Curating Supportive Sleep Practices
Sleep is such an importance factor in our emotional wellbeing. Check out this article on Apartment Guide, which features input from our therapist Taylor Kravitz, if you’re interested in learning more about how to support health sleep practices.
Nurturing Your Emotional Needs This Holiday Season
Build a Healthier Relationship: a Brief Guide to Conflict Resolution and Effective Communication
If you’re struggling to communicate with your partner; continually rehashing the same arguments; feeling stuck in a conflict cycle; or becoming increasingly aggressive, passive, and/or passive-aggressive, here are some ways you can break the pattern and engage differently.
Trauma-Informed Therapy in Portland, OR: Finding a Supportive Space to Heal
If you’re feeling overwhelmed or hesitant about beginning trauma therapy, learning more might help that journey feel a bit more approachable.
2 Common Challenges in Neurodivergent Relationships: from a Portland Couples Therapist
Are you and/or your partner neurodivergent? Whether your relationship is mixed neurotype or you are both Autistic or ADHDers, there are common challenges that can show up!
This Can Change Your Relationship: Empowered Fulfillment Therapy Podcast (Episode 3)
Understanding the conflict cycle you get stuck in with your partner can change your relationship for the better. In this podcast episode, Taylor Kravitz, shares about what a conflict cycle is and how you can use this awareness to transform how you and your partner communicate and connect.
Performance Anxiety Related Erectile Dysfunction: Tips from a Portland Sex Therapist
Neurodivergence & Sex: Empowered Fulfillment Therapy Podcast (Episode 2)
The intersection of neurodivergence and sex isn’t discussed often enough! Neurodivergence can impact every area of life & sex is no exception. In this podcast episode, Taylor Kravitz shares ways this can show up!
Our Story & Why We Do This Work: Empowered Fulfillment Therapy Podcast (Episode 1)
We’re really glad you’re here! In today’s podcast episode, Taylor Kravitz (the owner of Empowered Fulfillment Therapy) shared why she started the practice and why we do the work we do.
What to Expect from Eating Disorder Therapy
Are you experiencing an eating disorder or think you may be? Seeking out support can be scary & yet it is so important. Eating disorders impact emotional, physical, and relational well-being & treatment and addressing this issue will transform your life for the better.
What is Couples Sex Therapy? Portland Couples Therapist Explains
How ADHD Can Impact Sexuality: Insight from an ADHD Sex Therapist in Portland, OR
When to Go to Couples Therapy: Portland Couples Therapist Explains
What is Sex Therapy? Sex Therapist Explains What to Expect from Sex Therapy
Today I’ll share an overview of what sex therapy is, what you can expect from sex therapy, and when you may want to try it out.
5 Tips for Overcoming Sexual Anxiety
Are you exhausted by trying to figure out how to overcome sexual anxiety on your own?
In this post, I’ll share 5 tips from a sex therapist that can help you overcome sexual anxiety
3 Ways Roe V. Wade Being Overturned May Impact Sexuality
It’s a heavy time for so many of us. With Roe v. Wade being overturned by the Supreme Court, many uterus owners will no longer be able to access reproductive healthcare. This is a serious issue that is already and will continue to impact so many people’s emotional, physical, social, psychological, and financial well-being.
As a sex therapist, I’m also considering how this injustice may impact people’s sexuality. Sex and reproductive health are interconnected. The access that someone has to reproductive healthcare and the autonomy they have over their body directly impacts how comfortable and empowered they may be in their sexual expression.
No Sex Relationship? No Problem! How Not Having Sex Can Be Healthy in Relationships
Good relationships need to also include good sex, right? Not necessarily. Today I want to share why having a no sex relationship can actually be healthy and not a problem.
This may either feel really relieving to hear or it may feel pretty frustrating or upsetting to hear. Whatever comes up for you as you read this is so understandable. If you’re leaning towards frustration, I want to invite you to take a deep breath and read on since this may allow you to better understand how you feel.
When You and Your Partner Don’t Want Sex The Same Amount
Are you in a relationship in which you and your partner have differing levels of desire for sex? This can be so challenging!
When you’re the person who wants to have sex more, you may feel rejected, unwanted, unsatisfied sexually, abandoned, hyper-focused on the lack of sex, anxious, resentful of your partner, and insecure.
When you’re the person who wants to have sex less often, you may feel pressured (by your partner of yourself), guilty, afraid of losing your partner, ashamed, self critical, and avoidant of sex.
5 Signs Sex Therapy Could Help You
I often hear folks not knowing why they may want to seek out a sex therapist. Given that our society tends to perpetuate silence about sexuality, it makes sense we may not feel comfortable seeking out a professional who can help with sexuality. We may not even realize that we could use support with sexuality! So many sexual challenges are normalized and erased, that many folks are struggling silently and alone. Today, I want to share 5 reasons sex therapy could help you. Maybe some of this will resonate with you!
Interview on the Better Sex Podcast: Navigating Jealousy
Is jealousy getting in the way of your relationship? Learn ways to manage jealousy so you can have better relationships!