with this territory, how can we help clients navigate it? This workshop will present an overview of the cyber-dating universe, including what your clients need to know to avoid negative experiences and how they can use the Internet to evaluate and find “real” relationship possibilities that can also exist in real life. We’ll discuss the effects of pornography “expectation” on dating, the ADD-like system of online relationships, and long-distance tracking that comes from cybersex. We’ll explore technology’s impact on intimacy, infidelity, and isolation, and discuss what lies ahead for relationships in our technological future.
Tammy Nelson, Ph.D., M.S., a sexologist, licensed professional counselor, art therapist, alcohol and drug counselor, and Imago therapist, is the founder and executive director of the Center for Healing. She’s the author of Getting the Sex You Want and What’s Eating You? To learn more, visit http://www.drtammynelson.org.


There’s a growing recognition that “wisdom,” that elusive ability to see life whole,






By Rich Simon As therapists, many of us practice in two different worlds. In the first, we see polite, well-behaved, articulate clients with solid values. They engage fully in therapy, talk cogently about their problems, listen attentively to our responses, make reasonably good-faith efforts to follow our suggestions, and sooner or later get better. No wonder we genuinely like these people!
Tammy Nelson • Friday Morning