Playing with Gender This article is about justification of how some men enjoy fetishizing and objectifying gender play gender play. It is not about being transexual or transgender. Many people who are trans find this offensive as they do not want to be fetishized or objectified. Occasionally a woman comes [...]
The Dating Patterns Gay Men Can't Stop Repeating with Michael Pezzullo Michael Pezzullo, LMFT, is a licensed marriage and family therapist, gay men’s therapist, relationship coach, speaker, and creator of Therapy for Gay Men. His work focuses on helping gay men understand the deeper emotional and [...]
The Psychology of Fetish and Emotional Power Exchange with Master Arch Master Arch is a fetish worker, pro dom, fetish creator, death escort, and financial fetishist whose work explores the deeper emotional and psychological sides of fetish culture. His work focuses on financial domination, emotional masochism, [...]
The Hidden Abuse and Trauma of Growing Up Gaywith Ray Aubel Ray Aubel is a hypnotherapist, positivity coach, and founder of Intuitive Mind Hypnosis whose work focuses on helping people break free from anxiety, self-doubt, and deeply ingrained subconscious patterns. Through hypnosis and coaching, Ray helps clients understand [...]
Why Sex Is Never Just Sex with Juliane Maxwald Juliane Maxwald is a licensed psychoanalyst and AASECT certified sex therapist whose work focuses on the deeper psychological dynamics shaping sexuality, desire, and relationships. With over 15 years of experience, she integrates psychoanalytic theory with modern sex [...]
Patriarchy, Relegion, and the Myth of "Real Sex" As a sex and relationship therapist, when I ask if my clients are having sex, a typical response will be something like: “No, not yet. I am waiting until I am serious with someone, and until then, I am only doing oral [...]
Why Sexuality Changes Over Time with Jessica Levith Jessica Levith is a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and certified sex therapist whose work focuses on how life experiences shape sexuality. Trained in attachment focused EMDR and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, she helps clients understand their sexual [...]
5 Reasons Not to Ghost Your Therapist Understandably, there are degrees of ghosting. We can imagine ghosting as existing along a spectrum, ranging from extreme acts of emotional erasure to more socially accepted forms of quiet withdrawal. We might place Kate Winslet’s character in Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind at [...]
When Penetration Isn't the Only Option with Justin Depow Justin Depow is the inventor of C*ck Block, the first sex tech product designed specifically to combine penetration and frot in one shared experience. After leaving a successful corporate career in product management, Justin took a personal [...]
You Can Move Past Erectile Disappointment and Build a Healthy, Satisfying Sex Life My fellow sex therapists and I are seeing a growing number of teens and young men experiencing problems with erectile dysfunction (ED). We prefer to call it erectile disappointment because we believe this term better defines the [...]