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By Margie Nichols, Ph.D Jack Morin says the thing that derails the sex life of long-term couples is the romantic myths they adhere to. Below I’ve listed the most common myths we associate with love. Take the test below: Read the following assertions- check which ones you believe: If he/she loves me, he/she will •…
By Margie Nichols, Ph.D. What ails women? The short answer is – that elusive thing called desire. The most common reason that women seek therapy for sexual problems is ‘lack of desire,’ which sometimes means – “the thought of sex with ANYONE leaves me cold” and other times means “the thought of having sex with…
In the video I explain a little about the difference between sex therapists and ‘regular’ therapists – i.e., licensed psychologists, social workers, counselors- including marriage counselors. In a word: sex therapists are specialists. You wouldn’t go to your family physician if you needed heart surgery, and you don’t go to a counselor for help with…
Neil Selden, who has worked as a therapist/counselor for over fifty and been at IPG for over twenty, is an inspiration to his clients and many of the staff. As a young man he traveled to India and became the disciple of an Indian holy man called “Thakur.” When Neil returned to the U.S….
By Margie Nichols, Ph.D. In a previous post I wrote about Jack Morin’s research on long-term couples who still have regular, satisfying sex lives. Like Morin, in both my career and personal life I’ve seen great relationships with lousy sex and vice versa. I’ve seen high passion give way to boredom, but sometimes – I’ve…
By Margie Nichols, Ph.D. Years ago Jack Morin wowed the field of sexology with his book “The Erotic Mind.” He created a new paradigm for sexual arousal that explained why sex can be particularly hot if it is taboo, forbidden, unattainable, and why couples seem to lose interest in sex the longer the relationship goes…
Something remarkable happened last week in the scientific community, and the story is unfolding, finally being picked up by the mainstream media via Rachel Maddow of MSNBC in her April 18th interview with Gabriel Arana. In ‘My So-Called Ex-Gay Life,’ Arana wrote a moving account of his own horrific experiences with ex-gay ‘reparative’ therapy, the…
Today, Robert Spitzer revealed the content of the letter he is sending to Ken Zucker, editor of the Archives of Sexual Behavior, the journal that originally published his study that concluded that ‘ex-gay’ therapy worked for highly motivated individuals. This article has been the single most influential piece ‘ scientific evidence’ that the Christian Right…
Early in March Elizabeth Bernstein reported in the Wall Street Journal on a study that followed 300 long-term heterosexual couples for five years. All couples received relationship skills training- a.k.a., behaviorally based, here-and-now couples counseling- but some received it ‘solo’ – in other words, only one partner, usually the woman, got counseling. Both groups experienced…
So, is it “bah humbug,” winter blues, or a full blown clinical depression? There are many reasons or even a combination of reasons why a person might become depressed, and although the types of depression may differ, many of the symptoms can be very similar and may only vary in their severity and duration. Some…
