This is not your standard Hallmark “Happy Valentine’s Day” newsletter. This is a personal disclosure about sex and relationships. Because there are common realities that all of us face sexually, I often use my own relationship as a petri-dish for…

Happy New Year!! At the Intimacy Institute our sexual resolution for 2019 is to offer you ideas each month to better your sex life. We find so many of our couples feel stuck in the same-old routine sexually. They complain…

Fall is a fantastic season for dating! It’s when I got together with my husband, so I might be a bit biased! Lovers can find each other and begin an exciting courtship just in time for the holidays. Having a…

Dear Doctor, Two of my three college roommates have experienced erectile dysfunction a number of times. It hasn’t struck me yet, but I’m wondering if there is any preventive options to keep in mind? —Hoping to keep healthy Dear HTKH,…

The Short Version: Sex isn’t a topic many people want to talk about honestly, especially if things aren’t entirely satisfying in their own bedrooms. Sexual issues can be a significant source of pain and sadness, and those who suffer often…

My husband and I are both sex therapists. We are parents of two young boys, three and one years old. We work, parent, and live very full lives. And yes, we have sex. On occasion. We recently returned from a vacation without…

I frequently get asked, “What inspired you to get into sex therapy?” For years, I had a customary canned answer: Well, my dad was a medical doctor and taught everything about the world as a clinical subject. The benefit was…

Bored in the Bedroom? Let’s be honest, we’ve all had transactional sex. Genital A inserts into or rubs up against Genital B. Friction, friction, more friction. Orgasm. And this act of sex sometimes takes about as long as it does…