Wise Words from a Couple’s Counsellor and Sexologist
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Isiah McKimmie is a renowned couple's counsellor and sexologist in Australia. Apart from her work, Isiah also lectures, works with a crisis hotline, and writes for news.com.au's Relationship Rehab column. Isiah has multiple degrees and postgrad qualifications in the field of intimacy, and had shared some profound insights on the various challenges we face, as psychosexual beings.
Our conversation touches on:
- common concerns she encounters with clients
- mismatched desires in couples, and the emotions felt as a result
- Isiah's general 3 Tiered Approach: Connection, Communication, and Sexual Intimacy
- reluctance, anxiety, shame & taboo
- sex education & sexual exercises
- Isiah's journey into education & career in human intimacy
- sexual expectations in mature couples
- changes in sexuality over the course of our lives
- other forms of intimacy and deep relational needs
- recovering from infidelity
- relationship challenges in couple's going through IVF
Isiah can be reached through her website and social media:
https://www.instagram.com/isiahmckimmie.sexologist/?hl=en
Isiah also has a blog and podcast. Her resources are well worth checking out:
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