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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172: Deepening Our Work with Clients and Selves with Dr. Sabrina N'Diaye
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169: Somatic Experiencing and Couples with Abi Blakeslee
168: Neurobiology and Relationships with Juliane Taylor Shore
167: The Science of Psychotherapy with Richard Hill and Matthew Dahlitz
166: Harville Hendrix and Helen LaKelly Hunt In The Space-Between
165: Facing Adversity as a Therapist with Wesley Little
164: Healing the Trauma from Supremacy Culture with Shirani Pathak
163: Self-Esteem and Boundaries part 2 with Shane Birkel
162: Self-Esteem and Boundaries part 1 with Shane Birkel
161: Healing After Divorce with Kristy Gaisford and Jerry Sander
160: Feedback Informed Treatment and Couples with Beth Irias
159: Infidelity Recovery with Talal Alsaleem
158: Being Bold in Couples Therapy with Pam Staples
157: Internal Family Systems and Couples with Liz Phillips
156: Joining Through the Truth in RLT with Shane Birkel
155: Developmental and Relational Trauma with Rick Butts
154: Elliott Connie on Solution Focused Brief Therapy and Couples
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