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Within the first few weeks of therapy with my couples, I usually ask them to stop having sex. Hi, I’m Flo Oliveira. I am a Marriage and Family Therapist with a specialty in sex, non-monogamy, and bdsm/kink. And yes, I do tell almost all my couples to stop having sex. If you come to me
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We all get upset at some things, but I am sure we can all recall one moment in which we RAGED. A moment where being upset was not quite enough. Where you felt heat, tingles, or an itch, in several parts of your body. A moment you knew you were going to lose it, and
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“I have never been to a sex shop!” Believe it or not, this is not an uncommon statement from my sex therapy clients. I have encountered that the folks looking for support often have never been to or never shopped for sex toys. The reason for this?: Lots of folks do not know how to
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As a marriage and family therapist, why don’t I believe in marriage? Well, as someone who is polyamorous, I have quite a few reasons to not personally believe in marriage…
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What is polyamory? How do I learn more in order to get into non-monogamy? Well, polyamory is under the non-monogamy umbrella, and simply means engaging consensually with more than one person at a time.
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Well at least polyamorous folks can’t cheat right? WRONG. Even in non-monogamy cheating can still come up. It may not look the same ( or be discussed the same) but folks, most things you deal with in monogamy, will come up in non-monogamy. Having a different relationship structure to the mononormative does not make things
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Hi, my name’s Flo Oliveira (they/them) and I am a sex coach, current educator and sex therapist at Love Heal Grow Counseling. For years clients have come to my sessions afraid of even mentioning their intimacy (let alone saying s-e-x)! 2 years into what you thought was your perfect relationship, you find yourself in a
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by Flo Oliveira | General Counseling What do books like Fahrenheit 451 and The Handmaid’s Tale have in common? Maybe you haven’t had a chance to read them or you only got a chance to watch the movie and TV show version! Either way, both of these books discuss a society in which knowledge and different cultural perspectives
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