Mark Reid, Marriage & Family Therapist
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    • About Mark
  • Couples Therapy
    • Stan Tatkin
    • Betrayal >
      • Why People Have Affairs
      • When You're the One Who Cheats
      • Couple Recovery from Betrayal
      • Formal Disclosure
      • Who to Tell
      • The Betrayal Bind
      • Esther Perel
      • I Love You But I Don't Trust You
      • Rebuilding Trust
      • Earn Genuine Forgiveness
      • Triggers
      • Impact & Restitution
      • Polygraphs
      • Trial Separation
      • Infidelity Videos
  • Sex
    • Getting the Sex You Want
    • Sexual Awareness
    • David Schnarch
    • Scheduled Sex
    • Yes, No, Maybe List
    • Purity Culture >
      • Purity Culture Recovery
    • Lust & Sexual Thoughts
    • Sex Out of Control >
      • Why Hooked on Porn?
      • Effects of Porn
      • Stories of Sex Out of Control
      • PIED
      • Problematic Porn Use Videos
      • Intimacy & Sexual Anorexia
      • Porn Use Stats
  • Trauma
    • Impact of Trauma ACES
    • EMDR, Brainspotting & IFS
    • Internal Family Systems
    • Ketamine Therapy
  • RESOURCES
    • Secure Functioning >
      • Instagram on Secure Functioning
      • Creating a Shared Vision
      • Memory, Perception, Communication
    • Attachment Styles >
      • Disorganized Attachment
      • Attachment Videos
      • Islands & Waves
    • How to Apologize >
      • Lead With Relief
      • Why Can't People Apologize?
      • Repair Process
      • A Good Apology
      • On Apology
      • Why Won't You Apologize?
    • Choosing a Partner
    • Values
    • Grief
    • Shame
    • Gaslighting
    • Check Ins
    • Owning Your Reality
    • Defensiveness
    • Curiosity
    • Mother Enmeshed Men
    • Premarital Counseling
    • Parenting >
      • Anger With Kids
      • Why Kids Won't Listen
      • Good Enough Parenting
      • Parenting Models
      • Spanking
      • Facebook Posts
      • Parenting Books
      • Raising a Secure Child
      • Parenting Videos
      • Helpful Parenting Lists
    • Relationship Tips
    • 5 Topics of Conflict
    • Stay or Leave? >
      • Too Good to Leave, Too Bad to Stay
    • Narcissistic Partners
    • Narcissistic Mothers
    • Narcissistic Fathers
    • Win/Win Agreements
    • Vulnerability
    • Empathy
    • ADHD
    • Alcohol Use
    • Al-Anon
    • Phone Use
    • Enmeshment
    • The Art of Comforting
    • Pause Agreement
    • Four Horseman
    • Codependency
    • Differentiation
    • How to Listen
    • Anxiety
    • Launchings & Landings
    • Daily Share
    • Questions to Connect
    • Personality Tests
    • Brené Brown >
      • Daring Greatly
      • Rising Strong
    • Mindfulness
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Sexual Health

  1. Consent - voluntary cooperation
  2. Nonexploitation - to not take unfair advantage to gain access to sex
  3. Protection from HIV/STI's and unintended pregnancy 
  4. Honesty - direct and open communication with oneself and partners
  5. Shared values - clarifying motives, sexual standards and meaning of sex acts
  6. Mutual pleasure - both parties have the right to pleasure

When sex is
​out of control

​Sex Addiction
Sex addiction is a term used when people feel their sexual behavior is out of control. It usually involves failed attempts to stop the behavior and significant negative life consequences such as relationship instability, emotional turmoil, physical health problems, career trouble, and legal issues.

Talking to kids
​about porn

Culture Reframed
​Online Parents Program
​Defend Young Minds

Sex Education

sexedrescue.com