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Therapy that dares to bare @ the morning show, Australia

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I had a great time chatting with the Morning Show in Australia! Lovely people. An update: In this interview I said that Naked Therapy is talk therapy in different circumstances. When thinking on that response, I’d like to update it. Naked Therapy is a combination of talk therapy and experiential therapy (with the experience of...

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Talk Therapy in the NY Times

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Thanks to @LTDiep for pointing out this article in the NYTimes to to me via Twitter! While some practices turn to drugs (see below), my Naked Therapy talk therapy practice is on the rise! Talk Doesn’t Pay, So Psychiatry Turns Instead to Drug Therapy Like many of the nation’s 48,000 psychiatrists, Dr. Levin, in large part because of changes in how much insurance will pay, no longer provides talk therapy, the form of psychiatry popularized by Sigmund Freud that dominated the profession for decades. Instead, he prescribes medication, usually...

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NT on Jay Leno

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Confidence Around Women and NT

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Confidence Around Women and NT

This is the first in a series of thought-pieces on the connection of various psychoanalytic concepts and everyday experiences to Naked Therapy. After talking to many of my clients, I’ve come to realize that some men are very nervous around women. They find it difficult to talk to them and aren’t sure how to get a woman “interested.” Many of the issues men have with expressing themselves toward women and saying the kinds of things that “turn a woman on” come from issues that have been a part of a man’s life for many...

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Core Beliefs of NT

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Core Beliefs of NT

Core Beliefs of Naked Therapy November 2, 2010 Naked Therapy draws on various elements from psychotherapy, behavioral therapy, and positive psychology. In these practices, therapists use a variety of means (or modalities) to help patients access their unconscious and inner drives, such as dream analysis, free association, or cognitive re-programming. Naked Therapy employs a new modality – nakedness – and the related elements of beauty, arousal and desire. Some of the core beliefs of Naked Therapy are: - That a person’s personality reflects...

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What Makes Naked Therapy Different?

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What Makes Naked Therapy Different?

What Makes Naked Therapy Different? October 19, 2010 Since the discipline of therapy was invented over 100 years ago by Sigmund Freud, the “sacred” and “hidden” status of the therapist has been rigidly defended. According to the High Priests of Psychoanalysis, therapists must NEVER reveal themselves to their patients save in the most intellectual and calculated of ways. The field of Naked Therapy, which I look to pioneer, takes the opposite, and, I believe, healthier approach. Instead of asking her patient to rid himself of his repressions...

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