EP151 - Passionate Sex Starts Outside the Bedroom - a podcast by Dr. Nazanin Moali, Ph.D, Psychology of Sex | Couple Therapy | Sex Education
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Welcome to episode 151 of the Sexology Podcast! Today I’m excited to welcome Shane Birkel to the podcast. In this episode he speaks with me about relationship challenges that affect sexual function, how excitement lessens as bonds deepen and ways in which we can assess ourselves in this situation.
Shane Birkel is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist in private practice near Boston. He works primarily with couples and is a certified Relational Life Therapist with Terry Real as his mentor.
Shane hosts a weekly podcast called the Couples Therapist Couch that is all about the practice of Couples Therapy. He is the creator of the Couples Therapist Inner Circle which is a membership site supporting therapists in their work with couples.
In This Episode You Will Hear:
- Relational challenges that affect sexual function
- How many people don’t realize the negative habits they have that will impact sex in a relationship
- Looking at overdependence on our partners for how we feel about ourselves
- The importance of showing up as yourself as your relationship evolves
- Getting stuck doing the same things
- Ways in which we can assess ourselves in this situation
- Understanding that your partner cannot meet all of your needs
- Learning to not put too much expectation on your relationship
- How excitement lessens as bonds deepen
- Looking at the issue of control
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