What Happens in Couples Therapy for Sexual Problems?

A question I often get from potential clients is, what happens in couples therapy for sexual problems?  They usually want to know if we will work on the entire relationship, or just focus on the couple's sex life.  The answer is, it depends!  If...

Erectile Dysfunction: Medical or Psychological?

Oops, it happened again.  A man in his early sixties came into my office with longstanding problems with erections.  He had many factors working against him:  He had a high-pressured career, he was overweight, and as the nest was emptying, he had...

Is ‘Sex at Dawn’ the Same as Sex in 2013?

I haven't read Sex at Dawn but I have certainly read about it.  The idea is that humans aren't meant to be monogamous, because theories of natural selection and other forces in our prehuman history make it more genetically advantageous to our species to...

Hope Springs–If You Try

I saw Hope Springs over the weekend with my husband of 26 years. Meryl Streep (Kay) and Tommy Lee Jones (Arnold) did a fantastic job of portraying a couple married 31 years whose marriage has soured.  Sleeping in separate bedrooms, they've become robotic in...