Breaking Open Sexual Scripts to Reach Your Sexual Goals
Breaking Open Sexual Scripts to Reach Your Sexual Goals There are countless scripts that we learn about sex and relationships. When these scripts align with your erotic template and the template in y ...
Why Is Sex So Difficult to Talk About?
I see it time and again in sex therapy. One of the biggest barriers to having a fulfilling sex life is being able to open up and talk about sex. This is sometimes about communication and problems with ...
Betrayal and Trauma and Getting Vulnerable Again
Betrayal and Trauma and Getting Vulnerable Again A natural response to trauma is focusing on keeping yourself safe. Identifying safety is a natural part of the healing process. However, one of the mo ...
What is Sex Therapy?
What is Sex Therapy? Sex therapy can be surprisingly confusing to people. Why exactly would people seek the help of mental health professionals for help with their sexual problems? Many of the sex ...
Rebuilding Connection after Betrayal
Rebuilding Connection after Betrayal After a betrayal occurs in a relationship, it can feel impossible to reconnect. Many relationships and couples who have this experience come to realize that they ...
The Porn Addiction “Fix” Illusion
The Porn Addiction "Fix" Illusion Almost every time I am working with a client who has a porn addiction or who is dealing with a compulsive pornography problem, they contend with an illusion. There i ...
Coping with Pressure to Overcome Sexual Avoidance
Coping with Pressure to Overcome Sexual Avoidance When I'm working with people in sex therapy who are dealing with sexual avoidance, there is often a lot of pressure to enter back into a sexual ar ...
Snapping Out of Denial and Into Reality
Snapping Out of Denial and Into Reality "Snap" is such a powerful word. And yet it's a word we use when we talk about that feeling when we come out of denial. It's also a perfect word in many ways ...
What is a Solid Relationship Foundation?
What is a Solid Relationship Foundation? It doesn't matter if a relationship is struggling with communication, sex, passion, or anything else. No matter what issue a relationship is dealing with, the ...
Seeing Body Positivity from Various Angles to Take Care of Yourself
Seeing Body Positivity from Various Angles to Take Care of Yourself There is a common movement that is encouraging more body positivity in our society. I'm all for this. I want people to be able to a ...