The Kink Health Survey
It’s an honor (and a true professional learning experience) serving on the development team for the International Kink Health Survey (IHKS), to be released later this year. The sponsoring organization, TASHRA (The Alternative Sexuality Health Research Alliance) produced the first KHS (which was national in scope) in 2016. Superb colleagues It’s a great experience working […]
The Sexual Relationship With Self
The Sexual Relationship With Self The sexual relationship with self is a widely experienced part of adolescent and adult development. It’s a simple enough phrase, and people tend to make some instant sense of what it means. It quickly differentiates eroticism/sex between its internal and external contexts. An Erotic/ Sexual Battle Royal They’re not true […]
What We Might Talk About: Therapeutic Dialogues
Therapeutic Dialogues The blog is also meant to give an ongoing picture about my practice, and the person leading it. Blogging about therapeutic dialogue(s) seems to fit that well. I Talk To Clients About… ….Wanting and Choosing Wanting is the verb of desire. Choosing is the act of commitment. Wanting v. Choosing, a tension to […]
BDSM Likely A Mainstream/Majority Practice
Is BDSM becoming a mainstream/majority practice? Thanks to Dr. Justin Lehmiller for his blog article, which supports the idea of a convergence or merger into a new hybrid of sexual behavior. (UPDATE: This landmark study is even stronger, clearer evidence to support the mainstreaming of kink, at least in the U.S. Vanilla-Kink We may want the clarity of bright […]