Being a marriage counselor in Portland, Oregon, means that I talk to couples and individuals regularly about improving their sexual desire. Sex drive has many contributing factors. Web MD suggests that there are 12 major areas that are “Sex Drive Killers” for women and men:

Stress
Relationship Problems
Alcohol
Parenting (privacy problems)
Too little sleep
Medication
Body image
Obesity
Low testosterone
Depression
Menopause
Too little intimacy [...]

As a Portland, Oregon marriage counselor I’m always looking for relationship advice to pass along. Researchers haven’t discovered any pharmaceutical miracles yet to increase women’s sexual desire, but luckily there are things that can be done naturally. I’m not against creating a “female Viagra” type drug, because I know how painful and potentially destructive low [...]

When a Man Hears “Not tonight honey…” he hears, “I don’t care about you”. A dilemma that marriage counselors have long observed. In the male brain, sex does equal love. Drop your judgments about how men see sex and learn to be more open to your man’s love language.

Neuro-psychiatrist writes a new book, The Male Brain, that examines and explains how and why men see sex the way they do. There are significant differences in the male and female brains, and a marriage counselor regularly runs into the problems this difference creates.

To avoid a sexless marriage experts are adamant that you must not only sleep together, but go to bed at the same time.  In our language “sleeping together” and “going to bed together” are code words for sex. So why do so many couples have different bedtime routines? The way you manage bedtime can help [...]

A sexless marriage could be a silent killer of your relationship. Are you are causing your partner to suffer by avoiding intimacy? Maybe your partner has stopped reaching out to you? Either way, you may be participating in a standoff that could ruin your marriage. After working with couples for 29 years I can attest [...]