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Happy Valentine's Day to everyone!
Advice for Couples on Valentine's Day:
I heard this from Dan Savage, sex educator and advice columnist. His thoughts were if you wait until after dinner and drinks and desert you will be too bloated and tired to have sex. So do it first while you feel thinner and have energy! - If you aren't in a good place, set aside your differences.
Couples need to realized that no matter how they are feeling toward each other you can always decide to take some time and find good will and enjoy connect in a positive way. The best thing a couple can realized is that even in the hardest times you can intentionally initiate something positive into the relationship.
- Don't Chalk of Valentine's Day as Just Another Hallmark Card Day.
The reason I like Valentine's Day is that it reminds people about love and intimacy. Couples get busy in their day to day activities and take each other for granted and often forget to tell each other how they feel. Valentine's Day is nice reminder to slow down and take time for your relationship. Advice for Singles on Valentine's day
- Use This Day As A Reminder to Keep or Get Back on Track
If you have stopped dating because you found it too stressful use this day as a reminder to get back out there. I work with a lot of single folks who feel frustrated about dating and find all types of reasons to avoid putting themselves out there to date. While it is okay to take breaks, it isn't productive to avoid dating. Use Valentine's Day as a push to get back into the dating scene.
- Don't Feel Sorry For Yourself
I know this is easier said than done. However, I have had clients tell me about their self-talk saying things like, "I will never find someone" and "everyone else has someone but me" will only make you feel worse. Besides, it isn't true. What is true is that staying positive, imagining yourself with the right partner for you and creating and maintaining a vision of the relationship you would like to have is the best way to avoid feeling sorry for yourself. Be your own Valentine. Use the day to treat yourself the way you would like to be treated by a partner. Give yourself a break and pamper yourself. Warmly, Joe Kort, Ph.D., LMSW |
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Give both of you a gift for Valentine's day!
Getting the Love You Want Couples Workshop
For straight, gay and lesbian couples.
The offices of the Center for Relationship and Sexual Health,
25600 Woodward Ave, Suite 215, Royal Oak, MI 48067
Feb 16-17, 2013
Sat 9:30am to 9pm ~ Sun 9:30am to 6pm
Cost: $700 per couple OR $650 per couples registered by Feb. 10, 2013
Want to know more about IMAGO Relationship Therapy? Click here to read the cliff notes on what I believe to be one of the best relationship tools that exists!
Click here for more information and to register.
"Sometimes the book is better than the movie, but with this weekend, I think the movie (the workshop) is better to go to first and then the book". Participant
"I forgot how much we used to laugh". Participant
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Center for Relationship and Sexual Health Offerings |
The Center for Relationship and Sexual Health welcomes therapist Naomi Casement to the staff. Naomi is completing her remaining supervision hours to become a Certified Sex Addiction Therapist. We are excited to welcome her.
Naomi will be offering a 12 week psycho-educational group for partners of sex addicts. For more information about this group click here.
Naomi is also seeing new clients for individual and couples therapy.
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FROM RECENT PARTICIPANTS ATTENDING CLASSES AT CRSH
"I really appreciate that these talks offer continuing education credits and are very affordable" Ann, Social Worker
"Having a private practice I really appreciate these are offered on Sundays and not interfering with my time with clients" Tom, Psychologist
"Thank you providing so much valuable and high level programming at CRSH!"
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Understanding Men Who've Been Sexually Abused and How to Treat Them
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Location: The offices of the Center for Relationship and Sexual Health, 25600 Woodward Ave, Suite 215, Royal Oak, MI 48067
Presented by: Mary Petersen, L.M.S.W., A.C.S.W
Date: February 24, 2013
Time: 10AM - 1PM
Fee: $35
3 CE's
Understanding Men Who've Been Sexually Abused and How to Treat Them will change the way you see trauma in people, and it will help you become a better helping professional. The current statistics are: one in three women, and one in six men will be sexually abused in their lifetime - reported. So how many assaults are not reported? And why?? This workshop will make you look at the general population differently. It will help you understand the traits that are characteristic of people who have suffered the trauma of sexual abuse, specifically traits that are unique to male survivors. This seminar will explore why it is especially difficult for men to talk about their sexual abuse, and it will present this point (and other points) with personal, anecdotal evidence to illuminate the humanity of each survivor and how powerful their struggles - and recovery - have been. It will give you some tools to facilitate healing, specifically among men who most likely will have trouble processing what is probably one of the most difficult experiences of their lives, one that is often overlooked by many clinicians, and one that often interferes with everything else. This workshop could be the missing link to help you help your clients find their voice, find their peace, and reclaim themselves and their lives.
Please, call the office at 248-399-7447 to reserve your spot today or click here to register online.
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Pornography and Cybersex Addiction: Helping Partners Address Betrayal and Trust
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Location: The offices of the Center for Relationship and Sexual Health, 25600 Woodward Ave, Suite 215, Royal Oak, MI 48067
Presented by: Joe Kort, Ph.D., LMSW
Date: March 10, 2013
Time: 10AM - 1PM
Fee: $35
3CE's
The ease of access to porn has caused unquestionable harm to some individuals and couples and can feel just as threatening to a marriage as infidelity does. Some women say that finding out their husbands look at porn is like finding him in bed with another woman. For the men looking at pornography, they may be addicted and compulsive and replacing their spouses with internet porn.
At the same time, porn use may satisfy many individual needs, unrelated to psychopathology or sexual dysfunction. In this workshop, we'll discuss how to help couples face the crisis when one partner discovers that the other is secretly using pornography. You'll learn how to help couples depathologize the issue, explore its significance to the user, and define limits. Finally, we'll talk about helping the spouses develop empathy and validation, ultimately creating a more differentiated sex life.
Please, call the office at 248-399-7447 to reserve your spot today or click here to register online. |
Sex on the Download: When the Internet Disconnects a Relationship
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Location: The offices of the Center for Relationship and Sexual Health, 25600 Woodward Ave, Suite 215, Royal Oak, MI 48067
Presenter: Joe Kort, Ph.D., LMSW
Date: April 26, 2013| 9AM - 4PM
Fee: $75
6 CE's
This presentation will discuss how to help couples face the crisis when one partner discovers that the other is secretly using pornography or connecting to potential partners online. The course will explore its significance to the user and define limits. Finally, the presenter will talk about helping the spouses develop empathy and validation, ultimately creating a more differentiated sex life.
Click here to register.
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Psychotherapy Networker Symposium |
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Gay and Lesbian Couples: Psychotherapy Networker Symposium
Friday, March 22, 2013
Presented by: Joe Kort, Ph.D., LMSW
As a straight clinician, it's important to be gay informed, more than just gay-friendly. It's especially important to recognize the differences between the relationship dynamics of gay male and female couples. In this workshop, we'll compare the distinct differences in relationship dynamics and problem areas that arise for gay men and for lesbians: responsible sexual practices and the need for more connectedness among gay male couples and diminished sexual desire and the need for separateness among lesbians are just a few. You'll leave with specific interventions and assessment tools that promote gay-affirmative couples therapy.
Click here for more info.
Sexual Imagination: Psychotherapy Networker Symposium
Saturday, March 23, 2013
Presented by: Joe Kort, Ph.D., LMSW and Jo Barrett, M.S.W.
Fifty Shades of Grey has sparked at least that many questions among therapists about the erotic and psychological appeal this bestselling novel holds for millions of readers around the world. This thought-provoking workshop will explore what the phenomenon tells us about our clients' longings, needs, and fantasies-and what our own responses reveal about us. We'll look at such issues as: what are the limits of fantasy? Where's the boundary between playing out a sex game and engaging in potentially self-destructive behavior? When do erotic games sought for novelty and variety become compulsive or retraumatizing? How, as a therapist, do you determine when a client's fantasies, or actual behavior, is spiraling out of control? You'll leave with a much broader understanding of the psychological meaning of the erotic imagination.
Click here for more info.
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Recommended reading for partners of sex addicts |
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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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