New Programs for Relationships Coming Soon!
I’m super stoked to be offering these courses for relationships (all structures) coming soon! Check out the blurbs below to learn more about what’ll be offered. More info coming soon! But for now…
Boyfriend Basics
Suitable for: New relationships, Relationships in transition to co-habitation, Relationships that need a "tune-up.”
*For this course, you don't need any prior or adjunctive therapy, though it is suggested.
More than ever, gay relationships have become quite challenging because they are naturally riddled with paradox. In some ways, we enjoy more permission to be ourselves, and for many queer people, sexuality is a central facet of personal identification. At the same time, our sexuality has been the very aspect that cost us, when we were young, the necessary foundational acceptance we needed in order to create healthy, fulfilling adult relationships. Like all relationships, gay ones are challenging; yet, we are uniquely burdened by those cultural legacy issues inherited about male bodies, masculinity, shame, and a lack of permission to feel vulnerable. As a result, gay relationships frequently suffer from intimacy issues that can be avoided by learning significant tools to increase relational security while, at the same time, prioritizing sexual expression.
Features:
Which relationship structure is right for me? Whether some type of open relationship or a sexually exclusive relationship.
How to craft unique, mutual agreements about sexuality and eroticism, no matter which relationship structure you choose.
Why self-pleasure can be beneficial for your sexual relationship(s).
Practice effective boundaries.
Managing triggers.
How to frame conflict in order to maximize personal growth.
How to have important difficult conversations.
Learn skills to be a better lover.
Transformative Partnership
Suitable for: Partners who deeply love each other but struggle to open all the way; Relationships in good standing yet sense something “missing;” Partners who’re ready to dive into a transformative process of self-growth; Those who view partnership as a life path.
*For this course, a history of personal and/or couples therapy is strongly suggested.
Romantic partnerships come with unique gifts and burdens. Additionally, gay relationships carry cultural scars, igniting our collective defenses about masculinity and sex. However, beneath these defenses lie our greatest personal potential. In the depths of our deepest wounds, we can access a pathway to our highest aspirations. Unfortunately, we often spend much of our time in relationships maintaining strategies for personal safety at the expense of abandoned parts of ourselves. Though we long to be met, changing these strategies can feel impossible. Yet, when we shift our mindsets from self-protection to embracing the friction of growth, our partnerships become containers in which we become more whole—capable of withstanding the anxiety of separateness while achieving a more authentic sense of unity.
Features:
Deepening commitment.
Accelerating differentiation.
Effectively harnessing resistance and resentment, tapping into growth.
Crafting unique, mutual agreements about sexuality and eroticism, no matter which relationship structure you choose.
Learning the art of intentional erotic reconditioning: partnered and solo.
Using conflict to access deeper closeness.
Renegotiating boundaries and updating relational patterns.
How to maximize difficult conversations for personal growth.
Learn skills to be a better lover.