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What Does a Sex Therapist Do?

  • by Cyndi
  • November 28, 2025December 2, 2025

What Does a Sex Therapist Do? I get some very funny reactions when I am at dinner parties and people find out what my job… Read More »What Does a Sex Therapist Do?

How to Initiate Sex

  • by Cyndi
  • November 24, 2025November 28, 2025

How To Initiate Sex Initiating sex can be uncomfortable for many of us. You may be the type who initiates by grabbing a part of… Read More »How to Initiate Sex

Rough Sex Anyone?

  • by Cyndi
  • April 24, 2021January 28, 2023

Rough Sex Anyone?My current lover and I have been having quite rough sex. Hair pulling,  choking and slapping, etc. I am really enjoying it in… Read More »Rough Sex Anyone?

Understanding Your Erotic Values

  • by Cyndi
  • October 25, 2017January 28, 2023

UNDERSTANDING YOUR EROTIC VALUESMany relationships counselors will talk about ‘relationship values’. Relationship values are what motivates us to find fulfillment in a relationship. For example,… Read More »Understanding Your Erotic Values

Why Speaking About Sex Is Important!

  • by Cyndi
  • April 18, 2016March 10, 2020

Why Speaking About Sex Is Important! With the volume of sexually explicit material available to us online these days not to mention easy access to it… Read More »Why Speaking About Sex Is Important!

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