MEET THE SEXOLOGISTS

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• Sex positive” is an open, caring approach emphasizing equality, honesty and compassion
• Guilt, fear and shame about our sexuality is still prevalent in our culture today
• As long as a sexually compulsive person is motivated, returning to balance is possible.

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• How the 4 dimensional wheel can help you regain pleasure in sexuality
• It is possible to increase your desire and create greater intimacy in your relationship
• Many women love sex in a way that may differ from what we know about male sexuality

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• Sensate Focus can quickly bring back sensual passion
• Touching to please yourself can be healing
• Pleasing your partner too soon can suppress passion

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• Passion and passion for living is an element of great sex
• Many couples are experiencing sexless and disconnected relationships
• Men and women are sometimes disembodied from each other and from themselves

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• Sexuality in humans is complex, a psycho-social-biological phenomenon
• Scientists have studied sexuality in the environment of outer space
• Sexuality has been expressed in music and art forms of centuries

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• Tantra is a spiritual path that can move a couple into a more centered experience
• Tantra helps men and women move into an openness in their hearts
• A calming breath is a great way to lower your level of stress and sexual anxiety

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• Our gender identity, who we feel we are as a man or woman, is not so absolute
• For some individuals, the gender they know in their brain does not match their physiology
• When a transgender person feels heard and understood, they may say “You saved my life”

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• There are many different expressions of sexuality between consenting adults
• Non-normative sexual orientation, sexual lifestyle and sexual preferences are minority groups
• Some couples find themselves in transition from normative to non-normative sexual practices

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• Male sexuality can be more fluid than most men and women realize
• Gay men, having sex with men, identify as gay and know they are attracted to men
• Straight men, having sex with men, are attracted to women and may feel conflicted emotions

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• What a wounded spouse or intimate partner needs to heal and feel trust again
• Sexually compulsive or addictive behavior is used for escape rather than pleasure
• Relationship intimacy is the healthy way to soothe yourself and feel pleasure

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• Adverse childhood experiences can have an impact on your later enjoyment of sexuality
• Coming from a dysfunctional family can impair your capacity for intimate sexuality
• Why sexual intimacy changes in a long term relationship and how to bring back the passion

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• Most people who come for sex therapy are highly motivate to seek help
• After people have been arrested, they are not motivated to share truthfully
• A forensic sexologist needs to be more challenging, more skeptical of the client’s information

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• “You can’t have a parent and a child without sex”
• A co-therapist sex therapy team has to have a good relationship to be an example for clients
• You will get older whether you give up or not, so you may as well continue study and learning

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• Not that long ago, women did not think in terms of creating a career
• Men in the past, over the years, have envied the woman’s birth experience
• Men’s role was to identify with the pregnant woman, a syndrome called couvade

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• How people can become more loving and less violent
• How people can integrate sexuality in a very positive way into their lives
• How to lose weight, stop stress and make better love

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• Kids hooking up without knowing who they’re hooking up with, can lead to a lot of difficulties
• One reason for all sorts of addictions today is that we don’t have enough intimate connection
• Parents have to be involved in the conversation with their children about sex and sexuality
• Touch is a sexual thing, something we thrive on and without touch we don’t learn to connect

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• Couple sexuality can improve very quickly with sex therapy
• Sexual enhancement drugs should be used as an adjunct, not as a substitute
• Many young men feel sexually incompetent and could benefit from sex education and therapy

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• It’s never too late to develop Sex Esteem®
• Sex Therapy provides a safe space to share your intimate “secrets”
• Partners need to share their needs without fear of hurting the other person

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• Vaginal stimulation can block pain and increase pleasure
• Orgasm can be triggered by different parts of the body
• Some people can have orgasm with imagery and imagination without any touch

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• Our sexuality goes throughout our entire body system, not just our erogenous zones
• Being pleasure oriented rather than goal oriented can enhance sexual pleasure
• You can view your sexuality as a staircase, one step leads to the next, or a circle of love

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• Spinal cord injured men and women do feel sensations and can experience orgasm
• Physically injured people often feel unlovable and as if sexual pleasure is impossible
• Their peak sexual experience happened with a partner they felt safe with and trusted

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• Great lovers are made, not born; you can learn to be a great lover
• Intimate loving requires exploration, play and taking a big risk to be vulnerable
• You have to cultivate the capacity to be an extraordinary lover

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• Sexology may not be the most important field of study but it is intricate in people’s lives
• Sexuality may be only about 15-20% of your relationship but it can lead to greater bonding
• Your own authentic sexual voice based on the sense I deserve to give and receive pleasure

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• Men and women with cancer can face the reality of illness with support
• The partner of an ill person has many feelings that need to be expressed
• Attitude change can create the biggest possible healing effect

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• A heightened state of romance seems to override the trauma – temporarily
• Trauma survivors tend to avoid intimate touching in a close relationship
• Partners of trauma survivors are often survivors of neglect

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• Prolonged exposure, reliving the memory in a safe environment, can lead to healing
• Mindfulness is an important first step in the process of healing from the trauma of rape
• EMDR can speed the process of recovery from sexual abuse, traumatic memories and PTSD

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• Intimate touching and connection is a lifetime need
• Physiological changes of aging do not signal the end of sexual connection
• The sexual needs of men and women become more similar as they age

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• What men can do to enjoy sex more and function better
• What sexual mindfulness is and how that can improve your enjoyment of sexual connection
• How pornography is affecting individuals and couples in their sexual expression

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• Florida is the only state that requires psychotherapists to be certified in sex therapy
• Sex therapists receive professional training and are guided by professional standards
• People are now talking about sexuality more openly yet there is a lot of misinformation

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Teaching Sexual Health Skills

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• Not that long ago, women’s career choices were limited to begin a secretary, nurse or teacher
• If adults talk with children about sexuality, the children grow up knowing how to be healthy
• Professional organizations help you to feel connected, learn and collaborate with your peers

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Sexuality and Film Around the World

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• Media plays an important part in our education about sexuality and intimacy
• Nudity is accepted in films in many countries around the world, but not in the U.S.
• The U.S. has 6X the rate of HIV and one of highest rates of teen pregnancy in the world

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Intimate Sexuality - Problems and Possibilities

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• Sex can survive marriage and greater intimacy can develop over time
• Aging does not mean the end of sexual desire and contact
• It is often difficult to talk openly about sexuality with an intimate partner

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Sex Touch and Love

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• Intimate sexual connection is good for your health
• Your mind, heart and gut need to be in alignment
• Touch is the basic language of communication and bonding

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SSTAR

Society for Sex Therapy and Research

AASECT

American Association of Sexuality Educators, Counselors and Therapists

The Sexual Roots of Terrorism

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• Terrorism may be motivated by ambivalent sexual underpinnings
• Cultures that use physical punishment for infants and/or punish premarital sex are violent
• Cultures that give physical affection to infants and/or tolerate premarital sex are peaceful

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