The Soft Science

Join my Patreon www.sextalkwitherika.com/patreon   My therapy practice www.mentalandsexualhealth.com   Hey, folks! We have an extra special treat for you with this episode. I'm talking to two fabulous ladies and amazing sexologists, Dr. Jess O'Reilly and Ms. Marla Stewart. They're on the show with me to discuss their co-written book, “The Ultimate Guide to Seduction & Foreplay”, and what that mean...

Patreon www.sextalkwitherika.com/patreon   My therapy practice www.mentalandsexualhealth.com   Hey, all! This episode is directed at my helpers out there. This episode is going to be about race in the therapy room. How does this tie to sex, you might wonder?  Because all of our identities matter… and being able to talk about racial identity in therapy is essential to understanding how our bodies e...

Erika talks to us about breaking down the expectations of sexuality and intimacy and challenging perfectionism.  What expectations do you have around sexuality and intimacy?  How do those expectations impact your sexual life on your own or with partners? Find the full show notes here .

Find the Sex Talk Patreon here. patreon.com/sextalkwitherikamiley   My therapy practice: www.mentalandsexualhealth.com   Hang on to your hats, folks! Erika's got royalty in the house this week! Listen in as she holds an audience with Queen Ana Algos, Pro Dominatrix, a collared submissive, and a top heavy switch. Full show notes here .

Find the Sex Talk Patreon here. patreon.com/sextalkwitherikamiley   My therapy practice: www.mentalandsexualhealth.com   Erika gets down with Vanessa Carlisle, PhD! They talk about Vanessa's life journey through the world of sex work up to filling additional roles as a writer, educator, and consultant. They chat about the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic on sex workers, and attempt to de-mystify t...

Find the Sex Talk Patreon here. patreon.com/sextalkwitherikamiley   My therapy practice: www.mentalandsexualhealth.com   Erika and Dr. Rachel Needle, psychologist, certified sex therapist, co-director of Modern Sex Therapy Institutes, and doer of all the things, talk about the importance of being educated about sexual health; especially for those who are in the helping and medical fields. They foc...

Erika sits down to talk about the state of events in the United States. This is a call to action to stand with our black friends, family, and neighbors. It's time that white people take action to tear down a system of institutionalized racism built by our forefathers, benefited and maintained by white people. Equality has been called for, it's time for us to make it right, fair, and just. Full sho...

Find the Sex Talk Patreon here. patreon.com/sextalkwitherikamiley   My therapy practice: www.mentalandsexualhealth.com   Erika talks with Amanda Luterman, licensed psychotherapist, specializing in the erotic dynamic of relationships. What is erotic empathy and what’s it all about? Amanda explains how to understand that your partner’s attraction to you is not based on how you see yourself.  Full sh...

Find the Sex Talk Patreon here. patreon.com/sextalkwitherikamiley   My therapy practice: www.mentalandsexualhealth.com   Erika talks with co-owners Dr. Jake Deakins and Peter Deakins, RN of Inland Wellness and Vitality which is located in Spokane, WA.  All three talk about the various medical procedures available to patients seeking help with erectile dysfunction, sexual performance issues, hormon...

Find the Sex Talk Patreon here. patreon.com/sextalkwitherikamiley   My therapy practice: www.mentalandsexualhealth.com   This week on Sex Talk, Erika and Ashley Cobb (sexpert, blogger, badass) talk about how blowjobs evoke both enthusiasm and hesitation, then discuss wonderful tips on how to turn hesitation into enthusiasm. They encourage regular communication with partners and set straight some e...

Find the Sex Talk Patreon here. patreon.com/sextalkwitherikamiley   My therapy practice: www.mentalandsexualhealth.com   Erika takes on a chat with MMA coach, and host of "The Takedown", Josh Thomas about brain injury and making decisions that protect athletes (and, subsequently, their partners). They emphasize the importance of preventive activity, and the requirement for athletes to speak with t...

Find the Sex Talk Patreon here. patreon.com/sextalkwitherikamiley   My therapy practice: www.mentalandsexualhealth.com   This week, Erika chats with fellow therapist, Elyssa Rice, about the therapeutic elements of BDSM in addition to its more obvious fantasy ties. They turn over some common myths and misconceptions about kink, cover the importance of consent, and enlighten us on the power dynamics...

Sex Talk with Erika Miley Patreon Erika sits down with Brandon Ruckedashel and talks about how we document world-changing events, touching on how much of the world's art comes from conflict. They discuss the changes over time in how sexual material is created and accessed as well as what the future of sex work may look like. In addition, they get into the topics of dating during the pandemic and d...

Erika interviews erotic novelist and former national security analyst, AB Kelleher. Listen to the end for a free book giveaway! They talk about what it's like to be an erotic novelist and what makes it a great erotic novel. Follow me on Twitter @MrsErikaMiley or IG @erikamileytherapy and send an email to littlegreenpills@mail.com to win a free copy of Little Green Pills. Full show notes here . Joi...

This week Kara Bolling and I had a virtual coffee date where we talked about what to do when you're pregnant and working as a practioner. How to plan the time off, and what happens if you make the tough choice of taking an extended leave away from your clients. Full show notes here . Join my Patreon: www.sextalkwitherika.com/patreon My therapy practice: www.mentalandsexualhealth.com  

Today Erika interviews Melinda DeSeta, a Licensed Mental Health Counselor who works with young professionals and millennials. They talk about online dating and being vulnerable through the online medium. Full show notes here .  Join my Patreon: www.sextalkwitherika.com/patreon My therapy practice: www.mentalandsexualhealth.com  

This week Erika talks to Certified Sex Therapist, Janis Roszler, and Registered Nurse, former president of the American Association of Diabetes Educators, Donna Rice all about their new book, Intimacy & Diabetes . Now available on Amazon. We talked all about how diabetes affects a person's sexuality, desire, biological functions, and much more. Full show notes here . Join my Patreon: www.sextalkwi...

Erika takes a few minutes to talk about Sex and the Corona Virus (COVID-19) and what it means in regards to your physical connections with others. She goes over safety to protect yourself, your partners, and things you can do if there’s concern about touching each other. Erika also talks about handling prolonged isolation and anxiety. Full show notes here . Join my Patreon: www.sextalkwitherika.co...

Pandia Health: www.sextalkwitherika.com/pandia Today Erika interviews Ryan Scoats, PhD, a lecturer at Coventry University in Sociology. Much of his work focuses on people’s monogamy, sexuality, masculinity, and friendship among men. They talked about threesomes, one of the most common fantasies expressed by adults. Erika and Ryan talked about his book, Understanding Threesomes: Gender, Sex, and Co...

Pandia Health: https://sextalkwitherika.com/pandia Trigger warning: This episode contains our therapeutic experiences treating those who have committed sexual crimes. Today I spoke to Dr. Earl Yarington about what it's like to be a therapist treating sex offenders, those who have been or currently are in the prison system. Earl and I talk about what it's like to want to treat these folks so that w...

Pandia Health: https://sextalkwitherika.com/pandia Today Erika interviews Zita Nickeson, certified Sex Therapist, Sex Educator, kink knowledgeable therapist, located in Washington state, licensed in Washington, Idaho, and Colorado. Zita is a mentor who heavily impacted much of how Erika sees sex therapy. She works to forward kink friendliness among therapist. They spend much of the episode talking...

Pandia Health: https://sextalkwitherika.com/pandia An interview with the wonderful Brian Earp, Associate Director at the Yale Hastings Program in Ethics and Health Policy. He's also the writer of Love Drugs, just released in the US about 2 weeks at the time of recording. For our UK listeners, the book is call Love is the Drug. We talked about the use of psychedelics in mental health treatment. Ful...

Pandia Health: https://sextalkwitherika.com/pandia Founder of the Harvey Institute, writer, teacher, all around making the field of psycho-therapy better Doug Braun-Harvey. We cover the distance around how therapists can feel icky about sex because they're not immune to the cultural shame around sexuality. That shame impacts how we need to challenge the discomfort around sex and clients. We also t...

Pandia Health: https://sextalkwitherika.com/pandia This show is for my helpers, for my fellow therapists, psychologists, psychiatrists, RN’s, and ARNPs. First I want to say I am sorry.  I am sorry that you did not learn in school about sexual health.  I am sorry that as a result when your client’s or patient’s bring up these issues it often leads to discomfort, feeling like an imposter, or numerou...

Pandia Health: https://sextalkwitherika.com/pandia Dr. Eric Sprankle joins us today to talk about religious shame around sex and pleasure. It's an amazing conversation talking about how to dismantled the shaming system and promote a comprehensive sex education. Find the full show notes here . Join my Patreon: www.sextalkwitherika.com/patreon My therapy practice: www.mentalandsexualhealth.com