I’ve previously written about my college’s psychology department, and its creative, interactive approach to teaching. Nowhere was it more creative – or interactive-- than in the Human Sexuality program. What I haven’t mentioned before, until now, was the clinic. We first learned of it when our professor addressed the Human Sexuality 101 class. “You’ve all done very well in confronting your own sexuality, and becoming comf...

You wouldn’t think persuading college kids to have sex would be a challenge. But sometimes things aren’t as simple as they appear. I’ve previously written about my college’s psychology program on human sexuality, which consists not just of book learning, but clinical exercises. It was a transformative experience for me, and the pathway to guilt-free exploration of sexuality. It motivated me to enter the graduate program t...

My college has a first-rate psychology department, where one can study learned texts on human behavior.  But book learning has its limits, so the department prides itself on conducting clinical exercises that expand on the material.  That academic rigor applies throughout the department, but nowhere more starkly than in its course on human sexuality.  All participants in that course have to agree ahead of time to particip...

I’ve written previously about the Course on Human Sexuality at my university, offered by the psychology department. It is famous for its clinical exercises to push sexual boundaries. Once it had tipped a toe even into nudity among the classmates, albeit in a small way. At one after-hours session, groups of 2 men and 2 women were required to decide which one individual amongst them would participate in an assigned discussi...