Dr. Ashley Grinonneau-Denton is the founder and co-owner of Ohio Center for Relationship and Sexual Health in Cleveland, Ohio. She has a doctorate in marriage and family therapy and is a certified sex therapist.
In this podcast, Dr. Ashley talks about:
- Being one of only 16 people certified in sex therapy in Ohio
- The social and cultural aspects of Valentine’s Day
- Not marginalizing sexual background of clients
- Creating a sex positive environment
- Behaviors involved with couples and their sexual health
- Looking at all sides of an issue to see the client’s whole self
- Her soapbox about labels
- Getting to a healthy sexual life
- How the intimacy conversation is changing with each new generation
- The form and function in music and pop culture
- Conducting virtual consultations (even before the pandemic)
- Seeing co-occurring behaviors in clients that are making it harder for them to change
Additional resources:
- Destigmatizing Addiction
- American Association of Sexuality Educators, Counselors, and Therapists (AASECT)
- Cognitive Behavior Therapy
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