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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192: Vienna Pharaon on Therapist Burnout
191: The Key to Every Conversation in Couples Therapy
190: Intensive EFT with Jim Thomas
189: Healthy Conflict with Jessica Higgins
188: Polyvagal Theory in EFT Couples Therapy with Rebecca Jorgensen
187: Premarital Counseling with Rachel Dorneanu
186: Stan Tatkin on Co-Constructing Your Relationship
185: The Impact of Siblings on Your Relationship with Karen Gail Lewis
184: Katherine Woodward Thomas on How to Evolve Beyond Your Attachment Style
183: Systemic Trauma in Couples Therapy with Akilah Riley-Richardson
182: Parenting Adult Children with Laurence Steinberg
181: Is a Relationship Salvageable After an Affair with Talal Alsaleem
180: Enneagram and Couples part 2 with Kristy Gaisford
179: Healing from Betrayal with LaDonna Carey
178: Trauma-Informed Couples Therapy with Irina Wen
177: Understanding People Pleasing with Natalie Lue
176: Using the Enneagram in Couples Therapy with Louisa Krause
175: Working with Emotional Avoidance
174: Eroticism in Couples Therapy with Cyndi Darnell
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