While our attachment style plays a huge role in how we balance our need for connection and independence within our relationships, they also ... Read More »
Sex and Attachment, Part 4: Insecure Attachment and the Challenge of Rigidity
Last week we looked at the two fundamental human needs that we all have: our need for an independent sense of self and our need to feel closely ... Read More »
Sex and Attachment, Part 3: Secure Attachment and the Gift of Flexibility
In any relationship, our two most significant human needs compete with one another and create tension. These two human needs are: All human ... Read More »
Sex and Attachment, Part 2: When Sex Breaks Bad
There are many ways that sexuality can go awry for us as individuals and couples. We can experience a range of sexual functioning issues such as ... Read More »
Sex and Attachment, Part 1: Sex as a Growth Edge
When we are operating from our healthiest and best sexual selves, sex enriches our lives and relationships. Sex is both an individual phenomenon (we ... Read More »
When Your Cheating Partner is Not Sexual with You
Sexual betrayal always creates a sexual injury for betrayed partners. This injury can be mild to severe and can be experienced in many ways. But, ... Read More »
Musings on the Sex after Betrayal Intensive
We are taking a break this week from our Attachment Shame blog series to share some reflections about our recent Sex After Betrayal Intensive and to ... Read More »
Healing the Sexual Injury Caused by Betrayal, Part 4
We have spent the past several weeks looking at how sexual betrayal impacts the betrayed partner’s sexuality. I hope these posts have been helpful and ... Read More »
The Impact of Betrayal on Partner’s Sexuality, Part 3
Over the past two weeks, we’ve looked at how sexual betrayal impacts a betrayed partner’s sexuality. Two weeks ago, we discussed the loss of sexual ... Read More »