What Exactly Is Sexual Satisfaction?
Two recent studies inform us that sexual satisfaction consists of much more than pleasurable sensations.read more (Source: Psychology Today Sex Center)
Source: Psychology Today Sex Center - January 11, 2015 Category: Sexual Medicine Authors: Michael Shelton, MS, CAC Tags: Relationships Sex Source Type: news

How to Deal with Passive-Aggressive Relationships
Are you dealing with someone who’s passive-aggressive in your life? Relating to a passive-aggressive person can be a difficult experience, with many moments of frustration, anger, and despair. How can you stay on top of the situation and maintain your equanimity? Here are keys to successfully handle passive-aggressive personal relationships...read more (Source: Psychology Today Sex Center)
Source: Psychology Today Sex Center - January 11, 2015 Category: Sexual Medicine Authors: Preston Ni, M.S.B.A. Tags: Addiction Aging Anxiety Behavioral Economics Child Development Depression Education Environment Ethics and Morality Evolutionary Psychology Gender Happiness Health Intelligence Law and Crime Media Parenting Personality Source Type: news

The Consequences of Lying About Sexual Assault
We all lose when the media gives Lena Dunham a pass.read more (Source: Psychology Today Sex Center)
Source: Psychology Today Sex Center - January 10, 2015 Category: Sexual Medicine Authors: J. R. Bruns, M.D. Tags: Relationships Sex Dominique Vasquez Dr. Helen Smith girls HBO Jackie Lena Dunham Men On Strike NBC Oberlin College Pi Kappa Psi Fraternity Republican named Barry Rolling Stone Magazine Savannah Guthrie sexual assault Teresa Source Type: news

Celibacy Period
When couples are struggling with a partner's sex addiction, taking sex off the table may be difficult for some spouses who fear the addict will go back to his/her old ways. Therapeutically clinicians in this field will ask for a 90 day celibacy period. This may seem surprising but this is critical in the early stages of recovery for both the addict and the partner.read more (Source: Psychology Today Sex Center)
Source: Psychology Today Sex Center - January 9, 2015 Category: Sexual Medicine Authors: Sam Louie, MA, LMHC Tags: Addiction Sex Source Type: news

Unwanted Hugs
How can one refuse a hug with style and grace?read more (Source: Psychology Today Sex Center)
Source: Psychology Today Sex Center - January 8, 2015 Category: Sexual Medicine Authors: Isadora Alman, MFT Tags: Relationships Sex Social Life Source Type: news

My 16-Year-Old Has Sex Dreams About Me
What to do when son is attracted to momread more (Source: Psychology Today Sex Center)
Source: Psychology Today Sex Center - January 7, 2015 Category: Sexual Medicine Authors: Barbara Greenberg, Ph.D. Tags: Relationships Sex adolescents dating divorce fathers friendships marriage masturbation mothers sex education sexuality sons teens Source Type: news

If Orgasms and Love Elude You, Blame Commitment and Oxytocin
When one's social life consists of hook-ups, sexual pleasure is often fleeting and disappointing.read more (Source: Psychology Today Sex Center)
Source: Psychology Today Sex Center - January 7, 2015 Category: Sexual Medicine Authors: Rita Watson, MPH Tags: Relationships Sex Social Life Source Type: news

Asexuality and the Health Professional
Asexual people are consistently told that their lack of sexual attraction is pathological. Worse yet, sometimes this message is reiterated by the medical and mental health professionals they trust. Those who hold the reins to define and improve health must become fully educated on asexuality, or their asexual clients may pay the price.read more (Source: Psychology Today Sex Center)
Source: Psychology Today Sex Center - January 5, 2015 Category: Sexual Medicine Authors: Julie Sondra Decker Tags: Health Psychiatry Sex Therapy asexuality DSM-5 LGBTQ mental health queer sexual diversity Source Type: news

It's Not Too Late to Make a Sexual Resolution for 2015!
Learn how resolutions can help you enjoy your sexuality more this year.read more (Source: Psychology Today Sex Center)
Source: Psychology Today Sex Center - January 4, 2015 Category: Sexual Medicine Authors: Melanie Davis, MEd, PhD, CSE Tags: Relationships Sex better sex in 2015 Body image Melanie Davis self esteem sex resolutions sexual health Source Type: news

How To Spot and Stop Narcissists
Pathological narcissists often come across as grandiose, egotistical, manipulative, self-absorbed, and highly conceited. It's not easy when you have such an individual in your personal or professional life. How can you spot and stop a narcissist? Here are seven important keys...read more (Source: Psychology Today Sex Center)
Source: Psychology Today Sex Center - January 4, 2015 Category: Sexual Medicine Authors: Preston Ni, M.S.B.A. Tags: Addiction Aging Anxiety Behavioral Economics Child Development Cognition Creativity Depression Education Environment Evolutionary Psychology Gender Happiness Health Intelligence Law and Crime Media Parenting Personality Source Type: news

Happiness From the Stone-Age On
Happiness is fairly easy to recognize, and, even. easy to measure. Yet, it is difficult to understand what circumstances contribute most to happiness. One way of addressing this issue is to ask whether modern humans obtain joy in the same ways as our hunter-gatherer ancestors.read more (Source: Psychology Today Sex Center)
Source: Psychology Today Sex Center - January 2, 2015 Category: Sexual Medicine Authors: Nigel Barber, Ph.D. Tags: Evolutionary Psychology Happiness Sex Social Life childlessness singlehood Source Type: news

Resolution for a Better Sex Life in 1 Weekend, 3 Commitments
How many times have you wished for a better sex life? Resolve with these concrete suggestions to make in happen in the new year! Prioritize your intimate life, fine-tune what works and expand your sexual repertoire. Here’s your step-by-step instructions to recommit to and re”vamp” the bedroom!read more (Source: Psychology Today Sex Center)
Source: Psychology Today Sex Center - January 1, 2015 Category: Sexual Medicine Authors: Laurie J. Watson, LMFT, LPC Tags: Happiness Relationships Self-Help Sex married sexual doldrums New Year ' s resolutions and sex resolutions about sex sex retreat weekend intensive Source Type: news

Adult Toys: Both Women and Men Increasingly Love Them
Thirty years ago, both men and women used to feel anxious about adult toys. Now both genders have embraced them.read more (Source: Psychology Today Sex Center)
Source: Psychology Today Sex Center - January 1, 2015 Category: Sexual Medicine Authors: Michael Castleman, M.A. Tags: Anxiety Happiness Relationships Sex vibrators Source Type: news

Life On A Knife Edge
Piquerism is defined as sexual arousal from penetrating another person’s body with sharp objects (such as pins, razors, knives, etc.). Despite high profile cases of piquerism, there has been relatively little published about the behavior. But what do we know about it?read more (Source: Psychology Today Sex Center)
Source: Psychology Today Sex Center - January 1, 2015 Category: Sexual Medicine Authors: Mark D. Griffiths, Ph.D. Tags: Addiction Sex Butt slashing Buttock stabbing Erotic mutilation Lust murder necrophilia Piquerism Sadistic lust murder Sexual mutilation sexual paraphilia sexual perversion sexual sadism Sexual stabbing Source Type: news

Do High Heels Make Women More Influential and Attractive?
Can the right shoes really make you look sexy? Can they help you be more persuasive? Do guys really respond to that sort of thing? Science has the answer. Read on...read more (Source: Psychology Today Sex Center)
Source: Psychology Today Sex Center - January 1, 2015 Category: Sexual Medicine Authors: Jeremy Nicholson, M.S.W., Ph.D. Tags: Relationships Sex Social Life Source Type: news