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Part one: The disconnection of shame and re-finding that connection; Juliet and William's backgrounds; the sexual revolution and the hidden terror of shame; addressing shame for a healthy sex life; our upbringing's relationship to sex and shame.
Part two: Our need for community and belonging; setting the frame for clients to know it’s okay to talk about sex; information rather than intervention with the curious child; an open attitude leading to effective conversation then healthy expresssion.
FREE PREVIEWPart three: Pleasure & sexual joy as part of the life force; shamelessness shadowing shame; punishing or connecting through intimacy; cliches in men and women’s relationships to sex; responsive and spontaneous continuum; the psychosexual therapist’s role.
Part four: Learning to use the body for pleasure; mindfulness; shame reducing you and your connections; the poem The Blessing and the Curse by William Ayot; the brain and sexual ability; shame’s affect on sexual activity; sexual surrogacy.
Part five: Couple’s varying thresholds of closeness; independent & dependent roles; using conversation to address sexual shaming/wounding; unworthiness & sexual activity; growing up with addictive parents; sexual shame’s link to addictive processes.
Part six: Religion & sexuality; male body-dysmorphia; cultural messages affecting body image; self harm through risky sex & sexual activity; culturally imposed shame for gay men; despite the sexual revolution, not everyone is now 'okay'
Part seven: Knowing what we want to avoid harm; William’s experience of ‘sexual anorexia’; helping the client uncover shame in their sex life; the dance of yearning & wanting and the need to push away; William Ayot’s poem Across a Crowded Room.
Part eight: Healthy sexuality; shame & fear as obstacles to a fulfilling life; communicating with your partner; pornography distorting sexuality & porn-based assumptions.
Part nine: The importance of talking about our shame and sexuality; Juliet’s Conscious Relating model; respecting yourself & others; personal sharing to open up conversation; William Ayot’s poem A Silence.
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Resources: Links to relevant websites, workshops, and our mailing list; the poems that were read; the Five Star Conscious Relating model; a link to Sexual Healing in the Israel Military on BBC Radio 4.
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