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Porn and Relationships: What Are Couples Really Fighting About?
Porn and relationships can bring up much more than sex. A trauma-focused sex therapist explores how porn can activate insecurity, autonomy, power, and safety—and when it can actually support intimacy and connection.

Huilin Lai, LCSW-R, CST
2 days ago12 min read


Sexuality and Aging: Your Retirement Plan for Intimacy
Successful people often spend decades preparing financially for retirement, but few prepare emotionally or erotically for aging. This article explores sexuality and aging through intimacy, body image, emotional connection, and long-term relationships. It reflects on how older adults often become more sexually alive not because their bodies stop aging, but because shame, performance pressure, and self-judgment loosen their grip over time.

Huilin Lai, LCSW-R, CST
May 204 min read


Therapy VS Dating
Finding a good therapist isn’t easy. Even with the best matchmakers for you (I consider myself a pretty good matchmaker both...

Huilin Lai, LCSW-R, CST
Feb 18, 20235 min read


What if there is no such a thing as sexual desire disorder?
I get clients asking me everyday, “Is it me?” “Am I abnormal?” “What do I do to increase or decrease my sexual desire?” As I...

Huilin Lai, LCSW-R, CST
Oct 12, 20223 min read


Ladies, Let's reconstruct Love and Sex
We’re launching Part Two of our bilingual bicultural Love and Sex empowerment program for Asian women this weekend. The beta version is...

Huilin Lai, LCSW-R, CST
May 14, 20212 min read


“Swiping Fatigue”? How about “slow dating” to be a more intentional dater?
Yes, I’m old school, but it works, especially during the pandemic. Look, I understand you might be “running out of time” , “what if I miss out someone good”“my friends are all married”, “Chinese New Year and Valentine’s day are approaching, my parents will drive me crazy”… The reality is how much time, energy, money, emotional bandwidth you have to date new people everyday? When you date hastily, how many meaningful conversations can you actually have? How can you make infor

Huilin Lai, LCSW-R, CST
Jan 30, 20214 min read
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