Tag: intimacy

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Can Online Therapy Sessions Rival The Intimacy Of In-Person Counseling?

Most of you can build genuine therapeutic intimacy in online therapy when you and your therapist attend to communication, privacy, and facial cues, though certain in-person nuances may remain different. Key Takeaways: Research shows strong therapeutic alliances can form in online therapy, producing outcomes comparable to in-person care for many common conditions. Video conferencing preserves […]

Seeking Greater Intimacy? Think About Sex.

Try this experiment: Place your full attention on something sexual for several minutes and then think about it for a little while. Afterwards, take notice if you seem to be more talkative. New research cited in a recent article by Elizabeth Bernstein says you will be. And, notably, it suggests that you will also be more inclined to reveal aspects of […]

What is Great Sex (Part 2)

In Part 1 of this article, I reviewed a study of individuals who characterized their sex lives as “great.” [1] In that study, researchers interviewed SM practitioners, people over age 65 in long-term relationships, and professional sex therapists. They then extrapolated from their descriptions six components of optimal sex. Part 1 of this article examined […]

What is great sex? (Part 1)

I have a question for you . . . . . Can you recall the best sex you ever had? What made it great? Chances are it wasn’t the technique you read in Cosmo or GQ. It was likely something less tangible – perhaps indescribable. The definition of great sex has been largely […]