The Future of Intimacy
Read entries from Dr. Brandon's popular Psychology Today blog – The Future of Intimacy – focused on straight talk about sex.
May 31, 2026
May 31, 2026
AI is rapidly reshaping every profession, but the real casualty may not be our jobs. It may be our sense of purpose and meaning.
May 14, 2026
May 14, 2026
Personal Perspective: AI agents are poised to transform human sexuality in ways most people haven't imagined. We need to start paying attention.
May 6, 2026
May 6, 2026
In almost 30 years of practice, I've never had to compete with something that never sleeps, never judges, and never charges for a missed session. Until now.
April 28, 2026
April 28, 2026
AI companions can keep the spark alive indefinitely. Before we celebrate that, we need to talk about what that means.
April 14, 2026
April 14, 2026
Personal Perspective: Let's encourage honest conversations about what we want for the future of humanity, without labeling concerns as "doomer" talk.
March 26, 2026
March 26, 2026
Some of us are outsourcing our emotional lives to AI at a speed that outpaces our ability to understand what we're giving up—and the longer we wait, the harder it will be to stop.
March 8, 2026
March 8, 2026
We're teaching machines to be kinder than we are to each other. That should terrify us.
January 27, 2026
January 27, 2026
The safety offered in long-term relationships can quietly diminish passion. Here’s what you can do about it.
December 2, 2025
December 2, 2025
We built AI to think like us, but what happens when we feel intimately connected to it?