead. The book is not a collection of tips for improving technique in bed. Instead, it treats sexual desire, intimacy, and marital stability as deeply connected aspects of adult development. Its purpose is to show that enduring erotic connection requires both closeness and self-definition, and that personal growth is often the real basis of lasting intimacy.