Emotionally Unavailable w/ Maxine Hughes

The Loni Swain Show Podcast

Being emotionally unavailable describes someone who is not open to discussing or sharing their feelings. Being vulnerable is challenging for all of us, but it makes it extremely difficult to have healthy and genuine connections. In this episode, I am joined by Maxine Hughes to dive into this issue and how to identify and navigate this dynamic in romantic relationships. Maxine Hughes is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, Certified Sex Therapist-Candidate registered with the Board of Behavioral Sciences. Over the last decade, Maxine has been committed to working with individuals and couples in identifying and achieving goals that that help them to live more authentically. Her practice, Life and Sex Therapy Center located in Beverly Hills, California is LGBTQ affirmative, her goal is to provide a sex-positive environment for clients to explore the depths of their challenges while supporting them on their road to healing. Some of her specialties include kink, fetish, sex work, sex-related issues, sexual dysfunction, sex addiction, infidelity, sexual trauma, depression, anxiety, race-related issues, and difficulties with intimacy and vulnerability. In individual and group therapy, she forges deep and trusting relationships so that clients feel comfortable discussing their most protected thoughts and feelings.