• Dr. Glenda Corwin // Glenda Corwin, Ph.D. is a clinical psychologist and author of Sexual Intimacy for Women: A Guide for Same-Sex Couples. In addition to sessions in her private practice, she offers consultation and online programs for couples. For more information, please visit her website at www.DrGlendaCorwin.com
Lesbian Dating: The Problem with Pursuing
“Never pursue a distancer.” This was the maxim I learned in grad school couples’ therapy classes. It seemed like a no-brainer at the time. How could anyone keep going after someone who doesn’t want you? I would have more self-respect! Until I really fell in love with a lovely woman who was less in love […]
Bringing Your Partner Home for the Holidays
Family visits over the holidays can be warm and wonderful–or a painful reminder of how badly we connect with our own relatives. Unlucky same-sex couples face some unique challenges, like flat out rejection, unspoken disapproval, awkward silences…For many, the subtle or blatant homophobia from family turns a happy occasion into an obligation to be endured. […]
Is Having Sex Really That Important?
In my personal quest to affirm sexual intimacy for lesbian couples, I keep hearing “Why?” If two women aren’t having sex, and both are okay with that, why is there a problem? Maybe sex just isn’t that important to them. Well, yes, if this were true, it would be true. There is no rule that […]
3 Ways Couples Can Improve Communication
Lesbian relationship expert Dr. Glenda Corwin gives practical advice for lesbian couples to help unpack frustrating dynamics in their communication. Dear Dr. Corwin: “We need to communicate better! We love each other, and talk all the time, but we never seem to get anywhere except mad… same old issues, no progress. Can you help?” Recently […]
How to Keep Sex Alive in Lesbian Relationships
Dear Dr. Glenda: My partner and I are arguing a lot about our sex life. We don’t really have one, except maybe a couple times in the past year. She thinks we should work on this, but when I talk to my friends they aren’t having much sex either. Sex has never been that big […]
8 Ways Lesbian Relationships Fail and Recover
Most of us have had the sad opportunity to reflect on how relationships fail. Whether you’re currently in a floundering relationship, or just ended one, or have been single forever because you’re afraid of failing again—at some point you ask yourself “How did we go wrong?” And, even more painfully, “How did I go wrong?” […]
Is Lesbian Bed Death Inevitable? We Think Not.
Many years ago a young woman came to my office for consultation about a very specific question. She asked “Do you think lesbian bed death is inevitable?” Her story was sadly familiar. She had been living with her partner for 12 years, the past 5 without sex. She was unhappy about this, but her partner just […]
Lesbian Relationships: 3 Tips for Mindful Dating
Recently I listened to a lovely talk about meditation, about paying attention to the present moment, practicing loving compassion, and letting go of thoughts that carry you away from your breath, or mantra, or wherever you focus when you meditate. This makes so much sense. Why is it so hard to practice these guidelines in […]
Celebrate Lesbian Love!
Let’s talk about celebrating romantic love. Specifically, celebrating what psychologist Dorothy Tennov named “limerence.” This is a state of falling in love, characterized by obsessive thoughts, intense longing, and delirious bliss when thinking of the beloved. New lovers lean into each other, pay passionate attention, adore each other, feel their hearts bursting, and their spirits skipping […]
Lesbian Dating: Try a Little Kindness
Before the election, I was writing a response to a question about the ifs, whens, and hows of “casual sex.” A woman planning an Olivia cruise wondered if she could enjoy a shipboard sexual encounter, without dire emotional consequences. It’s a valid question, worth being thoughtful about. But then we had this election, and that […]
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