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Love and Sex in the Digital Age

Technology and the intimate relationship

Mating
Do Dating Apps Want You to Stay Single?

Robert Weiss Ph.D., LCSW, CSAT on April 3, 2024

Dating apps are designed to help people find dates and develop long-term relationships. But they are also designed to keep users involved with the app.

Dating apps are designed to help people find dates and develop long-term relationships. But they are also designed to keep users involved with the app.

Sex
Sex Therapy in a Tech-Driven World

Robert Weiss Ph.D., LCSW, CSAT on July 20, 2023

Not all therapists are trained to understand digital technology and its ever-expanding role in sexual expression and interaction.

Not all therapists are trained to understand digital technology and its ever-expanding role in sexual expression and interaction.

Sex
Spiritual/Religious Abuse and Sexual Struggles

Robert Weiss Ph.D., LCSW, CSAT on May 22, 2023

Shaming, negative sexual messages received in religious settings in childhood can create an adult-life inability to connect sexually and romantically in healthy ways.

Shaming, negative sexual messages received in religious settings in childhood can create an adult-life inability to connect sexually and romantically in healthy ways.

Sex
Sex and Aging: 6 Ways to Keep the Spark Alive

Robert Weiss Ph.D., LCSW, CSAT on February 13, 2023

Sex after 50 is hardly the spur-of-the-moment roll in the hay that it once was. As we age, issues can dampen both desire and ability to follow through on it.

Sex after 50 is hardly the spur-of-the-moment roll in the hay that it once was. As we age, issues can dampen both desire and ability to follow through on it.

Relationships
When Parents Become Too Close to Their Kids

Robert Weiss Ph.D., LCSW, CSAT on November 7, 2022

With parental enmeshment, the child is used for narcissistic emotional fulfillment by the parent. Basically, the needs of the child are subsumed by the needs of the parent.

With parental enmeshment, the child is used for narcissistic emotional fulfillment by the parent. Basically, the needs of the child are subsumed by the needs of the parent.

Pornography
Is Meta-Porn the Next Sexual Revolution?

Robert Weiss Ph.D., LCSW, CSAT on October 21, 2022

Whatever fears you have (or don’t have), it’s clear that meta-porn is on the rise, and eventually technology could evolve in ways that make meta-sex as common as real-world sex.

Whatever fears you have (or don’t have), it’s clear that meta-porn is on the rise, and eventually technology could evolve in ways that make meta-sex as common as real-world sex.

Relationships
Intimacy vs. Sex

Robert Weiss Ph.D., LCSW, CSAT on September 28, 2022

Our culture frequently conflates sex with intimacy. But it is perfectly possible to have sex without intimacy. It is equally possible to have intimacy without sex.

Our culture frequently conflates sex with intimacy. But it is perfectly possible to have sex without intimacy. It is equally possible to have intimacy without sex.