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Isadora Alman MFT, CST

About

Isadora Alman, M.F.T., is a California licensed marriage and relationship therapist, a Board-certified sex therapist, author and lecturer. Her syndicated sex and relationship column "Ask Isadora" ran in alternative weekly papers worldwide for 25+ years. Web surfers can find some of her columns on her Sexuality Forum www.askisadora.com.

She is the author of two collections of Q & A's from columns: Let's Talk Sex and Ask Isadora, as well as Sex Information, May I Help You?, a peek behind the scenes of a sex help phone line which still flourishes in San Francisco today. Doing It: Real People Having Really Good Sex is a collection of helpful hints and titillating tidbits culled from column readers and Forum web site users. Her latest book is a group of selected essays, many of them taken from Psychology Today Online - What People Keep Asking Me About Sex and Relationships. Her novel Bluebirds of Impossible Paradises: A Sexual Odyssey of the 70's is out in paperback on Amazon.com. She has also contributed chapters to several books including Herotica (Down There Press), Dick For A Day (Villard NY), The Moment Of Truth (Seal Press) and Single Woman Of A Certain Age (Inner Ocean Publishing, Inc.) Isadora has been a radio talk show host and frequent TV and radio talk show guest, and a lecturer and workshop leader on a variety of communications topics. She conducts her private psychotherapy practice in Alameda in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Books by Isadora Alman MFT, CST
Recent Posts
When Is It Cheating for You?
Some types of cheating are obvious, but your mate's definition may not be—until you cross their invisible line. Have these discussions first.
Couples Who Fight
There is a difference between fighting and disagreeing. In any couple, there will be differences of opinion, but if there are frequent yelling matches, or worse, time to reconsider.
The Intrigue of Flirting

Are you a flirt? Would you like to be a flirt? Here are some basic observations on the art of flirting.

Are you a flirt? Would you like to be a flirt? Here are some basic observations on the art of flirting.

Is My Relationship Fixable or Is It Time to End It?

Is the problem in your relationship your partner's character flaws or is it behavioral? How can you decide whether it's fixable?

Is the problem in your relationship your partner's character flaws or is it behavioral? How can you decide whether it's fixable?

When One Partner Sexually Shuts Down

Sometimes, for reasons psychological or physical, a monogamous couple comes to the difficult decision about outside sex if one of them can not be a sexual partner. What then?

Sometimes, for reasons psychological or physical, a monogamous couple comes to the difficult decision about outside sex if one of them can not be a sexual partner. What then?

Understanding Your Partner's Body Language

What does that facial expression mean, or that body posture? The only way you will learn is over time or perhaps by biting the bullet and asking.

What does that facial expression mean, or that body posture? The only way you will learn is over time or perhaps by biting the bullet and asking.

To Keep Or Not to Keep One's Maiden Name

Whether or not a woman takes her husband's name at marriage depends on a number of factors. Will you or did you change yours?

Whether or not a woman takes her husband's name at marriage depends on a number of factors. Will you or did you change yours?

When the World Hands You Stinkweed

Sometimes we get roses and sometimes stinkweed. Sometimes we merit what we receive, sometimes not. What do you tell yourself whatever you are handed?

Sometimes we get roses and sometimes stinkweed. Sometimes we merit what we receive, sometimes not. What do you tell yourself whatever you are handed?