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2023 Top Therapy Topics
2023 Top Therapy Topics

What We Talked About in Therapy As we conclude 2023, I’ve been reflecting on the recurring themes that presented in the therapy room this year. I know that many of my readers may also have some of these struggles. Know that you are not alone and it’s possible to feel...

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How Society Shapes Your Sex Life
How Society Shapes Your Sex Life

Society and Your Sex Life Society and it’s social norms strongly shape your sex life. As a child and adolescent, you absorbed messages from your family, friends, school system, neighbors, community, place of worship, politics, movies, books, magazines, social media...

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5 Reasons Women Do Not Want Sex
5 Reasons Women Do Not Want Sex

Society and Your Sex Life Society and it’s social norms strongly shape your sex life. As a child and adolescent, you absorbed messages from your family, friends, school system, neighbors, community, place of worship, politics, movies, books, magazines, social media...

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What Happens in Sex Therapy?
What Happens in Sex Therapy?

 Feeling ambivalent about sex therapy?  When a couple comes in for sex therapy, I can feel their combined energy of eagerness and hesitation. On the one hand, you've finally decided to get help for a sexual concern. You did your research to find a qualified therapist,...

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Why Couples Can’t Communicate
Why Couples Can’t Communicate

We Can't Communicate No matter what issue couples present in therapy, 97% of them will cite communication as a core problem in their relationship. In a recent post, I shared that the #1 predictor of divorce is a lack of love. When the “in love” phase of your new...

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Are You at Risk of a Spiritual Divorce?
Are You at Risk of a Spiritual Divorce?

 The Spiritual Divorce Unfortunately, many couples experience divorce before they actually formally divorce.   Divorce is often the result of a silent separation that happens over many years. It creeps in slowly and quietly. No specific trauma required.  In fact, it...

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What to do if You’re Falling Out of Love with Your Partner
What to do if You’re Falling Out of Love with Your Partner

Have you ever worried about falling “out of love”? Partners will tell us, “I’m just not ‘in love’ anymore”.  In love. Out of love. Do these phrases simplify our complex human experience? Do they influence our perspective of love to be all or nothing? You either feel...

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How to Address Problems in Your Marriage
How to Address Problems in Your Marriage

Steps to Address Problems in Your Marriage Does your stomach drop when your partner says, “We need to talk”? Ugh, the worst, right? It isn’t easy to sit in “the talk”, whether you’re the partner expressing dissatisfaction or the partner receiving the feedback. A...

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