The Good Sex Network

Well, dear readers, it is time to tackle a subject often thought about, but rarely talked about. That is the subject of the size of the male organ, also known as the penis. It goes by other names, of course, and you can all come up with your particular version, but let’s take what we can all relate to, in a reasonably objective way. In my work as a sex therapist with many men over the years, concern over penis size sometimes comes up early in our work and other times it raises its head (no pun intended) later during the course of our treatment program. Read more…

You know, I have been a therapist for many years (sometimes longer than I care to remember!). But it never ceases to amaze me. Let me give you two examples of patients I have seen recently. Read more…

Looking at Jill, the word “perky” comes to mind. When we see her open smiling face, blue eyes, blond hair, and trim body, she appears as the stereotype picture of the happy-go-lucky girl next door. Read more…

SEX COUNSELLING AND THERAPY FOR SINGLE PEOPLE

Frank G. Sommers, B.Sc., M.D., F.R.C.P. (C)

Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine
University of Toronto

This is the third in a series of reports.^{1, 2}

“Single” in this discussion is a person, male or female, who has never married, is separated, widowed, or divorced. This paper is based on clinical experience with approximately 100 such patients who presented with a sexual problem. Read more…

VISUALLY ENHANCED PSYCHO-SEXUAL THERAPY (VEST)
IN A MULTICULTURAL COMMUNITY*

FRANK G. SOMMERS, M.D., FRCPC

Publication:
The Canadian Journal of Psychiatry, Vol. 48, No. 11 (December 2003) (Brief version)

Presentation:
Ontario Psychiatric Association, 81^st Annual Meeting, Toronto, Canada, *Best Paper Award, January 17, 2002
American Psychiatric Association, 154^th Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, May 21, 2002
A version of this paper was presented at the XV^th World Congress of Sexology, Paris, France, June 26, 2001

Introduction

The modern practice of sex therapy originally dating from the Masters and Johnson, Hartman and Fithian, Jack Annon, and Helen Singer Kaplan era has revolutionized our approach to the sexually dysfunctional patient or couple. Visually Enhanced Psycho-Sexual Therapy (VEST) aims to further enhance this work, and promote patient recovery. Read more…

by Dr. Frank Sommers

Clearly sex is a powerful inborn impulse in every human being. The drive is innate as we say, but its practise is learned.

Where is one to learn how to behave sexually? In our society, it is common for millions to learn from the media: television and movies, magazines, books and lately music videos, and of course the omnipresent sexually explicit videos which are produced in the thousands by the porn industry. Read more…