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Greetings!
If you are new to the Kort Report, I welcome you to my newsletter. If you have already been a subscriber then I thank you for remaining interested in the work I do.
I am proud to announce that I have 2 new associates; Deborah Mueller, MA, LLPC and Kelly Bassham, MSW, LLMSW. They are with me at the Center for Relationship and Sexual Health and soon we will have a website. See below for more details.
I am going to continue to have my joekort@joekort.com email and keep my own international presence while creating and growing my clinic for relationship and sexual health.
Look for both my books, "10 Smart Things Gay Men Can Do to Improve Their Lives" and "10 Smart Things Gay Men Can Do To Find Real Love" to be coming soon this fall re-published and available on kindle! I am very excited as it has been 1 � years that they have been out of print because of Alyson's failed publishing house.
About Deborah Mueller, MA, LLPC
Hello, my name is Deborah Mueller. I am so excited about this opportunity to be the new Associate Counselor here at the Center for Relationship and Sexual Health. Dr. Kort asked me what my mission was in working here. I told him that I wanted to create a safe place where women and men could come and talk about what is going on for them in front of closed doors and more importantly, behind closed doors. I want to be here to listen with a compassionate heart when they talk about their feelings, thoughts and behaviors that may be troubling to them in some way. I want to take the journey with them to explore what is going on in their lives and how we can work together to take the pain away and make things better. I am confident that I have found the right caring environment here at the Center for Relationship and Sexual Health, to make that happen. So, thank you Dr. Kort for making this all possible for me!
 Deborah Mueller is licensed in the State of Michigan as a Limited Licensed Professional Counselor. She graduated Cum Laude with a B.S. Degree in Psychology from Heidelberg University in Tiffin, Ohio in 2005. She then received a Masters Degree in Counseling from Heidelberg in May of 2008. Deborah has presented at the All Ohio Counselors Conference and is the author of Sadistic Love. Deborah's main area of focus is marital and couples counseling, individual counseling, mood disorders such as depression and anxiety, and grief counseling.
If you would like to schedule an appointment with Deborah call her at 248-399-7317 or email her at DeborahMueller@crsh.com.
About Kelly Bassham, MSW, LLMSW
Hello, My name is Kelly Bassham. I am extremely proud and excited to be a part of Dr. Kort's team as a psychotherapist for the Center for Relationship and Sexual Health Clinic! I am proud to say that I am not just gay-friendly, but I am gay-informed. I am here to listen with empathy and compassion in a non-judgmental way to everyone who comes in my door. This is not just a career for me. It's my passion. So, thank you Dr. Kort for picking me to be on your team!
Kelly Bassham is a clinical social worker specialized in Gay Affirmative Psychotherapy. He has spent the past fourteen years working in Metro Detroit doing Assertive Community Treatment for people with severe mental illness including major depression, schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD), panic disorder, post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and borderline personality disorder. Kelly completed his undergraduate studies at University of Michigan and his graduate studies at Wayne State University. Licensed in Michigan as a Limited Licensed Master Level Social Worker Kelly is under the supervision of Dr. Joe Kort, Ph.D.
Specialties:
Addiction
Cognitive Behavior Therapy
Mental Illness
Gay and Lesbian Issues
If you would like to schedule an appointment with Kelly call him at 248-399-7317 or email him at Kelly@crsh.com.
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Q&A from 365gay.com:
Ask the expert with Dr. Joe Kort
Is my Christian son homophobic?
I was raised Christian and have raised my two teenage boys, 15 and 17 years old, to be Christian. I have raised them to preach the gospel and never notice color or language or anything else that God doesn't bother about. They have done all of this. My youngest came to me the other day and said that there were some boys teasing a boy they thought was gay. My son asked the boys to stop the teasing - asked at least twice before they left. Then the boy who was being picked on, (he never revealed if he was gay), asked my son if he himself were gay. My son replied, "No, I'm a Christian, I don't agree with the gay lifestyle, but my mom always taught me never let bullies get away with it, and never let anyone stand alone. They don't have the right to deliberately hurt someone else."
My son was then told by the boy who had been bullied that he was being homophobic for not agreeing with a gay lifestyle. But my son knew why this boy was being picked on and still stepped in! He then asked me if he should continue to stand by this boy. I didn't want to undo the teachings I gave him. So, yes, I said, stop the bullies and don't let anyone stand alone. But if this boy should demand that my son leave him alone, my son will, but it will bother him. What advice would you give my son? -Martha
Dr. Joe's response here.
Does your past sexual abuse define your current sexuality?
As I child I grew up without my father, and I was not kept safe by my bisexual Mother. I observed adult f/f sex, and was molested by several adult females. Erotic images that remained fixed growing into my teen years were of women behaving cruelly usually by forcing me to do something to them, or upon myself. As a grown person I identify as straight, am married, and I have two daughters. My husband does not know about my past. If I responded to woman under those circumstances in the past, and find myself responsive to erotic images of woman-though the thought of being with one makes my skin crawl-does that make me gay, or bisexual? -Sexually Disoriented
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In the MEDIA with Dr. Kort
Voices In The Family
National Public Radio (NPR)
Listen to the recording and read my essay at http://www.whyy.org/91FM/voices_joekortessay.html
8/1/11
Gay Marriage: Excitement/Ambivalence
Recently, gay couples were selected by lottery to be among the first to legally marry in the Empire State. This mass declaration of love and honor not only made history, but it opened the door a little further for others toying with the idea of marital bliss and protections.
On Voices in the Family with Dr. Dan Gottlieb: conversations about same sex marriage within the gay community. There's excitement and ambivalence - together we'll learn why.
Dan's guests include Angela Giampolo, Esq., Joe Kort, Ph.D. and two local couples who are crafting strong domestic relationships. They'll share their love stories.
The Great Porn Debate: Healthy vs. Unhealthy for Relationships
with Dr. Joe Kort, Ph.D., LMSW
August 5, 2011
7PM - 8PM EST
TUNE IN RIGHT HERE EVERY FRIDAY
STREAMING LIVE FROM 1340 WTAN
http://intimatechatswiththelovebirds.com/
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2011 Upcoming Talks and Workshops
Sexual Compulsives Annonymous (SCA) CONFERENCE
http://www.joekort.com/talks.htm
Washington DC, SCA Fall Retreat
October 7-9, 2011
http://www.sca-dc.org/ is the local chapter sponsoring the retreat
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexual_Compulsives_Anonymous
SCA is a sexual addiction and compulsivity group for gay and bisexual men around the country.
Scheduled for Columbus Day Weekend, Dr. Kort will be facilitating workshops at this retreat. It takes place at the Claymont facility (Claymont Society for Continuous Education, a beautiful and rural location which is rustic and perfect for retreats http;//www.claimant.org
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Sex on the "Download" - When the internet disconnects your from your relationship
http://www.joekort.com/talks.htm
Copenhagen, Denmark
October 20-22, 2011
ABSTRACT: The internet is an easily accessible way to find stimulation and opportunity; in couples this can lead to problematic sexual behaviors like compulsive infidelity, porn addiction and desensitization to real time relationship needs. Imago can help couples differentiate between non-pathological visual stimulation and unhealthy internet sexual behaviors that lead to disconnection in relationship.
http://gettingtheloveyouwant.com/professionals/conference
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Warmly,
Joe Kort, Ph.D. 
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Joe Kort, Ph.D, MA, LMSW, ACSW
25600 Woodward Ave | Suite 218 | Royal Oak, MI | 48067
248.399.7317 | joekort@joekort.com
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