Will Smith & Jada Pinkett Smith and Open Monogamy – Part 2: Communication
This article picks up from Part 1, where I talk about Will Smith’s revelations about his relationship with Jada Pinkett Smith and what they show us about non-conventional relationships. Once we...
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Trauma, Affair, & Recovery: You Are Not Alone
When you discover that your partner cheated on you, it can feel like your world is ending. You rewrite the whole history of your relationship. Everything the two of you built together comes into...
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The Fairytale
Excerpt from Open Monogamy: A Guide to Co-Creating Your Ideal Relationship Agreement By Tammy Nelson, Ph.D. Being a couple does not make you one person. This may be against popular current opinion, as...
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3 Things to Consider About Open Monogamy
Open monogamy is in the public eye now more than ever before. We have seen couples like Will and Jada Pinkett Smith talk about their flexible monogamy, and how happy they are being in love while...
View ArticleDoes therapy really help an emotional relationship?
[Note: This article is cross-posted with Dr. Tammy’s article on Medium.com. You can read more about Imago Relationship Therapy with a case example here.] Being in a relationship is the most...
View ArticleOpen Monogamy vs Radical Monogamy: Are They the Same Thing?
Nick Levine recently wrote in Vice Magazine What Is ‘Radical Monogamy’? Reflexive monogamy is an assumption we make that we’ll find our one true person (usually of the opposite sex) to fall in love...
View ArticleA Statement from Tammy Nelson, Ph.D., Director of the Integrative Sex Therapy...
The staff and faculty at the Integrative Sex Therapy Institute (ISTI) have been carefully monitoring the news around the repeal of Roe vs. Wade. As the Director of ISTI, as a sexologist, and as a...
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Guiding Couples through Fantasies and Discussions on the Open Monogamy Continuum
Recently Kristen Bell shared with Upworthy how her husband, actor Dax Shepard, is able to openly share with her who he finds attractive – without jealousy, insecurity, or judgment. “He can tell me...
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Sex & News: Sex Toy Awareness Growing
You need to add a widget, row, or prebuilt layout before you’ll see anything here. Sometimes market predictors can reflect what we see in our therapy practices and forecast what’s likely coming our...
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Betrayal Trauma: Helping Couples Rebuild Connection (from PESI-UK)
Note: This was originally published at PESI-UK. You can read the original blog here.What are the tasks for couple therapy in the wake of infidelity? How can we help clients to recover from betrayal...
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