Posts tagged intimacy
The Arc of Sexuality During Family Building

In this exciting age where families look different and are being built by all types of people, the ways to parenthood are many. For LGBTQ+ folx, there are options for fertility preservation, adoption, foster care, Big Brother/Big Sister, co-parenting, and more. The path to parenthood requires intentionality, support, and the need to involve others. These opportunities also bring challenges to the intended parent(s) as they navigate through the reality that parenthood does not “just happen” after a night of sex. Very often LGBTQ+ intended parents enter the process with the assumption that “we just need the right parts and plumbing”. Even if that is true, issues of medicalization take on a new meaning for bodies that are already socially scrutinized…

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The Work Of a Relationship: Consistent, Persistent, Insistent

Getting what we want, what we feel we deserve, and what we hope for often feels out of reach and inconceivable. This is can be particularly daunting when we consider intimate and loving relationships. In my years working as a sex and relationship therapist, people have shared with me how they struggle to find the right relationship, or if they are in a good relationship, how to dig deeper and get their needs met…

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Want real communication? Transparency versus Honesty!

We have all been given false narratives about how we are supposed to communicate in relationship.  These false narratives are often seen as honorable or required, particularly when we are trying to heal a relationship.  Countless couples come into my office and talk about the need for absolute transparency for trust and connection to be restored.

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