For the passed five years, I've been conducting 'relationship training' workshops primarily for the heterosexual. The objective of these workshops is to teach principles and skills for building, healthy intimate relationships. When, a year or so ago, a lesbian colleague approached me about extending these workshops to the gay population, I fel....(Read full article...)
I’m Daniel. I’m heterosexual and (was) homophobic. I can recall my high school days when gays were “fags,” “pussies,” “dykes,” freaks, outsiders, non-entities, people you’d always get support for abusing, the safest of scapegoats. I wondered why I (and others) invariably reacted with avoidance, indifference and disdain, wh....(Read full article...)
Relationships. I was born with a keen sense about relationships, was always assessing how close and intimate people are with each other. I had a knack for relationships. The importance of relationships cuts to the core of who I am. The combination of clinical training, 30 years of professional experience treating addictive, non-intimate couples and families, as well as rigorous self analysis has given me a lot to work with. I put what seemed to come naturally to me under a microscope in an effort to break the process of building healthy relationships down to concrete essentials: Understanding of Basic Principles, Communication Skills, Self-realization and Intimacy.
