I recently read an interesting article in the New York Times by Claire Cain Miller called, “Study Finds More Reasons to Get and Stay Married” published on January 8, 2015. The study found that marriage can provide more happiness for couples particularly during mid-life because it is a very stressful times due to the demands …
Continue ReadingWomen don’t have a monopoly on sexual insecurities.
Often times relationships will have conflicts around sex that stem from misconceptions around men and sex. Here are some truths about men and sex that can be surprising for some women to hear: Men want to be held too: Many times when there is sexual dysfunction the general affection in the relationship is affected. But …
Continue ReadingThe crazy things that happen to our patients.
We have this great patient who should really be doing stand-up comedy. Whenever she is in our office she has some new and funny story to share. She was having significant vaginal pain when she came to see us and had been misdiagnosed by her OB/GYN so nothing was helping. Our NP picked up that …
Continue Reading36 questions that lead to love.
I found this article in The New York Times very interesting. A reporter wrote about a study from 1997 by psychologist Arthur Aron. Aron had succeeded in making two strangers fall in love in his laboratory. He had succeeded by having the two strangers ask each other a series of questions, 36 questions to be …
Continue ReadingSex addiction.
We typically do not treat sexual addiction. However it is an issue that I have seen often in my work as a couples therapist. When an individual or spouse is struggling with sexual addiction and trying to understand what is happening I often suggest the book Out of the Shadows by Patrick Carnes. It can …
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