The Future of Intimacy
Read entries from Dr. Brandon's popular Psychology Today blog – The Future of Intimacy – focused on straight talk about sex.
August 23, 2020
August 23, 2020
Our love and vulnerability, and our ability to give and receive love all become only more critical as technology advances.
August 7, 2020
August 7, 2020
We have evolved over hundreds of thousands of years to exhibit some basic sexual differences. Ignoring this science creates extraordinary distress in romantic relationships today.
July 30, 2020
July 30, 2020
Just about every aspect of life has been impacted by technology. The basic structure of human relationships—the way we love—is not far behind.
July 11, 2020
July 11, 2020
Our modern combination of an evolved cerebral cortex coupled with our primitive sexual biology presents interesting and often challenging scenarios for us all.
April 5, 2020
April 5, 2020
Let’s review some strategies for surviving the relationship stresses that are undoubtedly rearing their unwelcome heads right now. Here’s a crash course in couples’ therapy.
March 20, 2020
March 20, 2020
Stressful times are capable of bringing out our best as well as our worst. For the next weeks and perhaps months, most of us will show both of these sides to our partners.
March 19, 2020
March 19, 2020
Maintaining physical distance from our friends, neighbors, colleagues and strangers is becoming the new normal. In light of these changes, what's to come of psychotherapy?
March 5, 2020
March 5, 2020
Many couples make the faulty assumption that if initiating sex is simple at the beginning of the relationship, it should always be simple. But that’s not realistic.
December 28, 2019
December 28, 2019
Our personal experiences, morals, and values leave us vulnerable to assumptions about sexuality that feel accurate, but may be far from true.