Is Watching Porn Cheating? Understanding Boundaries in Relationships
Is watching porn cheating? A psychotherapist explores how pornography can affect relationships, trust, and boundaries, and how couples can talk about sexuality openly.
Staying Safe When Engaging in Online Sexual Activity
A practical guide to staying safe when engaging in online sexual activity, including consent, protecting your identity, avoiding exploitation, and understanding Irish law around intimate images.
Porn Panic: What We’re Really Anxious About, and What Young People Might Already Understand
A thoughtful exploration of porn panic, adolescent sexuality, and how young people understand pornography as fantasy rather than real intimacy.
Adolescent Sexuality in a Digital Age: Contemporary Influences, Risks, and How to Support Healthy Development
Explore the contemporary influences shaping adolescent sexuality, including social media and pornography, alongside practical ways to support healthy sexual development.
The 7 Types of Intimacy: Why Emotional Connection Often Comes Before Sexual Desire
Intimacy is more than sex. Explore the 7 types of intimacy and why emotional intimacy is often a prerequisite for physical and sexual desire in relationships.
Phimosis, Confidence, and Intimacy: More Than a Physical Issue
Phimosis can affect confidence, sexual functioning and intimacy. Learn about non-surgical treatment options and how psychosexual therapy can help.
The Six Principles of Sexual Health: A Framework for Adults and Adolescents
An overview of the six principles of sexual health, exploring consent, safety, pleasure, and values, and how they apply to both adolescents and adults.
ADHD and Hypersexuality: Understanding the Link Without Pathologising Desire
A thoughtful exploration of the relationship between ADHD and hypersexuality, focusing on desire, regulation, and reducing shame through understanding.