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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052: Harville Hendrix on Imago Couples Therapy
051: How to Have an Amazing First Couples Therapy Session with Shane Birkel
050: Ian Kerner on Treating Sexual Issues in Couples Therapy
049: Ellyn Bader on The Developmental Model of Couples Therapy
048: Kinky Folks and Non-Traditional Couples with Heather Garner
047: George Faller on Pursuers and Withdrawers in EFT
046: Millennials and Gen Zs in Love with Shadeen Francis
045: Multi-Heritage Couples with Melvin Escobar
044: Building an Online Presence through Social Media with Dr. Julie Hanks
043: Beyond Mars and Venus with John Gray
042: Katherine Woodward Thomas on Conscious Uncoupling
041: Alexandra Katehakis on Sex Addiction and Healthy Sex
040: Polyamorous Relationships with Jonathan Burstein
039: Lynn Grodzki on Building Your Private Practice
038: Terry Real on Relational Life Therapy
037: Janis Abrahms Spring on Healing After an Affair
036: Co-Parenting through Divorce with Karen Bonnell
035: Stan Tatkin on A Psychobiological Approach to Couple Therapy
034: 10 Ways to Make More Money in Your Private Practice
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