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Black Mental Health Matters

Black Mental Health Matters

Derek Watson
“We just don’t do therapy.” By Jasmyn Moore, MS, LMFTA This a common phrase I hear in the black community. It is as if to say therapy wasn’t designed for us. There is a stigma that still exists with seeking therapy, that is deeply rooted in the historical mistreatment of African-Americans, which harbors mistrust in…
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Pandemic Anxiety

Laurie Watson
It’s a Pandemic – Shouldn’t I be Anxious?  – When Anxiety Awakens, Remain Balanced By Jennifer Becker, MS, LCMHCS It is finally settling into spring and, dare I say, it felt like a typical early May weekend.  Though, as Saturday crept into Sunday, I could feel my anxiety start to rise.  Sundays don’t feel like…
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Dealing with Grief

Laurie Watson
by Jennifer Becker, Assistant Clinical Manager, Greensboro Americans, in general, struggle with grief. Our culture deals with it in a way that pushes (or better yet thrusts) people to move forward. When people die, we use sayings like “he would want you to move on” or “you can’t stop living.”  Even the media pushes similar…
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Traditions Abandoned, but Not All Is Lost

Laurie Watson
By Jennifer Becker, MS, LCMHCS, Awakenings, Greensboro Assistant Clinical Manager It is only Monday, but I am dreading this week. Actually, I have been dreading this week since March 15. Once the news that Covid-19 hit the east coast and we were going to be stuck at home, I knew our family would be hit…
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Stealthing – What You Need to Know

Laurie Watson
Stealthing – Sexual Assault “Stealthing” is a form of sexual violation that sounds as deceptive and dangerous as it actually is. If you’re not familiar with the term, it’s when a man who is having consensual sex and has agreed to wear a condom takes the condom off, without his partner’s consent, immediately before or…
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What's the Best Time of Day to Have Sex

What’s the Best Time of Day to Have Sex

Laurie Watson
Morning sex vs. evening sex – it’s an age-old conflict, usually with men on one side and women on the other. Men wake up already aroused, so morning is prime time. But women often prefer evenings when things have relaxed a bit, like after work and chores are done and children are put to bed.…
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7 Snafus During Sex: What to Do When Things Go Wrong

Laurie Watson
For most of us, sex doesn’t really resemble the perfectly choreographed scenes we see in the movies. In real life, there are snafus – someone’s elbow catches someone’s hair, someone gets a muscle cramp, the list goes on. And let’s face it: Two bodies can make a lot of sounds and smells that are anything…
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Should We See a Sex Therapist?

Laurie Watson
Putting to bed common fears about seeing a sex therapist Common fears about sex therapy: 1) the sex therapist will suggest a threesome to spice up our sex life, 2) I’ll have to reveal all my past sexual escapades to my spouse, 3) I’ll be shamed for how little I know about sex, 4) the…
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Sexual Pursuers

Extra Whipped Cream and Sexual Pursuers

Laurie Watson
Pursuers are not powerless to change the sexual dynamic and create better sex. I asked for extra whipped cream when I bought an ice cream sundae with my family last weekend.  Piles of whipped cream and mounds of fluff came out positively billowing on top of the melting soft vanilla covered in hot fudge.  I…
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Sexual Distancers Surprisingly Often Like Sex

Sexual Distancers Surprisingly Often Like Sex

Laurie Watson
Three ways lower libido spouses can make their partners happy Sexual distancers like sex. Truly, they do. They like sex to happen when they are ready for it, when they are expecting it, when they want it. Seduction is often the elixir that awakens their sexual desire. They’d like to be tempted, coaxed, reassured, charmed and…
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