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Sex Education

Experimenting with Mutual Masturbation

Experimenting with Mutual Masturbation

By Margaret Fromuth, MFT

What is mutual masturbation and what are its benefits? Mutual masturbation is an expression of intimacy that can build upon basic sexual connections. By definition, mutual masturbation is when couples masturbate themselves while in the presence of t...

Getting Kinky

Getting Kinky

By Margaret Fromuth, MFT

Perhaps you and your partner have decided you’re going to try some new kinky activities in the bedroom buuuuuuut you’re not really sure what you and your partner are willing to try together. You know that you for sure don’t want to have your hair pul...

Myths about herpes

Myths About Herpes

By Melvin Tillman

Despite the stigma, a lot of people have some strain of herpes. Approximately 20% of the population has HSV-2 (herpes simplex virus - type 2) (i.e., genital herpes), while about 80% has HSV-1 (herpes simplex virus - type 1) (i.e., cold sore...

Hot Sex In The Summer

Hot Sex In the Summer

By Melvin Tillman

Temperatures keep on climbing as the summer experiences heatwave after heatwave. The summer heat can affect different parts of life, such as exercise, traveling to work, and AC costs. However, high heat can also affect a person’s sex life. For inst...

Assessing your sexual health

Assessing Your Sexual Health

By Center for Growth Therapists

What does the term “sexual health” mean to you? You may have heard it used at your doctor’s office, in sex ed, or with potential sexual partners, but have you ever wondered what it really means? This tip will provide an expanded definition of sexual ...

Casual sex with herpes

Casual Sex with Herpes

By Melvin Tillman

Whether the diagnosis is recent or old, some people with HSV (herpes simplex virus) may see herpes and casual sex as mutually exclusive. Because they have HSV-1 or 2, there can be the idea that the person will never have casual sex again. ...

Too many lovers

Too Many Sexual Partners Challenged

By Melvin Tillman

Despite sex-positivity becoming more popular, the stigma of too many sexual partners still exists in the United States. It doesn’t help that the stigma is so subjective. After all, “too many” can mean either three or 30 depending on whom you ask. R...

Too many sexual partners

Too Many Sexual Partners

By Melvin Tillman

Sex culture in the United States is conflicting. Media and apps promote a sex-positive narrative, but peers and family members might promote a negative one. This is perhaps why so many people still question whether they have too many sexual...

Masturbation exercises for ED

Masturbation Exercise for ED

By Center for Growth Therapists

Gaining Control of Your Erections through Mindful Touch Erectile dysfunction is a relatively common issue amongst people with penises, and most people will find themselves unable to achieve a wanted erection at some point in their lives. Before becom...

Learning Sexual Boundaries

Learning Sexual Boundaries

By "Alex" Caroline Robboy

Looking for ideas to spice up your sex life? Interested in getting to know a new partner’s sexual interests and boundaries? Need a neutral starting point to begin sharing sex ideas that recover the passion you used to have in your relationship? Unawa...

Outercourse Games

Outercourse Games

By Center for Growth Therapists

Many couples come to sex therapists for help with their sex lives. Sometimes couples have lost the spark and need help spicing their sex lives back up. Others encounter sexual dysfunctions like painful sex, erectile disorder, low desire, premature e...

Agency

Agency

By "Alex" Caroline Robboy

Learning how to develop more agency can be particularly useful for people who are codependent or simply tend to be givers in relationships. Giving is a great quality to have in successful relationships. When giving to your friends is healthiest, giv...

When To Breakup

When To Break Up

By "Alex" Caroline Robboy

In the Early Stages of Dating, Knowing When to Break Up Questions to ask yourself when debating a breakup: You have felt stuck in your relationship for a while now. You go back and forth about breaking up with your partner all the time. You are feel...

Communicating with your partner about the length of sex

Communication with your partner about the Length of Sex

By Center for Growth Therapists

Many men think about how long they last before orgasming and wonder if they are normal or not, whether their performance is good enough, or how satisfied their partners are. Some women may not feel comfortable telling you to hurry up sex to avoid hur...

Dangers of Lasting Longer

The Dangers of Lasting Longer

By Center for Growth Therapists

How often do you think about if you are lasting long enough in the bedroom as opposed to lasting too long? Worried about your sexual performance because of how quickly you achieve orgasm during intercourse? There is a ton of emphasis in our culture ...

Understanding your partners traumatic experience of painful sex

Understanding your Partner’s Traumatic Experience of Painful Sex

By Center for Growth Therapists

Are you frustrated with your sex life? Don’t know why your girlfriend is experiencing painful sex? Unsure about how to help her overcome the chronic traumatic sexual pain that she experiences? Maybe your partner has disclosed that she just received a...

Stress Reduction The 4 Elements Exercise

Stress Reduction: The 4 Elements Exercise

By "Alex" Caroline Robboy

Stress Reduction: The 4 Elements Exercise We all have the need for stress reduction in our lives, whether it's a onetime stressor, such as a big exam or meeting a significant other's parents for the first time, while some stressors stay with you, suc...

Supporting your Depressed Partner

Supporting your Depressed Partner

By "Alex" Caroline Robboy

Supporting your Depressed Partner: Having a partner to share your life with can be a very rewarding and life changing experience. There may be times in most relationships however, when someone’s viewpoint and way of life may not match their loved one...

How to Communicate your Remorse after Cheating

How to Communicate your Remorse after Cheating

By Center for Growth Therapists

Humans make meaning in the world and communicate with others through language. The language following the discovery or disclosure of an affair is very important to the healing process. The meaning that infidelity takes on for people varies. Difficul...

Powerful 5 Minute Intimacy Exercise

Powerful 5-Minute Intimacy Exercise

By Tonya McDaniel

Powerful 5-Minute Intimacy Exercise Looking to build more intimacy in your relationship? This powerful 5-minute intimacy exercise can help you build your connection to your partner, decrease the effects of daily strain, and increase your ability to r...

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