Understanding Your Sexual Temperament: The Dual Control Model of Sexual Response

Sex, intimacy, and desire discrepancy may be the most common concerns couples bring to me, and they’re also some of the hardest to talk about. By the time a couple reaches me, they’ve often spent years quietly misreading each other’s behavior and feelings. One partner might think, “They must not find me attractive anymore.” The…

Awakening Desire: Using Pleasure Mapping to Explore Sexual Agency 

What is Desire? The World Health Organization defines sexual health as “a state of physical, emotional, mental and social well-being in relation to sexuality…Sexual health requires a positive and respectful approach to sexuality and sexual relationships, as well as the possibility of having pleasurable and safe sexual experiences, free of coercion, discrimination, and violence. For…