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 Passion Place:
A Newsletter About Relationships
Edition Newsletter April 2009
 Welcome to Passion Place
 
Welcome to the April newsletter - this PASSION PLACE newsletter is YOUR place for news about relationships.  Learn ways to increase the passion in your partnerships, have more intimacy and connection in your relationships and find joy in every day life.
 
 This month's PASSION tip: 
 
Slip a secret note into your lovers purse or briefcase this week...make it sexy or sensual.  Think of a fantasy you'd like to share with them.  Or write down an appreciation you have for a beautiful part of their body.  Express what you love about thier spirit.  What makes them sexy?  Let them know.  The note should only be a sentence or two, maybe even a few words.  End it with a few words of love and a promise of future things to come.
 
 
PLEASE NOTE: to become part of the discussion community and  message boards or to find out about upcoming events, please log onto  www.tammynelson.org as we update the new website and create a whole new name and concept for all your passion needs......
 
Happy Spring.....
 
TELESEMINAR on RETURN OF DESIRE; GETTING THE SEX YOU WANT
The Return of Desire-Getting the Sex You Want
A Teleseminar for Health Professionals
With Gina Ogden, PhD and Tammy Nelson, LPC

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JOIN ANYTIME - receive recordings of any classes you may have missed LIVE - still three classes to go! Its not too late to join----!!

 
 Tammy Nelson and Gina Ogden combine their professional  expertise in a series of practice-oriented teleseminars that offer comprehensive information about sexual desire, encourage questions among participants, and provide case consultation.
 
AASECT, IMAGO and NASW CEs provided.  All sessions meet by telephone from 12:00-1:00 pm.
  
Cost: $250
 
March 25: Four Aspects of Sexuality All Clinicians Need to Understand
 
April 1: The Serious Role of Play and Pleasure
 
April 8: Interaction of Neurobiology and Medication
 
April 15: Emotional Risk Taking and Erotic Action
 
April 29: Monogamy Affairs and Polyamoury
 
May 6: Sex, Love and Growing Older
 
to register contact [email protected] 

 CALENDAR
 

TELESEMINAR (part 2): 
 RETURN OF DESIRE; GETTING THE SEX YOU WANT
A Teleseminar for Health Professionals
With Gina Ogden, PhD and Tammy Nelson, LPC
 
 AASECT, Imago and NASW CEs provided.
 March 25: FREE Introduction, Sessions: April 1, April 8, April 15, April 29, May 6
 
See THIS NEWSLETTER for more info!


 
AFFAIRS AND INFIDELITY; RELATIONSHIPS IN CRISIS
Wednesday April 29
North Haven CT
Training for Therapists
Contact www.DandSassociates.net to register
7 1/2 CEs available
  
 
GETTING THE SEX YOU WANT
Ridgefield CT
Workshop for couples or singles
6 to 9 pm
Friday April 10, 2009
Improve the sex and intimacy in your relationship today!
[email protected]
203-438-3007
 


May 2, 2009 - May 3, 2009
GETTING THE LOVE YOU WANT
WORKSHOP FOR COUPLES
Two day Imago workshop for couples in Ridgefield CT
[email protected]
203-438-3007

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GETTING THE LOVE YOU WANT   
 
WORKSHOP FOR COUPLES
 
 AS SEEN ON OPRAH!

Imago Relationship Therapy (IRT) is a form of relationship therapy innovated by Harville Hendrix, Ph.D. Dr. Hendrix is the author of the Best Seller "Getting the Love You Want: A Guide for Couples."  To read more about IMAGO Relationship Therapy go to http:www.imagorelationships.com

  
Tammy Nelson will lead couples through this breakthrough process of learning about each other and creating a new way to love.  Tammy is a Certified Imago therapist, a Certified Imago Workshop Presenter, an Imago Advanced Clinician and the author of "Getting the Sex You Want"
 
Coming Saturday & Sunday
May 2 & 3, 2009

Deposit DUE by April 19- REGISTER TODAY!

 in Ridgefield CT

 To register TODAY contact [email protected] 


 
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Have a foot fetish?  Think again...
by Brent Concklin, MA, LMHC
 
Although generally accepted as a valid term in the world of paraphilias, foot fetish is actually a false notion.  According to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual for Mental Disorders IV TR fetishism is defined as "recurrent, intense sexually arousing fantasies, sexual urges, or behaviors involving the use of nonliving objects (e.g., female undergarments)." 
 
The key word here is nonliving. 
 
That would disqualify a foot, assuming it is alive at the time, as an object of fetishism by definition.  And for those wondering, it is not only the DSM-IV TR that defines fetishism as such.  The World Health Organization's ICD-10 also defines fetishism as, "Reliance on some non-living object as a stimulus for sexual arousal and sexual gratification.
 
Many fetishes are extensions of the human body, such as "articles of clothing or footwear."  But not feet! 
 
What then, diagnostically speaking, is a sexual fascination with feet?  This actually falls under the DSM-IV TR category of "Paraphilia Not Otherwise Specified," and is known as partialism.  Partialism describes a paraphilia with "exclusive focus on part of the body."  Having a sexual interest in feet, one would be partial to the foot as a means of sexual excitement.  The ICD-10 does not have a specific diagnosis like partialism; however the behavior can be classified as "Disorder of sexual preference, unspecified."
 
So, whether the APA or the WHO is governing your diagnostic adventures, one cannot really have a "foot fetish."  In spite of these facts, the use of the term "foot fetish" will undoubtedly perpetuate in our sexual culture.  But now, you know the truth and can be a hit at your next cocktail party!
 
Brent Concklin is a licensed psychotherapist in Tampa, FL.  He is a Ph.D. candidate in clinical sexology at the American Academy of Clinical Sexologists.  He is married with two boys ages 6 and 2.
 
 
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about recovering
 from affairs and infidelity?
 
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