Women are expected to be sexy, but not sexual. We’re bombarded with conflicting, shame-inducing, and disempowering messages about sex, instead of being encouraged to connect with our true sexual selves. Sexy gets reduced to a performance, leaving us with little to no space to reckon with the complexities of sexuality.
In a culture intent on telling you who and how to be, standing in your truth is revolutionary. (from the Amazon book description for Taking Sexy Back)
Dr. Alexandra H. Solomon is a clinical assistant professor in the Department of Psychology at Northwestern University and a licensed clinical psychologist. She is the author of the book Loving Bravely: Twenty Lessons of Self-Discovery to Help You Get the Love You Want (New Harbinger, 2017).
Her second book, about sexual self-awareness, Taking Sexy Back: How to Own Your Sexuality and Create the Relationship You Want, was published in February 2020. Dr. Solomon maintains a psychotherapy practice for individual adults and couples, teaches and trains marriage and family therapy graduate students, and teaches the internationally renowned undergraduate course, “Building Loving and Lasting Relationships: Marriage 101.”
Find out more at dralexandrasolomon.com
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212: Implicit Psychotherapy and Couples with Dr. Abi Blakeslee
211: Peace and Healing in Couples Therapy with Dr. Sabrina N'Diaye
210: Narcissism in Couples Therapy with Wendy Behary
209: Trauma in Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) with Kathryn Rheem
208: Dr. Sue Johnson on Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT)
207: Stay or Go? With Sharon Pope
206: Sex and Perfectionism with Tom Murray
205: Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) and Trauma with Leanne Campbell
204: Stepfamily Relationships with Patricia Papernow, Part 2
203: Stepfamily Relationships with Patricia Papernow, Part 1
202: Psychedelics and Relationships with Guy Winch
201: Love Every Day with Alexandra Solomon
200: Peter Levine on Somatic Experiencing and Couples Therapy
199: Brain Science and Relationships with Juliane Taylor Shore
198: Solution-Oriented Approach with Couples with Bill O’Hanlon
197: Intergenerational Trauma and Relationships with Anita Mandley
196: Mental Health for Men with David Khalili
195: PTSD and the Unconscious with Heawon Hake
194: The 10 Habits of Happy Couples with Tina and Michael LeBlanc
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