by David Bowman, LMFT | Oct 22, 2025 | Couples, Dating, Featured, Relationships, Sex, Singles
In Western society, being straight (heterosexual) and being in a monogamous relationship (with only one romantic partner at a time) have been seen as the “normal” or ideal ways to live. Because of this, even when same-sex or gender-fluid relationships are...
by David Bowman, LMFT | Oct 9, 2025 | Addiction, Dating, Featured, Recovery, Relationships, Sex, Therapy
Addiction is a kind of runaway train that leaves the station when we stop dealing with our emotions, stop living our fullest lives, and stop wanting to cope with whatever life throws at us. Addiction is a kind of vacation from life that eventually becomes the Vacation...
by David Bowman, LMFT | Jun 4, 2019 | Couples, Featured, Gay, LGBT, Relationships, Sex
Heterosexuality and monogamy are so privileged by Western society that when homosexual or gender-fluid relationships are allowed—or even sanctioned—their validity and functionality are still judged against a heteronormative, monogamy-normative standard...
by David Bowman, LMFT | Apr 15, 2018 | Featured, LGBT, Relationships, Sex, Therapy
It was a frightening realization of my early 30s that had I not moved away from my family and my hometown when I did, I would already have been dead. I have no doubt that I would have committed suicide by the time I was 25, I felt so alone and ashamed and afraid of my...
