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Note: This was originally published at PESI-UK. You can read the original blog here . What are the tasks for couple therapy in the wake...

You need to add a widget, row, or prebuilt layout before you’ll see anything here. 🙂 Sometimes market predictors can reflect what we see...

The staff and faculty at the Integrative Sex Therapy Institute (ISTI) have been carefully monitoring the news around the repeal of Roe...

Being in a relationship is the most challenging part of being alive. We strugg le to connect and at the same time, we want the freedom...

Now more than ever, the world needs you. If you are drawn to being a healer, if you have always wanted to be a therapist, or if you are...

Have you ever heard of Female Orgasmic Disorder? This term describes a condition in which a woman is significantly distressed about her...

Photo by Alexander Solodukhin on Unsplash Open relationships are becoming more common every day. They’re also gradually becoming more accepted. However, hidden biases can show up in the words we use to talk about open relationships. Forever 39 Podcast cited a study from 2016, where four percent of respondents “admitted” they’d had an open relationship. While “more than half indicated they are morally opposed to the idea,” another 44% said “the request wouldn’t be an automat

Photo by  Samuel Zeller  on  Unsplash Have you heard of virtual reality pornography? This innovative technology allows you to totally immerse yourself into a pornographic scene. Putting on VR glasses allows you to interact directly with the characters. Is VR Porn Good or Bad? Does this intrigue you? Does it turn you off? Does it worry or alarm you? While many are eager to try it, many others have deep concerns about this new technology. What Are We Afraid Of? On the Future of

It’s been over a month since Hurricane Harvey slammed into southeast Texas and devastated Houston and the surrounding area. Unfortunately, when Irma and Maria showed up, the national news coverage shifted away from the recovery efforts in Houston. We stopped seeing the reactions of people returning to their now-destroyed homes. The news was focusing more on the impending threat of the next storms. The piles of refuse lining the streets of Houston neighborhoods took a back sea

Relationships can be difficult. It can be stressful to be in a romantic partnership even on a good day. Bringing that tension and stress into the treatment room can be challenging for the therapist, as well. In this online training for therapists , I am joined by the top clinicians in the field. We teach therapists the most effective ways to help couples in crisis. Many professionals shy away from it. Recently I had a couple in my office who decided that they were ending thei

We are in a culture in the U.S. that teaches ideas about sexuality that are antiquated, misogynistic, and outdated. Our educational system even produces trained psychotherapists who can hold unconscious and misguided biases and beliefs about sexuality. Unfortunately, these therapists may be unintentionally doing harm as a result of these unexamined myths. Are You a Therapist In Need of Sexuality Training? If you are a therapist and you haven’t taken a SAR (Sexual Attitude Rea

Trump’s recent action to rescind former President Obama’s school bathroom order has put our transgender and gender nonconforming (TG/NC) youth at renewed and heightened risk, both for violence and discrimination, but also for suicide, mental illness, and self-harm. The American Family Therapy Academy (AFTA) recently issued a statement supporting the rights of these students. I appreciate them stepping up. Family therapists can and should help protect the rights and safety of

One of the reasons I became a Sex Therapist was that for many years I was working as a Couple’s therapist and trying desperately to help...

Want to be a sex therapist? Or be a better couple’s therapist? If you are a professional working with couples to improve their sex lives,...

This study, “Tell Me About A Time When I was Awesome,” is from a ‘Best Self Study’ at Harvard Business School, and indicates that...

Do you ever feel sleepy in your sessions?  It happens sometimes.  For me it doesn’t necessarily mean I need a nap.  It can be an...

It’s actually not, and you can play an important role in helping couples who have decided on divorce, to end their union with civility,...

How do you work with and understand couples who have a non-traditional lifestyle that may not align with your own? I answered this...

With summer coming to a close, children returning to school, and the temperatures beginning to drop, it’s a great time to create more...

Do you have a writing project, a blog, an article, a book, or a screenplay, that you want to start, complete or publish? Then you don’t...