*Join Travis for the next Marriage and Couples in NYC Webinar: Wednesday September 30th @ 4:00 pm EDT*

A recent study by Carnegie Mellon University may have surprised some people. Isn't the answer to improving a marriage or love relationship to simply have more sex? Despite what the cover of some magazines may claim, the study found that more sex won't make your relationship better. In fact, the study found that couples instructed to have more sex actually felt worse. Couples who were instructed to have more sex experienced lower levels of happiness in two key areas: both sexual desire and enjoyment during sex decreased.

The authors of the study suggest that perhaps the biggest factor affecting the outcomes seemed to be the fact that couples were instructed to have more sex rather than initiating it on their own. They offered that if the researchers could do the study again, they would help the couples be in a more sexy frame of mind to perhaps change the outcome.

Missing the Mark: Have you ever tried to have sex with your partner or spouse when you were feeling hurt or upset by something he or she did? Chances are, you didn't feel very safe or open in your relationship at the time, and if you even get to the point of having sex, your desire and enjoyment during sex most likely suffered.

Marriage and Couples Webinar in NYC

Join Travis Atkinson, the creator and director of the Loving at Your Best Plan, on Wednesday September 30th @ 4:00 pm EDT for the Webinar “How to Spark Desire and Enjoy Sex More in Your Marriage or Love Relationship.” The webinar is complimentary, but you must register below to receive instructions to attend. You can join via smartphone, tablet, laptop, desktop, or telephone, and you’ll have the opportunity to comment and ask questions during the webinar.

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The Secret Tool Men Can Use to Make or Break a Marriage or Love Relationship

Is it easy for you and your partner or spouse to talk to each other, even about what may seem like simple things? If it is, chances are, your marriage or love relationship is in a good place, and your connection is strong. If this is not the case, these little moments of silence, like a couple sitting together at a restaurant and starring at their food, may be signs of some stress or tension in your marriage or love relationship.

Join us Wednesday May 21st @ 12:00 p.m. for our next marriage and couples counseling and therapy in NYC Webinar: How Men Can Make a Relationship Last. The webinar is complimentary, but you must register to join. You can join via smartphone, tablet, laptop, desktop, or via telephone (tolls may apply). You'll have the opportunity to comment and ask questions as the webinar continues.

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Travis Atkinson, LCSW, is the Director and Creator of the Loving at Your Best Plan in New York City.

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Travis Atkinson, L.C.S.W., is the director and creator of The Loving at Your Best 5-Step Plan. Travis is a Certified Emotionally Focused Couples Therapist and Supervisor, an Advanced Certified Schema Therapist, Supervisor and Trainer, a Certified Gottman Method Couples Therapist, and a Certified Group Psychotherapist. Travis is a Founding Member of the New York Center for Emotionally Focused Therapy.

Travis has trained couples therapists nationally and internationally for many years, including recent trainings in Italy, South Korea, the Netherlands, and the New England Educational Institute in Cape Cod. Travis is a supervisor and trainer at the Schema Therapy Institute, and is co-author of the latest schema mode therapy inventory, the SMI. He recently published “Schema Therapy for Couples: Healing Partners in a Relationship” in the Handbook of Schema Therapy (Wiley-Blackwell, 2012). He co-presented in Cape Cod with Jeffrey Young, Ph.D., the founder of schema therapy, for three years, training other couples therapists, and recently completed a video to help couples therapists with Sue Johnson, Ph.D., founder of Emotionally Focused Therapy. Travis graduated from New York University, with graduate degrees in Clinical Social Work and Management.

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