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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

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Polyamory Is Going Mainstream (update)

Update On “Polyamory Is Going Mainstream” Here is the original post from 7/1/2013 and here’s an update on how polyamory is going ‘mainstream’ in North America. America, and likely other parts of the developed world, are socially developing in uncharted ways, and this is a part of it. Challenges to gender

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Why Desire Is Fragile

Sexual Desire Sexual desire, arousal and lust are powerful and alluring, so why is desire fragile? Whether one believes one’s life to be erotically blessed and indulged, or deprived and wounded, it’s hard not to see that desire (and arousal) is still one of the most robust ways to feel

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Resilient Vision: To Recover From An Affair

A Vision Of Resilient: Recover From An Affair Resilient vision of Monogamy: Monogamous couples who decide to recover from an affair embark on a jointly heroic journey. They will trade pain and complexity for growth and a remarkable slice of wisdom. They give up the mutual accusations. Partners stop taking the other’s affairs

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Can We Master Jealousy?

Therapy For Jealousy As a relationship therapist, I want to find ways that my clients can understand and master their jealousy, reducing the damage it can cause, and facilitating a process of personal and relational development. Jealousy is a stressful signal that partner differentiation and development in both could take place. At various points in

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