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Sexual Messages Affect All Our Lives

Presenting to a group of Marriage and Family Therapists and students last Friday at the Austin Association of Marriage and Family Therapy monthly meeting, it struck me how we all…no matter our age, ethnicity, race, socioeconomic status, sexual orientation, or gender…are affected by our upbringing, especially pertaining to sex. We receive sexual messages through our…

Movie “Trainwreck” is anything but…

Written by and starring Amy Schumer, Trainwreck, is chocked full of hilarious sex scenes that reflect many of the issues my clients bring into their sessions.  Two sisters grow up to become very different relationally after their parents’ divorce and father’s messages that “monogamy is not realistic.”  Amy could be treated for an “intimacy disorder,” as…