In this Podversation:

• Why Emma chose the field of sex therapy as a Christian clinician
• Is the Christian church becoming more open to talking about sex?
• Does our spiritual worldview affect our sex life and vice versa?
• Common issues sex therapists treat
• Helping Christian couples who were virgins on their wedding night
• Is it okay for Christians to fantasize during sex?
• What Emma wishes the Christian church would do with sex education
• How to talk about sex with your partner
• The importance of knowing and exploring your body
• How to handle a partner who fantasizes about something taboo
• Sexual Fantasy Jars
• The healthy side of objectification and the hooker-housewife mentality
• Ways to extend sexual pleasure outside the bedroom

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Additional Resources:

• The OMGYes app
• Red Hot Monogamy: Making Your Marriage Sizzle by Bill & Pam Farrel
• “Mating in Captivity” by Esther Perel
• “The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work” by Dr. John Gottman, & Nan Silver
• “The Five Love Languages” by Gary Chapman
• “The Sex-Starved Wife: What to do When He’s Lost Desire” by Michele Weiner-Davis, M.S.W.
• “The Sex-Starved Marriage – Boosting Your Marriage Libido, A Couple’s Guide” by Michele Weiner-Davis, M.S.W.

Meet Emma Schmidt

Emma is a Licensed Professional Counselor, Certified Sex Therapist and Certified Clinical Sexual Addiction Specialist.

She earned her Master of Art in Counseling from Cincinnati Christian University and went on to receive her training in sex therapy through the Institute for Sexual Wholeness and is certified through American Board of Christian Sex Therapists, American Association of Sexuality Educators, Counselors and Therapists, as well as the International Association of Certified Sexual Addiction Specialists which trains clinicians in the trauma model of therapy from a Christian perspective.

Emma has two years of doctoral experience from Union Institute and University. Her group practice, Emma Schmidt & Associates provides a whole range of therapeutic services in the Cincinnati Ohio area and also online.

To learn more about Emma and her services, please visit Emma-Schmidt.com or on Facebook at www.facebook.com/emmaschmidtsextherapy.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Tamara Powell, LMHC is a licensed therapist, university psychology instructor, and empowerment coach who believes life should be lived as a journey that is “anything but ordinary.”

Her work is specialized to help individuals break free from toxic cycles of distress, dysfunction, and dissatisfaction with life that are created when trying to live according to someone else’s rules. Only by living what she calls radical autonomy, can one obtain soul nourishing relationships and a sense of true life purpose and inner peace.

If you’re interested in working with her, either in person or online, you can learn more about her services here.

Sound Editing provided by Pete Bailey: http://petebailey.net/audio/