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A Trauma-Informed Couple-Centered Approach to Sex Therapy
Marissa Moore Marissa Moore

A Trauma-Informed Couple-Centered Approach to Sex Therapy

We approach sex therapy through a trauma-informed, relational lens. That means we understand how trauma, especially sexual or interpersonal trauma affects not just the individual, but the emotional and physical dynamic between partners.

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Understanding the Loss of Identity in New Motherhood
Marissa Moore Marissa Moore

Understanding the Loss of Identity in New Motherhood

Becoming a parent involves significant psychological, relational, and physical changes. While new motherhood is often socially framed as a joyful transition, it also involves the restructuring of one’s identity, autonomy, and emotional life.

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The Truth About Spontaneous vs. Responsive Desire in Long-Term Relationships
Marissa Moore Marissa Moore

The Truth About Spontaneous vs. Responsive Desire in Long-Term Relationships

When couples don’t understand the difference between spontaneous and responsive desire, it can lead to tension, shame, and miscommunication. One partner may feel rejected. The other might feel pressure or guilt. Both may start to worry that their relationship is broken. In sex therapy, we help couples rewrite this narrative.

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The Struggles of Finding a Work-life Balance
Sabahat Sarfaraz Sabahat Sarfaraz

The Struggles of Finding a Work-life Balance

Work life balance is a term that we see thrown around quite a lot, yet so many of us struggle to maintain this balance. This is a common issue that comes up in my work with clients. This is because we live in a society that values and rewards productivity, and glamorizes ‘hustle-culture.’ We’re taught that if we don’t struggle, we are not working hard enough; we need to struggle to prove our worth.

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Decolonizing Gender Language 
Adina LaFare Adina LaFare

Decolonizing Gender Language 

The process of exploring one’s own gender identity involves recognizing social, political, cultural, and personal ideologies and constructs.

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Common Mental Health Struggles of First and Second Generation Immigrants 
Sabahat Sarfaraz Sabahat Sarfaraz

Common Mental Health Struggles of First and Second Generation Immigrants 

Immigrants and children of immigrants often grow up wanting to assimilate and to belong to the dominant culture. At the same time, there may be pressure to also uphold certain cultural values and traditions at home. It becomes difficult to equally honor both parts of our identity, especially if you come from a cultural and ethnic background that values different things than the American society

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