I feel like in our society we are taught to ask, “what do I want my life to look like?” and I honestly feel like that’s not the right question. It’s more, “what do I want my life to feel like?”
So it’s not about money, it’s about balance. It’s about being able to pursue what is meaningful to us, and also having time and space to take care of ourselves.
– Dr. Holly Richmond
What does it mean to bring eros into our lives? Is there a process for recovering from sexual trauma? How can we move from self-blame and shame to reclaiming our pleasure?
Find out in this week’s episode of The Learn to Love Podcast, where your host Zach Beach interviews the Somatic Psychotherapist and Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist Dr. Holly Richmond on Reclaiming Pleasure.
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About Dr. Holly Richmond
Dr. Holly Richmond is a Somatic Psychotherapist, Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist (LMFT) and Certified Sex Therapist (CST). This unique combination of credentials enables her to focus on clients’ cognitive processes as well as mind-body health. She works with women, men, couples and gender-diverse individuals on relationship and sexuality issues, offering sex therapy and sexual health coaching nationally and internationally. Her treatment specialties include low libido, sexual dysfunction, compulsive sexuality (often called “addiction”), desire discrepancies in couples, recovery from sexual assault and abuse, and alternative/non-traditional sexual expression.
Her newly released book Reclaiming Pleasure: A Sex-Positive Guide for Moving Past Sexual Trauma and Living a Passionate Life (New Harbinger, Oct. 2021) is an innovative look at both somatic and psychological factors in survivors’ erotic recovery.
Dr. Holly is regularly quoted in publications and media outlets including The New York Times, CNN, Shape, NBC, Wired, Forbes, Oprah, Men’s Health, Cosmopolitan and Women’s Health. She is a sought-after consultant in the sextech industry and is seen as a pioneer in the clinical exploration of sex and technology, and how they work together as human sexuality evolves in the 21st century. Each interlinked facet of her work is grounded in a sex-positive perspective: all sex is good sex as long as it is consensual and pleasurable. This non-judgmental position allows her to assist clients in discovering their true needs, desires and personal path to wellness.
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Links from the show
- Somatic Psychotherapy
- The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma
- Sensate Focus: Getting Out of Your Head and Into Your Body During Sex
- Demystifying Self-Pleasure And How To Practice It Mindfully
- Distress, Therapist Burnout, Self-Care, and the Promotion of Wellness for Psychotherapists and Trainees
- 32 Best Masturbation Tips For Touching Yourself And Loving Every Second Of It
- Ep 28: Breaking Free From Silence and Shame with Linda Kay Klein
- Differences Between Sexual Arousal and Desire
- Enhancing Your Sexual Experiences Through Your Five Senses
- The Recovery of Sexual Health After Sexual Assault
- Holly Richmond – Eros Resurrected
- The Effects of Sexual Assaultttt
- What does “sex positive” mean?
- Statistics – | National Sexual Violence Resource Center
- What Is Sensate Focus and How Does It Work?
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