Dating and Your Brain You have 3 brains: Your frontal lobe which can reason, the limbic system which experiences fear and pleasure and your brain stem which scans for danger and safety. When dating, if you don't understand your reactions, you can misinterpret cues from potential partners and make up [...]
Every couple should be having 2 conversations Every couple should be having 2 conversations; One about the relationship and another about the sexual part of their relationship. https://youtu.be/9Q0pEj2CCEY
Imago Relationship Therapy for Singles Learn more about the upcoming imago relationship singles class starting March 21, 2016 https://youtu.be/k34iZMiU6WQ
Loving a partner with Asperger’s can be both challenging and rewarding On my first date with Mike — we’ve been partners now for 24 years – he asked me “Are we on a date?” And the second date, he asked “Are we still dating? I thought it was so sweet [...]
IMAGO Therapy and the first two Stages of Love: Romantic Love and Power Struggle This video talks about my workshops on IMAGO Relationship Therapy. I describe the first two stages of love and what attracts us to a partner and what causes conflict. The next video will be the final [...]
The final stage of love: Real Love Here I talk about how couples make it to real love, love that is based on reality. I talk about the turtle and the hailstorm as well as how we are attractive to familiar love. It is no accident we are with the [...]
New Study: Younger Gay Men Trending Toward Monogamy Younger Gay Men Trending Toward Monogamy as reflected upon by Dr. Joe Kort A new study, Younger Gay Men’s Perspectives on Monogamy, Non-monogamy, and Marriage describes a significant shift toward monogamy among younger gay men (ages 18 – 39 years old). Of 576 [...]
Dealing with Post Trumpatic Stress Disorder What To Do When Someone You Love Voted For Trump These are trying, scary times for LGBTQ people. We are seeing increasing divisiveness. Every day on Facebook I see people blocking and unfriending each other, and I must admit I have done the same. [...]
The Misleading “Sexual Addiction” Label Wrong labels make for poor therapy For some years now a fight has been going on between those who ascribe to the notion that people struggling with “out of control” sexual behaviors should be labeled “sex addicts” (and treated under the same protocols as other [...]
Is sex addiction real? Depends on whom you ask - CNN.com "To me, 'sex addiction' is a cultural myth," said psychotherapist Joe Kort. "Thirty years ago, we didn't have a better way to describe people who worried that their sexual behavior was out of control, so it made sense to [...]