Getting Your Relationship and Sex Questions Answered: Differing Sexual Styles Dear Jen, My partner really likes a certain sexual position, but I CANNOT stand it. How can we make our sex life work? Does it mean that we both have to do without what we really enjoy in order to compromise? Sincerely, Unsatisfied Dear Unsatisfied,…
Fighting Fair Do you and your partner fight fair? Would you know what fighting fair looks like if you saw it? As a couple’s therapist, I see clients come in the door and break down their fights to me. One of the first things I notice is how mean couples can be toward each other. I…
Jiggy with Jen: Your Relationship and Sex Questions Answered Dear Jen, How much masturbation is too much masturbation? Asking For a Friend Dear Asking For a Friend, This is a pretty common question, especially with people talking about things like porn and/or sex addiction. The agonizingly simple answer is, naturally, it depends. I think…
What Are We Fighting About? Most individuals in a relationship have experienced a disagreement with their significant other where they are left to wonder “what the (fill in the blank) just happened?”. Maybe the argument started off about something trivial like a cup in the sink or a light being left on but ended with…
Dr. Viviana is always on the look out for the best articles and new pertaining to Relationship therapy she constantly shares insight on her Facebook and Twitter accounts and even occasional video messages on Instagram. This month we are bringing her favorites right to your inbox! You Like It, You Really Like It: Read the…
To Swing or Not to Swing I recently had a couple come into session because several months ago they made the decision to change their sexual lifestyle to become “swingers.” That is they engage in sexual activity with other couples. They reported that they had decided to inform some of their friends about this lifestyle…
Where did PRIDE Come From? Over the past 46 years, annual gay pride parades have become tradition in dozens of cities worldwide. They have evolved from radical marches into festive parades with elaborate floats and notable participants, including politicians and well-known entertainers. In most cities, the parades are part of a larger celebration known as…
10 Tips to Get Your Woman’s Panties to Drop So for starters, none of these are guaranteed; however, they often help get women in the mood and it couldn’t hurt, right?! Take time to woo her. Take her out on a date, write her a poem, bring her flowers, Netflix and chill is not ideal…
Communicate Like a (Modern) Man In family therapy, it is believed that a family is made up of interdependent parts; that if one piece of the puzzle or member of the family changes roles, the whole system finds a way to adjust in response to the change. We are witnessing a similar adaptation in our…
TEXAS NEWS Research: Online streaming killing couples’ sex lives posted by iHeartMedia’s Audrey Morton @audballTX for @KTRHnews – New research finds that couples are watching programs together in bed, rather than being romantic.Lancaster University UK researchers found online streaming is busiest between 10 and 11 p.m. Marriage, family and sex therapist Dr. Viviana Coles does find it…