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Sexual Abuse Q&A: Moving Through Childhood Sexual Trauma and Learning to Embrace Your Sexuality

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Q: I was sexually abused as a child. Will I ever learn to enjoy sex? I am a married man and I just can’t get excited about it at all, even though I love my wife. First, I am sorry that you ever had such things happen to you. No child should ever be hassled with...

A Sex Therapist’s Response to “Call Me Crazy”

Marriage and Relationships, Sex and Mental Health, Sex Therapy in Newport Beach, Sex Therapy in Orange County, Sexual Abuse and Survivorship

Last week I alerted you to a Lifetime Television program, "Call Me Crazy." In five vignettes, the movie outlined struggles of people with mental illness in the context of family relationships. I would give this film two thumbs up. Like...

Sexual Pain? How A Psychologist Can Help A Woman with Vulvodynia

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Last week I was part of a panel of experts on vulvodynia who spoke about the treatment of this confounding syndrome at Mission Hospital. Vulvodynia–literally, pain in the vulva area–can be distressing for both a woman and her partner. ...

How Does Sex Therapy Work?

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Sex therapy is the name given to psychotherapy that focuses on treating people’s sexuality and relationships. Like psychotherapy, sex therapy is a form of talk therapy. There is no touching, nudity, or sexual activity in the psychotherapist’s office. ...

Penn State Sex Scandal: Sexual Secrets and Reporting Sexual Abuse

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Like all of you, I have been reading about and listening to commentary about the Penn State sex scandal and responding with horror and disgust. Just last week, I wrote about the scandal in the Boy Scouts here in Orange County. Now it was happening all...

Men Sexually Abused as Children: Boy Scouts Failure to Protect

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It's organizational abuse all over again. Like the Catholic church, it appears that the Boy Scouts of America (BSA) systematically and intentionally protected molesters rather than protect the children. A story in the Los Angeles Times on Sunday,...