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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113: Shane Birkel on the Impact of Childhood Neglect on Relationships
112: Dr. Pat Love on The 5 Forces Destroying Your Relationship that You Probably Never Heard Of
111: Helen Fisher on The Anatomy of Love
110: Alexandra Katehakis on Sex Addiction and Healthy Sex - (rerun)
109: Janis Abrahms Spring on Healing After an Affair - (rerun)
108: Laura Long on Marketing, Niching, Websites
107: Removing Blocks to Success with Kine Corder
106: Sue Johnson on Emotionally Focused Therapy
105: Ellyn Bader on The Developmental Model of Couples Therapy - (Rerun)
104: Gottman and RLT Comparison with Zach Brittle
103: When HE Has a Higher Sex Drive than SHE with Susan Bratton
102: Couples Intensive Retreats with Kerry Lusignan
101: How to Help Your Partner Heal from an Affair with Linda MacDonald
100: Harville Hendrix on Imago Therapy - (rerun)
099: The Importance of Conflict for Couples with CrisMarie Campbell and Susan Clarke
098: Neurodiverse Couples with Grace Myhill
097: Female Desire with Lisa Taddeo
096: Elliott Connie on Solution Focused Brief Therapy
095: How to Be a Functional Adult with Jan Bergstrom
094: ADHD and Couples Therapy with Ari Tuckman
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