Couples Therapy In Seven Words

Couples Therapy In Seven Words

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Couples Therapy In Seven Words episodes

  • Five Ridiculous Rules for Communicating with Your Partner - Episode 45

    Rules for communication! Everyone wants rules for communication! Of dozens of possibilities, here are five popular, common-sense rules--all of them ridiculous. 

    Send in your questions: email us at [email protected], or just visit brucechalmer.com. We'd love to hear from you!

    And let us know if you'd like to be interviewed on the show! Visit brucechalmer.com/podcast for more information.

    Dr. Chalmer's book Reigniting the Spark: Why Stable Relationships Lose Intimacy, and How to Get It Back is available here, or wherever you get your books.

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    Music: Besamim (Spices) by Bruce Chalmer, performed by Fyre and Lightning Consort

    44 min
  • I Watch Porn. Do I Need to Tell My Partner? Episode 44

    We're responding to a provocative question posed by a letter to Dr. Bat Sheva Marcus: If you watch porn, do you have to tell your partner about it? What are the pros and cons? Is porn okay at all, and if it is, how should a couple deal with it?

    Send in your questions: email us at [email protected], or just visit brucechalmer.com. We'd love to hear from you!

    And let us know if you'd like to be interviewed on the show! Visit brucechalmer.com/podcast for more information.

    Dr. Chalmer's book Reigniting the Spark: Why Stable Relationships Lose Intimacy, and How to Get It Back is available here, or wherever you get your books.

    Like this podcast? Review us, like us, follow us, and do all those other kinds of wonderful things to us! It helps people find the show.

    Music: Besamim (Spices) by Bruce Chalmer, performed by Fyre and Lightning Consort

    28 min
  • Communication, Sex, Intimacy--We're Live! Episode 43
    We're live! (Well, we taped before a live audience!) Check out our discussion of communication (it's still not about communication!), sex, intimacy, and other topics, with provocative and personal questions from our audience. Thanks to Temple Sinai in South Burlington, Vermont for hosting this event.
    Send in your questions: email us at [email protected], or just visit brucechalmer.com. We'd love to hear from you!
    And let us know if you'd like to be interviewed on the show! Visit brucechalmer.com/podcast for more information.
    Dr. Chalmer's book Reigniting the Spark: Why Stable Relationships Lose Intimacy, and How to Get It Back is available here, or wherever you get your books.
    Like this podcast? Review us, like us, follow us, and do all those other kinds of wonderful things to us! It helps people find the show.
    Music: Besamim (Spices) by Bruce Chalmer, performed by Fyre and Lightning Consort
    57 min
  • Beshert: Our Own Love Story - Episode 42
    We talk about a lot of couples. But what about our own story? Thanks to a listener question, we tell all (well, we tell a lot!).
    Send in your questions: email us at [email protected], or just visit brucechalmer.com. We'd love to hear from you!
    And let us know if you'd like to be interviewed on the show! Visit brucechalmer.com/podcast for more information.
    Dr. Chalmer's book Reigniting the Spark: Why Stable Relationships Lose Intimacy, and How to Get It Back is available here, or wherever you get your books.
    Like this podcast? Review us, like us, follow us, and do all those other kinds of wonderful things to us! It helps people find the show.
    Music: Besamim (Spices) by Bruce Chalmer, performed by Fyre and Lightning Consort
    31 min
  • Sex Points: An Interview with Author and Sex Therapist Dr. Bat Sheva Marcus - Episode 41
    Did you know that sexual desire and sexual arousal aren't the same--that you can be capable of arousal but have little desire, or have a lot of desire but experience little arousal? We have a lively, engaging interview with the Orthodox Sex Guru and Queen of Vibrators herself, Dr. Bat Sheva Marcus, whose book Sex Points was released earlier this year. 
    The series on vibrators Bat Sheva mentions can be found here.
    Music: Besamim (Spices) by Bruce Chalmer, performed by the Fyre and Lightning Consort. Visit us at brucechalmer.com/podcast. Get Dr. Chalmer's book Reigniting the Spark here or wherever you get books.
    54 min
  • Humor, Improv, and Relationships: An Interview with Izzy Gesell - Episode 40
    What's funny got to do with couples therapy? We talk to Izzy Gesell, a funny man who teaches us how to let ourselves be vulnerable enough to risk being foolish--and along the way, opens our hearts. We play an improv game to illustrate that takes a rather risqué turn!
    Izzy's website is IzzyG.com.
    Music: Besamim (Spices) by Bruce Chalmer, performed by the Fyre and Lightning Consort. Visit us at brucechalmer.com/podcast. Get Dr. Chalmer's book Reigniting the Spark here or wherever you get books.
    55 min
  • I Had An Affair. Am I a Total Screw-Up? Episode 39
    If you had an affair, are you a total screw-up? Is there hope for healing? What if your partner cheated? Spoiler alert: Healing is possible--but it's not easy. We talk about cheating, guilt, apologies, and the possibility that a couple can survive an affair. And we handle a listener question from someone who's in the middle of it.
    Send in your questions: email us at [email protected], or just visit brucechalmer.com. We'd love to hear from you!
    And let us know if you'd like to be interviewed on the show! Visit brucechalmer.com/podcast for more information.
    Dr. Chalmer's book Reigniting the Spark: Why Stable Relationships Lose Intimacy, and How to Get It Back is available here, or wherever you get your books.
    Like this podcast? Review us, like us, follow us, and do all those other kinds of wonderful things to us! It helps people find the show.
    Music: Besamim (Spices) by Bruce Chalmer, performed by Fyre and Lightning Consort
    32 min
  • My Mother-in-Law is Crazy! Episode 38
    Help! My mother-in-law is crazy, and I don't know how to handle it! When you marry someone, you're marrying their family too. We talk about how to manage difficult in-laws, and transform a crazy relationship into an enriching one.
    Send in your questions: email us at [email protected], or just visit brucechalmer.com. We'd love to hear from you!
    And let us know if you'd like to be interviewed on the show! Visit brucechalmer.com/podcast for more information.
    Dr. Chalmer's book Reigniting the Spark: Why Stable Relationships Lose Intimacy, and How to Get It Back is available here, or wherever you get your books.
    Like this podcast? Review us, like us, follow us, and do all those other kinds of wonderful things to us! It helps people find the show.
    Music: Besamim (Spices) by Bruce Chalmer, performed by Fyre and Lightning Consort
    34 min
  • Getting the Juices Flowing - An Interview with Sex Advisor Susan Bratton - Episode 37
    A delightful conversation with Susan Bratton, who teaches couples how to go from just having sex to making love. Susan tells us about the Sexual Soulmate Pact, how to get the juices flowing even when desire has been long gone, and how both women and men can learn to say what they want and hear what their partner needs. Susan shows us her favorite vibrators, and tells us how to use them. Rated PG-13.
    Susan's websites we mention in the podcast are: sexualsoulmatepact.com, personallifemedia.com, and betterlover.com.
    Music: Besamim (Spices) by Bruce Chalmer, performed by the Fyre and Lightning Consort. Visit us at brucechalmer.com/podcast. Get Dr. Chalmer's book Reigniting the Spark here or wherever you get books.
    1 hr 5 min
  • It's Not About Communication! Episode 36
    Okay, let's get snarky. Everybody comes in to couples therapy saying, "We need to communicate better." No you don't! (Well, you probably don't--okay, it's complicated.) We talk about why it's not about how you talk. And then we handle a listener question.
    Send in your questions: email us at [email protected], or just visit brucechalmer.com. We'd love to hear from you!
    And let us know if you'd like to be interviewed on the show! Visit brucechalmer.com/podcast for more information.
    Dr. Chalmer's book Reigniting the Spark: Why Stable Relationships Lose Intimacy, and How to Get It Back is available here, or wherever you get your books.
    Like this podcast? Review us, like us, follow us, and do all those other kinds of wonderful things to us! It helps people find the show.
    Music: Besamim (Spices) by Bruce Chalmer, performed by Fyre and Lightning Consort
    36 min

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Be Kind, Don‘t Panic, and Have Faith. Psychologist Dr. Bruce Chalmer and educator Judy Alexander talk about relationships, interview fascinating guests, and answer your questions.

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