Intimacy ≠ Sex: 180 Activities to Help Couples Connect with Doc Erica Holmes
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Dr. Kate and Doc Erica talk today about Doc Erica’s newest book, out today, Intimacy ≠ Sex: 180 Activities to Help Couples Connect and look at the holistic definition of Intimacy, including intellectual, emotional, spiritual, physical, experimental/recreational intimacy and not just sexual intimacy. Doc Erica believes that only by giving priority to all these forms of intimacy, will a relationship last. They reviewed a few of the 180 activities that can help couples connect and how we as a society can make our way to valuing true intimacy. We are the loneliest we have ever been. Holistic intimate connection is at a low. Has our culture of Electronics affected all of this? Are people dismissing emotional attachment? Listen to the conversation for insights and practical advice and a fun conversation. -- Dr. Erica Holmes, Doc Erica, is a licensed clinical psychologist, educator, author, speaker, and consultant who values knowledge, authenticity, and empowerment. As the Executive Director of Champion Counseling Center, Associate Program Chair and the Director of the Psychological Trauma Studies Specialization in a Master’s in Psychology program in Los Angeles, and the founder of HOMMs Consulting, she has provided psychotherapy and counseling, training and consultation, education and research services to individuals and organizations for over 25 years. Her areas of inquiry and numerous professional presentations focus on psychological trauma, relationships and coupling, equity, belonging and empowerment, psychotherapy with African American clients and the integration of Christianity and Psychology. Her books, Dating with Purpose (DWP): A Single Woman’s Guide to Escaping No Man’s Land, Before the Broom: A Premarital Workbook for Dating, Engaged and Newly Married African American Couples and her most recent release, Intimacy ≠ Sex: 180 Activities to Help Couples Connect have been met with enthusiasm and positive reviews. Her first textbook, Black Couples Therapy: Clinical Theory and Practice is set for publication by Cambridge University Press August 2023 -- Website: www.modernintimacy.com Email your questions to: [email protected] Stay Connected with Dr. Kate: IG: https://www.instagram.com/themodernintimacy/ https://www.instagram.com/drkatebalestrieri/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/drkatebalestrieri/ https://www.tiktok.com/modernintimacy/ SPONSOR: Go to www.OMGYES.com/GETNAKED for a special discount Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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