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What Do Your Sexual Fantasies Say About Your Mental Health?

2/2/2020

Ryan and Shira talk to Stefani about what our fantasies say about our mental health. Streaming here:

https://omny.fm/shows/let-s-go-there-with-shira-ryan/is-democracy-over

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Mic.com: How to Stay Informed Without Feeling Hopeless

1/26/2020

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“Sites dedicated to sharing the best of what's happening in the world right now are important resources. If you focus too much on the troublesome or overwhelming, it can start to feel like that's all that's happening.”

Read the full article here:
https://www.mic.com/p/how-to-stay-informed-without-feeling-hopeless-20515174

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PornHub: Putting the "Roar" Back Into the Roaring Twenties.

1/24/2020

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"I can’t help but believe that something has been lost, even as we discover ever more ways to indulge humanity’s desire for visual stimuli. If we’re not watching sex together, are we talking about sex together?"

Read the full article here:
https://www.pornhub.com/sex/group-porn-viewing/

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The New Yorker: A Reconsideration of Santa's Lap

12/19/2019

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“Parental disappointment, peer pressure, and pleasing an authority figure—any one of those, for an adult, is a difficult situation,” Stefani Goerlich, a sex-and-relationship therapist who works with trauma survivors, including children, told me. “When you’re five, staring down the end of the line, and it’s almost your turn with Santa, you’re dealing with all three at once.”

Read the full article here:
https://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/a-reconsideration-of-santas-lap

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Mic.Com: How to Survive the Holidays When Your Relatives Don't Know You're Gay

12/19/2019

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“It's okay to choose not to participate in faux straightness,” Goerlich continues. “It's okay to say — if only to yourself — that if you cannot be your authentic self, you're going to stay home. It's okay to decide that you're unwilling to lie about who you are or to hide your partner from your relatives. Give yourself permission to opt out of this paradigm.”

Read the full article here:
https://www.mic.com/p/how-to-survive-the-holidays-when-your-family-doesnt-know-youre-gay-19497650

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Mic.Com: How to Deal with Difficult Relatives, A Therapists Guide

12/10/2019

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"One strategy can be to play dumb when someone says something insulting or offensive. Ask them to explain the comment. Often, when people are forced to extrapolate on their derogatory statements, it takes the wind out of them,” says Goerlich. “Insulting comments thrive when they are fed with laughter or nods of agreement. Someone making an abusive statement will rarely feel comfortable expanding upon their thought process.”

Read the full article here:
https://www.mic.com/p/how-to-deal-with-difficult-relatives-a-therapists-guide-19439982

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Let's Go There with Shira and Ryan

11/14/2019

Click the link below to hear Stefani explain New Relationship Energy and why the excitement fades once couples move in together. The 15 minutes segment begins at the 53:00 mark:

https://www.radio.com/media/audio-channel/your-sex-life-over

FabFitFun Magazine: How To Prepare for Your First Therapy Session

10/14/2019

“Many clients are surprised to hear that their sessions are directed by their needs,” says therapist Stefani Goerlich. Hall agrees that you should, “expect to discuss all your reasons for coming to therapy during your first appointment. Your therapist might ask questions about your family history, your relationships, and your current level of functioning in order to best understand how to help.”

Read the full article here:
https://fabfitfun.com/magazine/what-to-know-before-therapy/

Mic.Com: Do Love Languages Actually Matter? Psychologists Weigh In.

9/24/2019

“People are only incompatible when they are unwilling to learn and respond to their partners needs,...Where there is willingness to adapt and grow, there is always the potential for long-term happiness.”

Read the full article here:
https://www.mic.com/p/do-love-languages-actually-matter-psychologists-weigh-in-18799908

Sexology Podcast: Kinky Couples

9/10/2019

Stefani speaks with Dr. Nazanim Maoli, where she discusses her clinical work with and her advocacy for erotic minorities.

Listen to the full episode here:
http://www.sexologypodcast.com/2019/09/03/kinky-couples-with-stefani-goerlich/

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What Do Your Sexual Fantasies Say About Your Mental Health?

Mic.com: How to Stay Informed Without Feeling Hopeless

PornHub: Putting the "Roar" Back Into the Roaring Twenties.

The New Yorker: A Reconsideration of Santa's Lap

Mic.Com: How to Survive the Holidays When Your Relatives Don't Know You're Gay

Mic.Com: How to Deal with Difficult Relatives, A Therapists Guide

Let's Go There with Shira and Ryan

FabFitFun Magazine: How To Prepare for Your First Therapy Session

Mic.Com: Do Love Languages Actually Matter? Psychologists Weigh In.

Sexology Podcast: Kinky Couples

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