If you’re a “Sex and the City” fan, you’re familiar with the over-the-shoulder shot of our beloved Carrie Bradshaw sitting at her desk and typing those famous words “…and I couldn’t help but wonder…”. Well, please indulge my Carrie moment: as I contemplated writing this blog about sex toy talk anxiety, I couldn’t help but …
Continue ReadingTV Series: The Bachelor
2 years and several seasons in, I confess that I was as captivated these last few weeks as the most committed of Bachelor Nation devotees.
Continue ReadingHere’s An Idea: Getting off on TV
For some of our female patients, just hearing me say the word “porn” makes them cringe, look away and change the subject. At this point, I feel like I have lost them into an abyss of discomfort and the conversation about watching anything to get turned on hits a wall. So I thought, what about …
Continue ReadingWhat’s the Deal with Fantasies?
People worry about their fantasy life way too much. I’m not sure when, or how, as a society, we lost our ability to distinguish between imagination and real life, but I know that loss of distinction affects us in many unhealthy ways. And, as a sex therapist, I’ll assure you, that your sex life is …
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