Going up? Or down? Channeling Sexual Energy
Back in 1976, Joseph and Lois Bird broke new ground. In an era when “free love” meant “sex right now because it feels good,” they dared to explore the importance of genuine emotional connection in their book “Sexual Loving.” Here’s a passage from page 239 of that book:
“Only one who, tragically, has never experienced love would question whether sex can be fulfilling when love is absent. Physically satisfying, perhaps, but never fulfilling. It can never reach the depths of what we are as human beings, and what we are capable of becoming. To climb the heights, sex education is not... Read More
Whether or not we believe we should talk about sex with our therapist in treatment may have something to do with what we believe therapy is for or what the expected outcome is.
Are you going to therapy for a relationship issue? For a mental disorder such as depression or anxiety? To overcome trauma? Or because you are having a difficult time adjusting to a new situation? Therapy is useful for a multitude of issues, and no, sex may not be the most significant thing affected by a particular issue, but it definitely doesn’t hurt for the therapist to ask about it, to allow for the conversation... 
In North Carolina, the rate of HIV/AIDS and other sexually transmitted diseases is extremely high among African Americans. Specifically, 
The majority of women who have survived 
I just finished a wonderful book by Peter Lovenheim called In the Neighborhood; The Search for Community on an American Street, One Sleepover at a Time. The author laments that we don’t really know the folk who live on our block. So he goes to his neighbors’ homes and spends the night, just like we did as teenagers. Each time he invites the adults to really “open up” about their lives and values. The one thing he avoids discussing is sexual intimacy—how sexual a relationship is and whether or not the partners are happy with their current level of intimacy. My own friends know I’m a... 
I treat couples, mainly coming in with sexual disorders, and much of the time I treat individuals also. In many cases, the person who comes in for the treatment is in a relationship, often times a long-term relationship. When a sexual malfunction pops up in a relationship or in the bedroom, it's easy to point the finger and assume the problem or blame lies within the person who exhibits the symptoms. For example, with arousal issues, such as excessive dryness or painful intercourse in females or rapid ejaculation or early termination of erections in males (when medical or organic causes have been... 
In therapy, many issues are covered, but sex may still be an uncomfortable topic for many clients and even therapists to talk about. Yet many people have sexual issues that need to be resolved in order for life to be the most fulfilling that it can be.
In general therapy, there may be an uncomfortable attitude in regard to clients and therapists talking about sex, an uncertainty of what constitutes sexual issues (considering there is a wide range of acceptable sexual behaviors, experiences, and attitudes in the modern world), and possibly a lack of guidelines for how to address sexual issues... 
There are many contributors to risky sexual behavior among
In sex therapy and couples therapy, the importance of full disclosure is a very important one. Many people come to therapy with the notion that their problem is isolated from the rest of their lives, and so they sometimes omit the most important pieces of information. Even the most thorough of intake sessions by the most seasoned and discerning therapists cannot weather the fact that clients often hold back very important information during treatment.
I see this in sex therapy and couples therapy quite often. People will like to leave out very important details, such as their profession and/or... 
HIV is spreading five times faster in Latina women than nonminority women in the United States. Latinos represent nearly 15% of the total American population, and that percentage increases each year. Because of the cultural values that Latina women hold, they are at a much higher risk for sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) than other American women. Latina 
After 5 years of sobriety, in 1985, I began to notice a pattern in my sexual relationships: Even if I really liked someone, I couldn’t go more than 3 months before my attraction to them fizzled. I would then find some reason to end the relationship, although I never really understood why, and it made me feel bad. Thankfully, while I was leading a weekend retreat on Spirituality in Recovery, one participant pressed for bringing the subject of sex into the process.
Although I was unprepared, it gave me the opportunity to address the issue, and I shared my struggles with the group. When I asked... 
Even though many women become sexually active as young adults, it may be many years before they experience their first orgasm. And a recent study by researchers Galinsky and Sonenstein (G&S) confirms that this phenomenon is not unusual; according to their study, men are reaching orgasm twice as often as women.
Ninety percent of the men in the study of 3,237 people aged 19 to 25 experienced orgasm “most or all of the time.” But less than half of the young women experienced orgasm during sexual relations. As I looked at the results of this study, I wondered what type of “sexual... 
According to the International Consensus Development Conference, female sexual dysfunction (FSD) must be characterized by 
From sex and relationships, to confusion about career and life choices, to those persistent and pesky maladies of the mind like anxiety and depression, past-life regression therapy can heal the mind and body.
Past-life regression is a form of therapy commonly known as hypnotherapy. But hypnotherapy, in my opinion, is just a term for a philosophy that has the potential to go much deeper.
What is typically referred to as a state of hypnosis comes with a lot of stigmas and preconceived notions. The layperson has come to see hypnosis as a trance-like state, much like a zombie. In actuality, however,... 
