The Trouble With Sex PodcastSex, Love & Relationships deeply impact our human experience. What brings us the most pleasure and fulfillment, can also cause the most pain and suffering. The Trouble With Sex is a multimedia platform that brings listeners, viewers and participants cutting edge information, expert advice and therapeutic insights into our hearts, heads and desires. The TTWS podcast, upcoming “Ask Dr. Tammy” Instagram Live talk show and online events are meant to start an open and honest, sex-positive dialogue. Dr. Tammy’s mission is to educate and entertain while opening up the conversation about improving our sex lives and creating more fulfilling relationships.Listen to Dr. Tammy on your favorite podcast platform as she interviews leading sex therapists, doctors, experts on sexual health, wellness and pleasure. Subscribe today on any podcast platform and join Dr. Tammy’s growing community. You can also listen on the site’s podcast page. Have a question for Dr. Tammy?

2007 to presentFaculty, Speaker, Workshop and Seminar Leader and Consultant• Teacher, workshop and seminar presenter providing trainings for therapists around the world. Trains professionals throughout US, Austria, Israel, Sweden, Mexico, Denmark, France. Seminars topics offered include relationships, sexuality, Imago, affairs and infidelity, marketing private practice, stress management, marriage and family therapy, transformational relationships, transformational business, writing and publishing, divorce and healing, full list available. • Teaching daylong trainings nationally on topics on relationships, sexuality, infidelity, marriage and family, private practice, etc. Providing full day and half day webinars for PESI Continuing Education webinar provider on Divorce and Separation: How to End a Marriage with Intention and Integrity and Interventions for Clients Dealing with Infidelity, Trust and Betrayal, LGBTQIA. • Director and moderator for the Imago think tank, a weekly phone bridge for the International Imago Relationship therapy community for over seven years, interviewing the top experts in the field of marriage and couples therapy including Harville Hendrix, Daniel Siegel, Rick Hanson, Terry Real, John Gray, Arielle Ford, Michelle Weiner Davis, Dr. Stan Tatkin, Ellyn Bader, Peggy Vaughan, Michael Metz, Janis Abrahms Spring, Barry McCarthy, David Treadway, Bill O’Hanlon, Richard Schwarz, Susan Johnson, Bonnie Eaker Weil, William Doherty and Pat Love.

Consulting • Currently consultant for several Urology groups, oncology treatment units and pelvic floor groups as sex therapy expert for marital and sexual wellness programs. Includes St. Raefield Hospital New Haven, Yale Urology Group, New Haven, CT, Praxair Cancer Center, Danbury, CT, Urology Associates of Danbury, CT, Danbury Hospital, Danbury CT, Ella’s Health in Westport CT, Psychiatry and Behavioral Health, and Danbury Hospital, Danbury, CT. Consistently provides materials, products, workbooks, interventions and in-services to medical professionals, doctors and surgeons on the treatment of sexual and relational issues.

Bio: Dr. Tammy Nelson is a Board Certified Sexologist, a Certified Sex Therapist and a Certified Imago Relationship Therapist.  She is an international speaker and a licensed psychotherapist in private practice working with individuals and couples.  Tammy is the author of several books including, “Getting the Sex You Want; Shed Your Inhibitions and Reach New Heights of Passion Together” (2008) and “What’s Eating You? A Workbook for Anorexia and Bulimia (2004)” and her latest book “The New Monogamy; Redefining Your Relationship After Infidelity” (2013) is receiving critical acclaim.  She has been a featured expert in NY Times Magazine, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, and a source in Time Magazine. She writes for the Huffington Post, YourTango, ThriveGlobal, Medium and can be followed on her blog  www.drtammynelson.com/blog/. She travels and lectures internationally on her quest for global relational change.www.drtammynelson.com

Author, Writer and Blogger• Author of several books, including “The New Monogamy; Redefining Your Relationship After Infidelity” (New Harbinger Publications, 2013), “Getting the Sex You Want; Shed Your Inhibitions and Reach New Heights of Passion Together” (Fair Winds Press, 2008, paperback 2012), “What’s Eating You? A Workbook for Teens with Anorexia, Bulimia and Other Eating Disorders” (Instant Help Publications, 2004 and New Harbinger Press 2008), and the following eBooks, “Desire and Arousal” (2011), “Monogamy Agreements” (2011), “Six Weeks of Erotic Dates & A Protocol for Erotic Recovery” (2013), “Recovering from Infidelity” (2014), and “Six Weeks to Erotic Recovery” (2013). Chapter contributor to “Loving and Lasting: How to Stay Tuned in and Turned On in Your Marriage” (2014) edited by Ande Lyons and “Partners in Passion: A Guide to Great Sex, Emotional Intimacy and Long-term Love” (2014) by Mark A. Michaels and Patricia Johnson. Coming September 2018: Supervision with Affairs, Chapter in “The Art of Sex Therapy Supervision” edited by James Wadley, upcoming: “When You’re the One Who Cheats,” October 2018, and “Integrative Sex and Couples Therapy” 2019

Private Practice: • 1995 - Current. Licensed psychotherapist working with individuals and couples in New Haven and Fairfield, CT. Provides Intensives, workshops and online courses for couples as well. Licensed Professional Counselor, Certified AASECT Sex Therapist, Board Certified Sexologist, Certified Imago Therapist, Licensed Alcohol and Drug Counselor, and Registered Art Therapist• Specializing in marriage and relationship therapy, treating couples using Imago therapy, sex therapy and intensives for couples, sex coaching and education for sexual and relationship dysfunction, LGBTQIA issues, affairs and infidelity recovery, sex addiction and internet and pornography problems, communication, relational improvement and marital satisfaction. Providing Individual and couples counseling for desire and performance issues, sexual abuse, addictions and stress. Full responsibilities of private practice management include business management as well as marketing and publicity. Training and supervising beginners as well as expert therapists in groups and individually, internationally and domestically. Currently leading supervision groups. CE provider and Master trainer and workshop provider with Intensives for couples and therapists around the world on issues relating to sex and relationships. Marketing and creating publicity campaigns that reach audiences in the hundreds of thousands, both for clinical and consumer audiences in creating global relational change.

Primary Faculty and Program Director: • Executive Director and primary Faculty at Integrated Sex Therapy Training Institute ISTI (formerly Sex Therapy U), an educational Think Tank in Washington DC. o Developed full program for on campus and online classes for graduate and postgraduate students to receive AASECT Sex Therapist, Counselor and Educator Certification. and Sexual Attitude Reassessment (SAR). o Created and developed new certification training program for Certified Sex and Couples therapists (CSCT). All program tracks include Sexuality, Culture, Gender, Relationship Therapy and Counseling Techniques.o Integrated Sex Therapy Training Institute (ISTI) uses consultants, speakers and trainers and the top experts in the field of sex therapy, couple’s therapy and integrated psychotherapy to train students

Adjunct Psychology Professor Psychology 111, Intro to Psychology, Human Sexuality, Sexuality and Human Development and Sex and Couple’s TherapyPost Graduate Faculty at ISTI Institute in Washington DC. Faculty California Institute of Integral Studies, CIIS, Sex Therapy Certificate programcampus and online platform, CANVAS Adjunct Faculty: Naugatuck Community College. Guest Lecturer Western Connecticut State University, Guest lecturer UCONN, Southern Connecticut State University. Invited faculty speaker at Harvard Medical School, Department of Psychiatry, Cambridge Health Alliance Physicians Organization Faculty speaker University of California, Irvine. Faculty Psychotherapy Networker in Washington DC Mercy College Guest Lecturer College of New Rochelle. Advisory Boards and Dissertation Committees:American Academy of Clinical Sexology (AACS) advising doctoral students who are working toward attaining PhD in Sexology, includes advising and editing dissertation research.  Faculty of Sex Coach University (SCU), Master Level Program. Advisor on Intl Advisory Board and Board of Directors. A reviewer on the Continuing Education Review Committee for the (AASECT).  Invited faculty at the Psychotherapy Networker Symposium in Washington DCInvited faculty for 1440 Multiversity Santa Cruz

Press:Featured expert in New York Times, NY Times Magazine, Wall Street Journal, Rolling Stone Magazine, Washington Post, Self, Glamour Magazine, The Sun, Cosmopolitan, Redbook, MSNBC, Fox News, Martha Stewart Weddings, Wedding Wire, CNN, Woman’s Day, Shape, Men’s Health, Woman’s Day, Women’s Health, Men’s Fitness, and a source in Time Magazine.   Blogs and Columns: Huffington Post, YourTango, Medium, ThriveGlobal, Advisory Board of Men’s Fitness Magazine contributor to their sex column. Expert advisor and press consultant for Ashley Madison on questions regarding infidelity and affairs. Writes popular blog at www.drtammynelson.com/blogCreated original internet television show RelationshipTV on Youtube with interviews of top relationship experts on topics related to sex, relationships and current events. Radio show on 99Rock WPLR Chaz and AJ Morning Show “Dr Tammy answers questions on sex and relationships” biweekly appearance. Original podcast “The Relationship News” coming soon. Tammy is a premier marketer, creating publicity campaigns that reach audiences in the hundreds of thousands, both for clinical and consumer audiences.  Upcoming podcast - The Trouble with SexUpcoming TEDx talk November 2018 in Bucharest Romania on The New Monogamy, Romania’s 200th anniversary celebration and tenth year TED

Articles/Papers/Videos/Interviews:(Examples:)(2018/July 15) I Asked 3 Sex and Relationship Therapists to Demystify Infidelity, and Their Answers Will Make You Think Differently About Cheating, with Shana Lebowitz, Business Insider (2018/June 24) More Women Are Cheating. Why?, The Gender Knot(2018/May 18) What Is The Future of Marriage?, Tammy Nelson, Medium(2018/APR) Top 15 Infidelity Blogs and Websites to Follow in 2018, Feedspot(2018/MAR) Case Study- Second Adolescence: An Alternative to Midlife Crisis, Psychotherapy Networker Magazine (2018/Mar 7) The Four Keys to a Great Relationship, Thrive Global by Medium(2017/SEPT) Is Everyone Else Having Tantric Sex Except You?, Sexual Health Magazine(2017/ May 10) Is an Open Marriage a Happier? New York Times(2017/ April 17) The Ethics of Sex, The Dilemmas of Desire Medium(2017/March 13) Is Cyber-Sex Ethical? Thrive Global

Licenses and Education:PhD, LPC, LADC, ATR, CST, CIRT• MAPS MDMA Assisted Therapy - 2023Polaris trained Ketamine Assisted Therapy - 2024ORG PROVIDER – AASECT Level 2 – May 2016• GRADUATE, Yale Writers Conference–2015, 2016, 2017, 2018• CEP Level 1 – Comprehensive Energy Psychology Training – ACEP - May 2015• CSTS – Certified Sex Therapist Supervisor– 2013• CE Provider – AASECT - 2011• CST – Certified Sex Therapist – AASECT - 2010• PhD–Sexology - American Academy of Clinical Sexology – 2009• Diplomate –American Board of Sexology - 2009• BCS – Board Certified Sexologist – AACS – 2009• CIWP – Certified Imago Workshop Presenter – 2007• ADV – Imago Advanced Clinician - 2005• CIRT – Certified Imago Relationship Therapist – 2003• LADC – Licensed Alcohol & Drug Counselor –1998• LPC – Licensed Professional Counselor - CT 1998• Westchester Institute for Training in Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy - 1997• ATR - Registered Art Therapist – AATA, 1996• MS - Masters in Art Therapy – College of New Rochelle, NY – 1995• BS – Bachelors in Social Sciences/Psychology – U of Bridgeport - 1989