Why Infidelity Happens The term cheating is one that elicits cringes of fear, gasps of horror. What comes to mind when you hear it? Most likely you imagine that a partner in a committed relationship […][…]
I found my way into sex therapy inadvertently. I didn’t set out to specialize in it, but after working with individuals and couples for many years and finding the conversation inevitably turning to sex and […][…]
Anyone who has ever been in a long term relationship will tell you that it weathered some very rough times, even moments rife with uncertainty about its viability. More than any other reason, people come […][…]
Like many counselors fresh out of school, I began my practice in the field of addiction where the rate of burnout for a therapist is high. Addiction counseling is demanding and the prospect of successful […][…]
Many clients come to counseling expecting therapists to give them the answer – to tell them what to do about a particular problem or symptom. They also often want to know what’s “normal.” At the […][…]
Like my father, the Editor-in-Chief of Psychology Tomorrow Magazine, I am a psychotherapist. We both specialize in sex. In our unique personal and professional relationship, we agree on many things. However, some of our opinions […][…]
As therapists, we are taught to form a collaboration with a client free from bias; to dispel our own values, beliefs, and opinions in order to meet a client where he/she is, and to simply learn […][…]
ATTACHMENT When Mitchell first came to see me, I knew from his self-description that he struggled with depression and anxiety. A small, thin, dark- haired man of 30, who appeared in every way much younger […][…]
