What happens when daydreams turn from peppermint mocha everything to cuffing and cozying and curling up with your favorite long-term hottie?
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Toys For Men & Their Partners
Remember those childhood lessons on sharing? They apply to sex and sex toys, too. These new playground rules can be pretty fun!
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Why Solo Sex is Important
Be a pioneer. Be an explorer. The voyage of sexual self discovery is one that has no final destination — but it’s one heck of a journey!
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Gay Sexual Medicine
I am often surprised when I am asked if we offer Gay Sexual Medicine (as if who a person has sex with determines sexual function). The short answer is “Yes,” but then I am really uncomfortable with that answer too! We work in Sexual Medicine – Period. Gay, bi, straight, pansexual, asexual, omnisexual, whatever – …
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Penis Dysmorphia
Penis Dysmorphia is a very real mental disorder. Just as Body Dysmorphia affects the way we see our body, penis dysmorphia changes the reality of how we perceive our penis. Men who have this condition view their penis as abnormally small to the point of shame, humiliation, and isolation. They generally avoid all sexual activity …
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Planning IS Sexy
Our culture often leads us to believe that the best sex is spontaneous sex. After a candlelit dinner, one partner sweeps the other off their feet and away they go to the bedroom for passionate sex. In real life, when it “should” be time for sex, you might be feeling tired after a busy day …
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Not in the Mood? Could be the Winter Blues
For many people, there is a feeling of exuberance and freedom that comes on the first real day of spring, when you step outside in shorts and a t-shirt for the first time in months and the warm sun hits your skin. On the other hand, the longer, darker days of winter can bring with …
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Finding a Sexual Dysfunction Expert
Finding an expert in any field takes a lot of work. In the field of sexuality and sexual medicine, it is an even more daunting task. It’s difficult to find a doctor we feel comfortable with and finding a doctor who is comfortable with sexuality is even more challenging. Most of us turn to the …
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Whole Person Sex Treatments
One of the most common questions I hear, even by mental health professionals, is that if sexual function issues are anxiety based, why do we recommend using medical intervention? Their assumption is that if it is not a physiological problem, why treat it medically? I could write a whole book on the interconnectedness of the …
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Sexual Happiness: It’s Not the Destination, It’s the Journey
Just like in life, there is no amount of money, no expensive car, nor is there a private island that is going to make you feel “successful” in terms of happiness. Happiness is that time you won the 5k Race in your home town park. It’s the Bahama vacation you took with your college roommates. …
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