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February Position of the Month: Straddle Up

February’s highlighted position of the month is the Straddle Up. With COVID still being spread fairly rapidly, remember that if you or your partner are not feeling well, you might consider delaying sexual engagement. As a healthy sex practice, please continue to wash your hands before and after a sexual experience. Plus, if it helps you both to feel more comfortable, start your shared sexual experience by taking a shower together!

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August Position of the Month: Steamy Stretch: From Our Certified Sex Therapist

With COVID-19 cases still surging in several states and the Houston area, you and your partner are likely still spending a great deal of one on one time together! Here’s to trying out our highlighted position of the month, in order to help ease the stress of quarantine. The two of you might feel more comfortable following the recommendations that have been posted for Sex and the Coronavirus Pandemic (found here). If you or your partner are not feeling well, you might consider delaying sexually engagement.

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Why You Need to Prioritize Your Marriage After Baby

The steps seem so easy in this all too familiar playground song. We were taught at a young age that after you fall in love, you get married, then you have children… And then everyone lives happily ever after. We now know that relationships and love can come in many different forms and don’t always follow this simple childhood song; however, many still continue to believe in the fairytale of what we think life will look like after having a baby. For many, they believe their relationship will grow stronger, they will feel more in love, and live blissfully ever after when starting a family.

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Let’s Talk About Sex After an Affair

Let’s talk about sex…Now that I have everyone’s attention, let’s really talk about sex. When a marriage is going through a dip, I often hear from my clients that their sexual intimacy also suffers. It makes sense because sex requires vulnerability with our partner.

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June Position of the Month: Navel Gazing- From Our Certified Sex Therapist

It’s officially June which means it is time to celebrate Pride across the world.  While many Pride parades and celebrations have been postponed across the nation (including our own Houston Pride Parade) due to COVID-19, we are still celebrating you at Heights Family Counseling.  June’s position of the month is the Navel Gazing.  How many people enjoy being able to make eye contact while orally pleasing a partner?  This is not an uncommon experience, but can be made more difficult to do when offering oral pleasure to a partner in a traditional position. 

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May Position of the Month: Bottom Dollar: From Our Certified Sex Therapist

Even though much of society is preparing for the re-opening of businesses, I still thought it pertinent to include some recommendations that have been posted for Sex and the Coronavirus Pandemic (found here). The safest recommended person to have sex with is still yourself (YAY - for masturbation), and then the next safest person being someone that you live with, as you are already vulnerable to being exposed to one another.

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Cheers, To All Our Comforts

Who grew up watching Cheers?!? The theme song was perfect. At its core, it was about yearning to heal and connect through spending time with familiar faces. That’s what makes this pandemic more difficult. We need to connect. We need to have our familiar comforts, but we likely feel limited with what’s available.

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More Ways to Connect with Your Partner While Stuck at Home

Which day is it for you? Number 14? Number 15? Do you have a boss in denial of the changing times and are just now beginning to navigate this new virtual life? Maybe you are an essential worker and are still required to leave the house in the morning, but your partner is now home… still working full time… trying to homeschool three kids and keep up with all the new messes.

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April Position of the Month: Buck Up: From our Certified Sex Therapist

April’s highlighted position of the month, is the Buck Up. A sexual experience is a time to emotionally connect with one another, but it is also a great time to get your blood pumping and release some physical energy together.

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Valentine’s Day Exercise: Sexual Fantasies

Are you thinking or wishing that you and you partner could use some flair or change-up to your romantic rituals? When is the last time the two of you discussed sexual fantasies?

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February Position of the Month: Star-Crossed Lovers

With Valentine’s Day around the corner, February’s highlighted position of the month is a befitting Star-Crossed Lovers.  Remember, a sexual experience is a time to emotionally connect with one another, but it is also a great time to get your blood pumping and release some physical energy together

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Repeating that Awful Mixed Tape

I might ask, “Haven’t we already talked about this fight” after a couple repeatedly enters the same cycle of fighting during a couples therapy session with me. It’s the gentle reminder that maybe the content is different, but the way each are responding in the argument is the same.

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