Get up to speed on the latest—often surprising—social trends in sexual activity and explore the significance of these emerging patterns for your clients. 

Objectives

1. Describe three ways that a couple can promote attachment, as measurable through brain science

Outline

• What research is showing about the impact of alternatives to traditional rituals of dating and mating-- including online dating, sexting, and hooking up--on what people are looking for in relationship today
• How to see the latest forms of sexual experimentation as pathways to committed relationships shaped by caution, time and energy constraints, and fear of divorce
• How the latest findings in brain science can illuminate the interplay among   the three components of love—sex drive, romance, and deep attachment
• Exploration of the many cultural factors shaping new patterns of sexual behavior including the divorce revolution, changing attitudes towards work and career, and the new financial pressures many young people face today