Stanley Siegel, LCSW, is a psychotherapist, author, international lecturer, and former Director of Education at New York’s renowned Ackerman Institute for Family Therapy. With over 45 years of experience, Siegel has developed an unconventional and highly regarded approach to psychotherapy. Stanley’s latest book, “Your Brain on Sex: How Smarter Sex Can Change Your Life” is out now!

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O - The Oprah Magazine South Africa 02/12

O – The Oprah Magazine South Africa 02/12

INTELLIGENT LUST Psychotherapist Stanley Siegel shares how smarter sex can change your life! The Mental Connection: For some, sex is a simple act of physical pleasure, others see it as a way of expressing deep feelings, and there are those who approach it as a spiritual experience. The definition of sexual activity also differs from...
Fit'n Style Magazine 02/2012

Fit’n Style Magazine 02/2012

Smarter Sex can Change Your Life Stanley Siegel is a psychotherapist, an international lecturer, and the former director of education and senior faculty member of New York’s renowned Ackerman Institute for Family Therapy. His Latest book release, Your Brain on Sex: How Smarter Sex Can Change Your Life, takes the reader on a journey through...
The Believer Literary Magazine: A Conversation with Stanley Siegel

The Believer Literary Magazine:
A Conversation with Stanley Siegel

Mr Siegel and I have been been continuing a conversation over several years about his ideas. I will be posting some excerpts from our conversations about Commitment over the next few weeks (March 2012). The photographs shown here are by Ryan McGinley. - Sheila Heti, The Believer Logger...Read More

Notes on Therapy

Early in my career I immersed myself in the then emerging theories referred to as Family Systems Therapy, with teachings from professionals such as Murray Bowen, Carl Whittaker, Jay Haley and Nathan Ackerman, who themselves had rebelled against the tenants of traditional psychotherapy. They shared the premise that an individual’s “problem,” rather than being purely...
The Honest Courtesan: Interview with Stanley Seigel

The Honest Courtesan: Interview with Stanley Seigel

Frank Commentary from a Retired Call Girl with Maggie NcNiell. Our civilisation cannot afford to let the censor-moron loose. The censor-moron does not really hate anything but the living and growing human consciousness. – D.H. Lawrence Last Saturday I interviewed Stanley Siegel, LCSW, a psychotherapist, lecturer and author whose popular sex blog Intelligent Lust was...
Sex Worker or Therapist?

Sex Worker or Therapist?

STANLEY SIEGEL UNCENSORED: The Shared Values and Techniques of Therapists and Sex Workers. “Sex Worker or Therapist?” was censored by Psychology Today on February 21 and never appeared online. Several years ago, a 62-year-old man had a consultation with me a few months after good friends had conducted, let’s say, an intervention on his behalf. Andrew...
Penis Envy

Penis Envy

STANLEY SIEGEL UNCENSORED: The Truth About How We Feel About Penises. “Penis Envy” was published February 14 on PsychologyToday.com and removed two weeks later. The center of a man’s existence is his penis. At the root of his self-worth is how he feels about the size of his penis and what he thinks about its ability...
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