Shame – PsychologyTomorrowMagazine

Becoming a Heterosexual Man

May 13, 2016 admin 0

“Fuck you, Mom. I look at porn.” That’s the root of the problem isn’t it? Not just her fault, that would be too easy and too damn typical and childish to stomach. And my continued […]

Sex is far from the primitive, base instinct we are led to believe it is. It’s our most complicated human need. Whether in a casual encounter or a long relationship, through sex we communicate our […]

Sex and Money: Employing Symbols to Better Approach the Source

June 8, 2015 admin 3

I recently relocated to New York after years as a gadabout abroad. While somewhere specific globally, I would find myself in some elusive elsewhere experientially, as my world became one photo op after another by […] […]

Shame Over Money Lost and Found

June 8, 2015 Editor 0

I have defined shame in the past as a word that “designate(s) a family of related emotions. Each member of the family is characterized by an experience of the self as inadequate, or at least […] […]

Celeste Williams – My Beautiful Bastard

June 27, 2014 Editor 0

I opened my eyes to a spider finishing her web on one of the iron rods that supported my bed. The organic thread changed colors, a rainbow dancing across a tightrope, as the sun birthed […]

Graceful Guidelines for Sexual Healing

May 31, 2014 admin 6

Most people in the “recovery” or “therapy” process yearn for sexual healing. I make this statement as a therapist and as a human being who has facilitated myself and many others on the journey. Sexual […] […]

Sexual Honesty: A Challenging and Empowering Journey

May 31, 2014 admin 10

Finding a path to authentic expression of your most taboo sexual desire, from a place where it had been kept secret, is an empowering and healing journey. I had a new client recently who confessed how […] […]

I Am A Slut

May 31, 2014 Ben Peck 5

I first had sex in 1996, when I was 18. It happened in a Columbia University dorm while my roommate was sleeping. A girl from down the hall crept into my bed, took off her […] […]

When It Comes To Sex There is No Difference Between Male and Female Desire

January 28, 2014 Stanley Siegel 3

My daughter Alyssa, a psychotherapist in Portland, Oregon, knows me well enough to question and even challenge my thinking where other colleagues might not. Despite my forty years of practice, Alyssa is able to introduce […] […]

Alyssa Siegel, MS, LPC – Public Private Selves

October 31, 2013 Editor 1

Two of my clients released their secrets to me recently. Secrets that they had never told anyone prior. Secrets that they had been carrying like a overloaded backpack, stuffed with heavy supplies such as rusty […]