Balance of Sexuality and Spirituality

Balance of Sexuality and Spirituality

It can be difficult to find the balance between healthy sexuality and flourishing spirituality. You may feel as if being healthy sexually leaves you feeling as if you are slacking spiritually. But why can’t you have both? It’s possible, even important, to find a way...
Sex, Relationships, and a Global Pandemic

Sex, Relationships, and a Global Pandemic

Date night? Meeting new people? These can be “strange” concepts for many people over the past year, thanks to a global pandemic. This year has challenged many people, and many relationships, in various ways. Couples who were accustomed to regular date nights to...
Consider Getting Rid of Foreplay

Consider Getting Rid of Foreplay

At first glance, this recommendation may seem to go against previous advice you’ve heard about sex and intimacy. Perhaps you’ve been encouraged to increase foreplay as a way to enhance the sexual experience for yourself or your partner. If you consider the underlying...
The Elephant in the Room

The Elephant in the Room

The nuances of a romantic relationship are multi-faceted. From the dating, romance, and passion to the differences, power struggles, and disappointments, the average couple can experience all stops along this journey to couple-dom. Couples are strongly encouraged to...
It’s Not You, It’s Me

It’s Not You, It’s Me

Tim Horvath is a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist in North Carolina and a former employee of CSWC. Throughout the course of therapy, people are often surprised when I advocate for something called “self-focus.” It is difficult for clients to wrap their minds...
Sex and Candy? I prefer Sex and Cookies!

Sex and Candy? I prefer Sex and Cookies!

When you start doing therapy, one of the things that you may notice, and that may even be irritating at times, is that you really don’t get to know much about your therapist. This is by design, as the process of therapy is really about focusing as much as possible on...