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• Archive: Faculty:Alexandra SolomonDuration:2 HoursFormat:Audio and VideoCopyright:Mar 22, 2019 Description In today’s fraught romantic and sexual landscape, women are taught to view sexiness as a status to be earned, an indicator that society has deemed them conventionally attractive enough and that they’ve successfully walked the razor’s edge between being labeled a “prude” and a “slut.”But therapists can help clients develop a more evolved kind of sexual self-awareness.This recording explores how women can move from an “outside-in” to an “inside-out” construction of sexuality, not dependent on how they measure up in the gaze of others, and how men can be enlisted as allies in this process.
• Relational EmpowermentSexual Self-Awareness Through Different LensesCultureSpiritDevelopmentMindBodyEmotionRelationship Faculty Alexandra Solomon, PhD Related seminars and products: 3 Alexandra H. Solomon, PhD, is staff clinical psychologist, member of the teaching faculty in the marriage and family therapy graduate program, and clinical assistant professor of psychology at The Family Institute at Northwestern University.
• In addition to her clinical work with couples and individuals, Solomon teaches graduate and undergraduate students.
• One of her courses is Northwestern University’s internationally renowned “Building Loving and Lasting Relationships: Marriage 101,” which combines traditional and experiential learning to educate students about key relational issues like intimacy, sex, conflict, acceptance, and forgiveness.
• She also writes a column for Psychology Today and is the author of two books—Loving Bravely: Twenty Lessons of Self-Discovery to Help You Get the Love You Want (New Harbinger, 2017) and Taking Sexy Back: How to Own Your Sexuality and Create the Relationships You Want (New Harbinger, 2020).