All Pro NFL tough guy, Brian Urlacher is being accused of dressing his three year old son in Cinderella diapers and painting the boy’s toe nails blue, the team color of the linebacker’s Chicago Bears. The accuser is the boy’s mother, Tyna Robertson with whom Urlacher is in a child custody battle. Robertson is complaining [...]
Archive for November, 2008
The NFL, Diapers & Divorce…
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Brian Urlacher, Couples counseling, divorce, Dr. Neil Cannon on November 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Sarcasm & sex mix like oil and water…
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Dr. Neil Cannon, sarcasm, sex therapy on November 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
A couple of years ago I was counseling a delightful young couple who unfortunately fought incessantly. I quickly came to learn that a key component of their communication style was sarcasm. He was toxically sarcastic and she enabled him to do so. When the sarcasm went away, so too did their troubles. The difference between [...]
The gay therapedian…
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Dr. Neil Cannon, gay, glbt, lgbt, sex therapy on November 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Over the years I have observed that generally happy pepole tend to take their work seriously but themselves lightly. The following You Tube clip was made by a friend and colleague, the author and sex therapist, Joe Kort. If you feel like you need a two minute smile, this clip is for you.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dj74Q6RqIcY
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A sex therapist gives thanks…
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Dr. Neil Cannon, sex therapy, thanksgiving on November 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
As Thanksgiving approaches a group of us were talking about what we are most thankful for professionally. Here is my response…
I am thankful for the opportunity to help people heal and to help people grow. I am thankful for the ability to help people feel normal. I am thankful for the ability to help people embrace their [...]
A Mother’s love…
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Dr. Neil Cannon, intimacy, love, trauma on November 13, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I have a wonderful mother and adult daughter that I have been working with. They gave me permission to share this story. 18 months ago the daughter suffered a terrible tragedy, which of course means the mother is hurting deeply as well. When the adult daughter was a little girl she had a pet hamster. The hamster suddenly became ill [...]
Selecting the right therapist…
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Dr. Neil Cannon, Selecting a therapist, sex therapy on November 8, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I frequently get calls from friends and family wanting to know what they should look for when selecting a therapist. My advice: In this age of specialization you should be able to select a therapist who has expertise in your very specific area of concern. Second, studies show that up to 45% of the effectiveness of [...]
A visit with Sigmund Freud…
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Dr. Neil Cannon, Sigmund Freud on November 4, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
A client asked me this week what I thought of Sigmund Freud. His question triggered lovely memories from this past spring. While in Vienna we visited Sigmund Freud’s museum which is housed in what used to be Dr. Freud’s actual office before he fled the Nazi’s in 1938. (Too many visits by the Gestapo were making the [...]
