Blog Posts - bound together counseling

Mic.com: what are neopronouns and how do they honor identity?

5/13/2021

“Regardless of one's personal feelings around these new creative terms, our response should always be based on kindness and courtesy,” says Goerlich. “It doesn’t injure me to know that my coworker Henry prefers to be called Hank. Likewise the same courtesy should be extended to my colleague Gia, who prefers zie rather than she.”

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Cosmopolitan.com: 29 dirty Sex questions to ask your partner next date night

4/12/2021

"Are they imagining a specific scenario? Are they concentrating on the physical sensations they’re experiencing? Are they thinking about you? Knowing where their brain goes when they’re having solo sex can be a great bit of insight for you to have when you’re having sex together too,”

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https://www.cosmopolitan.com/sex-love/a36098838/freaky-questions-to-ask-your-partner/

psychology today: what we mean when we talk about power exchange

4/11/2021

“We don’t wear leather and latex. We can’t afford all the fancy equipment. And we wouldn’t ever want to go to a public dungeon, even if we did know how to find one! Does that mean we’re doing something wrong? Are we bad at BDSM?”

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pornhub.com: the higher the heel, the closer to heaven

4/5/2021

"The connection between stilettos and sex has become so ingrained that an image of the shoe alone is sufficient to serve as a visual shorthand for seduction. But this hasn’t always been the case."

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psychology today: mixing it up in the bedroom

3/28/2021

"Working through relationship desires that seem to be mutually exclusive can be fraught and challenging—but it is possible! For some, simply being able to acknowledge their orientation, without ever acting on it, is sufficient. They no longer feel compelled to live a life of secrecy, code-switching with their partners and living in fear of being outed as something other than what they were perceived to be. For others, however, this is not enough."

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Insider: Sex therapists share the 6 best-of-the-best sex positions for maximum pleasure

3/26/2021

"For the penetrated partner, this position allows them to control the pace, speed, and depth of the penetration, which can be great for people who might have anxiety around sex or simply be really particular about what works best for them,"

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psychology today: the scandal of monogamy

3/22/2021

" it can be incredibly difficult to find science-based reasons for embracing monogamy. Across time and species, non-monogamy has been the biological default."

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Mic.com: Re-entry anxiety is real. Here's how to cope

3/22/2021

“Be as gentle with yourself as you would with anyone else who has just experienced a traumatic event... Slow, acclimatizing, experiences are better than jumping into the deep end and being unprepared for how you may respond"

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psychology today: 'Alternative' relationships: the new way of doing old things

3/13/2021

"Often, when my clients bring up the topic of exploring “alternative” relationship models, they feel as if they are stepping out into an uncharted world that few have dared to brave before. They don’t realize that non-monogamy was the norm for most of human history."

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The list.com: How To Improve Your Relationship Based On Your Love Language

3/11/2021

"Eight times out of ten, whatever the issues are that my client-couples bring to the table, they are rooted in a fundamental misalignment in how each partner gives and receives love."

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