Sex, Love, & Couples Therapy Jacob Brown
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Everyone wants to be loved, that’s a universal desire. But sometimes our relationships can be confusing, frustrating, or even drive us crazy. Sex, Love, and Couples Therapy will help you understand what’s happening in your relationship, and help you and your partner feel closer, more connected, and more loving.My name is Jacob Brown, and I’m a Couples Therapist in San Francisco. To learn more about me and my practice, visit my website www.jbamft.com. And I hope you enjoy the show!
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110. Creating a secure Ethical Non Monogamous relationship with Jessica Fern.
Send us a Text Message.What is ENM - Ethical Non Monogamy? What does ENM mean? How can you have a deep, meaningful, and secure relationship with multiple partners? These are the difficult questions that my guest Jessica Fern will answer. The world has always treated poly relationships as second-class, not "real" relationships. But in her groundbreaking book, Jessica Fern shows how ENM relationships can carry the same deep meaning and provide secure attachment as monoga...
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109. Emotionally Immature Parents with Dr. Lindsay Gibson
Send us a Text Message.Growing up with self-involved or emotionally immature parents can make childhood very hard. You may be well taken care of, have a stable home life, and get birthday parties, but still feel that something was really lacking in your childhood. If your parents are emotionally unable to really connect with you, then you may still grow up feeling emotionally empty. In her landmark book Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents, Dr. Lindsay Gibson explains how conf...
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108. Surviving Infidelity: Sex after the affair with Jennifer Gingras
Send us a Text Message.Starting to have sex again after an affair is often a major stumbling block for couples. Being intimate can trigger intense feelings of shame, anxiety, and sadness for both partners. But becoming more physically and emotionally intimate gives the couple a way to slowly work through these difficult feelings. In addition, by demonstrating patience, empathy, and kindness, the involved partner can play an active role in helping their injured partner heal a...
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107. I forgive you - steps to forgiveness with Dr. Fred Luskin
Send us a Text Message.Why is it so hard to say "I forgive you"? Is it really possible to forgive someone who's hurt you? If you forgive does that mean that you condone bad behavior? What are the steps to forgiveness? In this fascinating discussion with Dr. Fred Luskin, the world-recognized expert on forgiveness, we'll learn the steps to forgiveness and why it's important to forgive. And, most important, how forgiveness actually frees us from the...
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106. Masturbation in Marriage with Dr. Ari Tuckman
Send us a Text Message.Masturbation is often a taboo subject in marriage. People keep it hidden out of shame and fear of hurting their partner's feelings. And for some, a partner masturbating brings up deep feelings of shame. They feel that this is proof that they are not desired, and they feel deeply hurt that "my husband prefers his hand over me", or "my wife prefers her vibrator over me". These feelings lead to efforts to ban masturbation from the marriage which just...
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101. When the sex stops in your relationship
Send us a Text Message.Why do couples stop having sex? It can feel like a mystery. You get along great, you have a good relationship, but for some reason, your sex life has slowly disappeared. What is really happening when sex stops in your relationship?When the intimacy stops in a relationship couples often seek therapy. Young couples, middle-aged, and old couples, unhappy that they've stopped having sex and can't seem to find a way back. In this episode, I...