Dr. Shannon Chavez is a nationally recognized expert, therapist, and educator specializing in “all things sexuality” including help for men, women, and couples; the treatment of sexual disorders; sex education for conservative religious and cultural groups; sexual trauma and abuse; and compulsive behaviors surrounding love, romance, and sex.

She is a licensed clinical psychologist in California and Arizona and has a private practice in Los Angeles, California where she works with individuals and couples (both heterosexual and same-sex) to address sexual concerns and build sexual awareness through therapy, coaching, and education.

In This Conversation We Discuss:

New sex trends around gender and sexual identities.
How life post-menopause can be a woman’s golden sexual era.
Outercourse and how the ENTIRE body is an erogenous zone.

Quotes From This Episode:

“Sex isn’t just something you do, a behavior, an activity, it really is who we are.”
“100% of people will have sexual concerns. All of us, me, you, everyone, will have a sexual concern at some point in their life.”
“[Menopause] is not a time of endings, it’s a time of new beginnings. This is your Golden Era of sex. This is where you can have sex for pleasure, for play, joy. You can really focus on you.”
“You can penetrate an armpit if you are curious enough.”

Links:

Dr. Shannon Chavez’s Website: www.drshannonchavez.com
The Beauty of the Feminine and Masculine Power by Mukee Okan
Sex Outside of the Lines by Chris Donahue
A New View of a Woman’s Body by The Federation of Feminist Women’s Health Centers
Sex and the Soul by Donna Freitas
Women Who Love Sex and Return of Desire by Gina Ogden
Sex for One by Betty Dodson
Zentai and Zentai Dating