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Mating in Captivity |
Reconciling the Erotic & the Domestic |
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| July 4, 2008 - July 6, 2008 |
| Rhinebeck Campus: Rhinebeck, NY (US) |
| Tuition: $260 (does not include accommodations or commuter fee)
Member Tuition: $235 |
| Course: SM08-2502-173 |
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Continuing education credits available.
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For many committed couples, sex is often described as “mating in captivity.” This workshop, for individuals and couples, probes the intricacies of love and desire—how they relate and how they conflict. We learn how emotional intimacy can inhibit sexual desire and why “good intimacy” doesn’t necessarily make for “good sex.”
“Sexual excitement doesn’t always play by the rules of good citizenship,” says Esther Perel. “It is politically incorrect.”
With this in mind, we explore common blocks to eroticism, including the fear of entrapment, the lack of distance between partners, and the guilt and worry that preclude our pursuit of pleasure. We learn how to create an atmosphere free of judgment about what we each want, to find a language in which we can voice our erotic longings, and to actively move beyond our familiar comfort zone into an expansive, fully charged sexuality.
Participants will be able to:
- Describe the tension between two fundamental human needs of security and adventure.
- Invert the traditional therapeutic priorities thereby allowing the sexual relationship to serve as a lens into the couple¹s interpersonal dynamics.
- Map ways for couples to draw pleasure from the hidden and the mysterious while respecting their needs for safety and stability.
- Recognize how to grant the body its profound capacities for communicating in its own language.
- Facilitate clients voicing their erotic longings and moving beyond their familiar comfort zone into an expansive, fully charged sexuality.
- Utilize experiential exercises to help couples confront their emotional blocks and their sexual inhibitions thereby open up communication of their erotic strivings to each other.
Esther Perel is a couples and family therapist with a private practice in New York City. She is on the faculty of the International Trauma Studies program at Columbia University and has appeared on many television programs, including Good Day New York and the Oprah Winfrey Show. She is author of Mating in Captivity. estherperel.com
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