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Submissive Safety Skills

Why would you need to know more about staying safe in a relationship that may involve getting tied up and having potentially dangerous…

Mar 26

Submissive Safety Skills

Mar 26

Personal responsibility in kink

In my last blog, Understanding the Complexities of Consent, I talked about some basic rules and consent models for ethical kink. Today, I'm…

Mar 11

Personal responsibility in kink

Mar 11

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BDSM Rules: Understanding the Complexities of Consent — Dr. Gloria Brame

Let’s talk about something important that affects not just the kink community but all intimate adult relationships: the rules and…

Feb 25

BDSM Rules: Understanding the Complexities of Consent — Dr. Gloria Brame

Feb 25

5 Keys to a Lasting Kink Relationship

While some kink relationships burn hot and then implode spectacularly, you might wonder — how do some people manage to have a lasting kink…

Feb 11

5 Keys to a Lasting Kink Relationship

Feb 11

Lower Your Stress with 5 Mindfulness Exercises

Do you need to lower your stress?

Jan 15

Lower Your Stress with 5 Mindfulness Exercises

Jan 15

Did she consent to that?

Carolee ‘s relationship with her dominant was falling apart. She wasn’t sure who was to blame: sometimes she thought it was all her fault…

Dec 21, 2024

Did she consent to that?

Dec 21, 2024

4 Ways Dominants Self-Sabotage

What’s true of subs is often true of doms, particularly when it comes to relationship skills. Today, I’m following up on my last blog, 5…

Dec 10, 2024

4 Ways Dominants Self-Sabotage

Dec 10, 2024

5 Ways Submissives Self-Sabotage

What is the hardest type of relationship problem subs have? It’s recognizing — and addressing — self-sabotage.

Nov 23, 2024

5 Ways Submissives Self-Sabotage

Nov 23, 2024

What Is the Psychobiology of Sexual Behavior?

The psychobiology of sexual behavior is an analysis of how mind and body shape your sex life. In brief, how you feel (psychology) impacts…

Nov 8, 2024

What Is the Psychobiology of Sexual Behavior?

Nov 8, 2024

Sex Addiction or Sex Compulsion?

I always know someone took an online “sex addiction test,” when their first words to me are “I’m a sex addict.”

Oct 26, 2024

Sex Addiction or Sex Compulsion?

Oct 26, 2024

Living with a Fetish

To this day, the top problem I see in my practice is that people living with a fetish are convinced that despite having functional lives…

Oct 11, 2024

Living with a Fetish

Oct 11, 2024

7 Must-Ask Questions to Pick the Right Sex Therapist — Dr. Gloria Brame

Picking the right sex therapist can be challenging. There are so many choices of therapists online that it’s confusing. Google may give…

Oct 1, 2024

7 Must-Ask Questions to Pick the Right Sex Therapist — Dr. Gloria Brame

Oct 1, 2024

Mental Orgasms for Women

In my last blog, I didn’t get to mental orgasms because there were more than enough paths to bring women to orgasm through just physical…

Sep 13, 2024

Mental Orgasms for Women

Sep 13, 2024

Types of Orgasms Women Can Have

People assigned female at birth (AFAB or born with female genitals) have never been acknowledged for one of their greatest physical gifts…

Aug 31, 2024

Types of Orgasms Women Can Have

Aug 31, 2024

How to Date a Femdom — Dr. Gloria Brame

One of the most common complaints I hear from heterosexual kinky guys is “Why can’t I date a femdom?” Even when they find femdoms, they…

Aug 16, 2024

How to Date a Femdom — Dr. Gloria Brame

Aug 16, 2024

When to End a Sex-Negative Relationship

”When to End a Sex-Negative Relationship” is the last part of a 5-part series.

Aug 2, 2024

When to End a Sex-Negative Relationship

Aug 2, 2024

Self-Pleasure is Sex-Positive — Dr. Gloria Brame

So you’ve tried negotiating with your partner and it didn’t work. Or maybe it worked but you discovered that their idea of frequency or…

Jul 20, 2024

Self-Pleasure is Sex-Positive — Dr. Gloria Brame

Jul 20, 2024

Negotiating a Sex-Positive Dynamic — Dr. Gloria Brame

How would you like to learn about negotiating a sex-positive dynamic with your partner?

Jul 3, 2024

Negotiating a Sex-Positive Dynamic — Dr. Gloria Brame

Jul 3, 2024

Confronting Internalized Sex Negativity — Dr. Gloria Brame

Why do so many relationships encounter serious sex problems?

Jun 22, 2024

Confronting Internalized Sex Negativity — Dr. Gloria Brame

Jun 22, 2024

Sex Negativity in Relationships — Dr. Gloria Brame

One of the most common problems I see as a sex therapist is when a sex-negative partner is involved with a person who craves a lot of sex…

Jun 8, 2024

Sex Negativity in Relationships — Dr. Gloria Brame

Jun 8, 2024

Gloria Brame, Ph.D., Sex Therapist

Gloria Brame, Ph.D., Sex Therapist

Award-winning sex therapist, acclaimed sex author, and BDSM/Kink pioneer. https://gloriabrame.com

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