In True Secrets (formerly titled Love's Learning Place) writer and psychotherapist Renate Stendhal debunks "lesbian bed death" — the myth that women in long-term lesbian relationships stop having sex. Stendhal — the lesbian Dr. Ruth — argues that intimacy and passion can unite with long-lasting erotic power, but only to the degree that couples become comfortable telling the truth about their sexual and emotional desires and feelings. Stendhal draws from her own therapy practice and uses four case-study lesbian couples to demonstrate how she counsels them to articulate their sexual desires, infantile fantasies, old fears, and present needs. In a gentle, personal, and emotionally honest tone, she gives sound advice on how to rekindle erotic fire with one's lover.