Alexandra Katehakis: Grown-Up Sex

Sounds True: Insights at the Edge

Tami Simon

Religion, Religion & Spirituality

4.6 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 15 March 2017

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Alexandra Katehakis is the founder and clinical director of the Center for Healthy Sex, specializing in therapy for sexual addiction and sexual issues within marriage. In addition to writing several books on the subject, Alexandra will be presenting on sexual dysregulation during Sounds True's upcoming Neuroscience Training Summit 2017. In this episode of Insights at the Edge, Tami Simon and Alexandra discuss the roots of sexual dysfunction and how to approach it in adulthood. They speak on "grownup sex"—a sexuality based in honest communication of needs, preferences, and desires for novelty. Tami and Alexandra also explore topics such as asexuality, sexuality without intimacy, and why orgasms are overrated. (58 minutes)

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0:00.0	This program is brought to you by sounds true.com.
0:04.0	At sounds true.com you can find hundreds of downloadable audio
0:08.0	learning programs, plus books, music, videos, and online courses, and events.
0:14.3	At sounds true.com, we think of ourselves
0:17.2	as a trusted partner on the spiritual journey,
0:20.2	offering diverse, in-depth, and life-changing wisdom.
0:24.0	Sounds True.com, many voices, one journey. You're listening to Insights at the Edge. Today my guest is Alexandra Katahakis.
0:46.5	Alexandra specializes in sexual addiction issues and sexual and marital therapy.
0:53.7	She's the founder and clinical director of the Center for Healthy Sex in Los Angeles and is
0:59.7	the author of several books including erotic intelligence and sex addiction as affect
1:06.9	dysregulation. She's also a regular contributor to psychology today in the
1:12.3	Huffington Post.
1:14.0	With Sounds True, Alexandra Katahakis
1:17.3	is a featured presenter in our 2017
1:20.9	Neuroscience Training Summit, which runs from March 20th through March 29th, and features
1:28.8	leading presenters in the field of neuroscience, including Stephen Porgis, Dr Daniel Ammen, Rick
1:37.1	Hanson, Kelly McGonagall, and Joe Dispensa. In this episode of Insights at the Edge, Alexandra and I spoke about the inability to self-sooth as an infant and how that can lead in later life to sex addiction. We also talked
1:56.1	about what she calls grown-up sex, how couples in a long-term committed
2:01.6	relationship can grow up from adolescent sex and take
2:06.2	responsibility for talking about their needs and preferences and communicating
2:11.9	honestly about issues related to body image, aging, and desires for novelty.
2:20.0	Alexandra and I touched on a wide range of topics, including the importance of preventing children from accessing digital pornography,
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