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Who
are we?
* Alex Caroline Robboy, the founder of
How To Have Good Sex Inc and Sex Therapy in Philadelphia
www.sextherapyinphiladelphia.com is a Pennsylvania licensed social worker. In 1999 she
completed a post-masters certificate in marriage and family therapy -
specializing in sex therapy. In 2002 she earned a CAS, certificate of
advanced studies in human sexuality at
the University of Pennsylvania. She is a certified Sex Therapist (AASECT) and a
sexologist (American Board of Sexology) E-mail: alex@howtohavegoodsex.com
If you want to know even more about our founder . . .
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Shannon & Claudette Colestock Shannon
Colestock received his M.S. from the University of Pennsylvania in Human
Sexuality Education. Claudette Colestock received her M.F.T. from
Hahnemann University. Together they specialize in couple and relationship
issues such as building intimacy, honesty, fantasy, forgiveness, and helping
couples tailor the relationship to meet their particular needs. They also
focus on how to keep the relationship exciting and satisfying, how to help
partners learn to disagree and manage differences in productive ways, how to
maintain the balance between being in a couple and being an individual, and
communicating about sexuality as a family. E-mail: Colestock@howtohavegoodsex.com
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Kelly Connell M.S. has a Master’s Degree in Human Sexuality
Education from the University of Pennsylvania. She has experience working in
reproductive health care and has done research on sexual assault on college
campuses with alcohol as a contributing factor, the phone sex industry and all
areas of sexual health. She has taught workshops on sexual health, birth
control/contraception and HIV at the University of Pennyslvania. She has
experience counseling and education people on all issues related to sexual
health, pregnancy options, birth control/contraception, HIV and sexually
transmitted infections.
Past
Contributors
* Hayley, our sexpert is a nurse,
health educator, and our expert on contraception and sexually transmitted
disease. For over 10 years, she has provided individual counseling and group
education on contraception, STDs, and sexuality. She is currently a doctoral
student in nursing. E-mail: hayley@howtohavegoodsex.com
* Yvonne Fulbright,
has a Master’s degree in Human Sexuality Education from the University of
Pennsylvania. Yvonne has
focused on the both the needs of university populations and the underserved on a
national scale. She has presented
workshops on alcohol, sexual assault/rape, HIV/AIDS, and eroticizing safer sex;
has directed breast cancer and HIV/AIDS fellowships for medical students at the
American Medical Student Association; and was a consultant to the U.S. Surgeon
General’s Call to Action on “Promoting Responsible Sexual
Behavior.” Yvonne is
currently pursuing her Ph.D. in International Community Health at New York
University, where she teaches the Sexuality & the Human Experience course,
writes a column, “Sexpert Tells All” for the Washington Square News,
and is a Sexual Health Peer Advocate.
* Dr. Ronald Feintech
received his doctorate in Clinical Psychology from the University of Nebraska in
1969. He completed a postdoctoral fellowship at Harvard Medical School in that
same year. Dr. Ronald Feintech is a licensed psychologist and certified sex
therapist. He has lectured or consulted at several Universities and
Medical Schools. In addition, he established Coastal Counseling Associates
in Portland in 1984.
*Amanda Lambros
is a current MA forensic sexology student in Australia. Originally from Canada,
she has a bachelor of Health Sciences and a post graduate diploma of Ethics from
the University of Western Ontario. Known by her friends and family and the
'sexpert' and 'love counselor' Amanda is an active member of both the Sex
Information and Education Council of Canada (SIECCAN) as well as the Western
Australian Sexology Society (WASS) Amanda enjoys talking about all subjects in
particular: the loss of your virginity, masturbation, sexually transmitted
diseases and any questions that young teens and youth (a.k.a 'tweens') would
like answered.
*Lancie Mazza, our relationship
expert is a New Jersey licensed clinical social worker. She has her masters in social work
from the University of Pennsylvania and has been a practicing licensed social
worker for over
a decade.
* Dr. Erika Pluhar, has been in the field of sexuality for seven years. She has a B.A. from Cornell University in Human
Sexuality and Religion and has a doctoral degree from the University of Pennsylvania in Human Sexuality Education.
She is currently conducting dissertation research on mother-daughter communication about sexuality. Erika is an
author of the book A Personal Guide to Managing Contraception for Women and Men (Bridging the Gap
Communications, Inc.: 2000).
*Calee Spinney
first acclaimed sexpert status while working as a Resident Advisor at the
University of New Hampshire in Durham, NH. She did many education programs that
centered on many aspects of sexuality, including sexually transmitted infections
(STIs) and how to avoid them, methods of birth control available, oral sex
technique, and how to talk to a partner about sexual issues. With a building of
approximately 500 first-year college students coming to her with sex-related
questions, she has heard almost everything by now -- so there are no worries
about being "the first" to ask a question! She also received NH state
certification to serve as a rape crisis advocate at the Sexual Harassment and
Rape Prevention Program at UNH, so she is also educated about sexual violence
issues. She is now pursuing a Master of Forensic Sexology from the Curtin
University of Technology in Perth, Australia. She hopes to get involved with
sexual education in the future, at either the high school or college level. She
would love to answer questions surrounding first sexual experiences, birth
control, STIs, masturbation, female sexual response and any form of sexual
violence.
* Dr. Rowan
received his BA from Yale in 1962 and an MD from what was then the State
University of New York Downstate Medical Center in 1966. He is Board Certified
in Psychiatry and a Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association. He has
been a certified Sex Therapist and certified Sex Therapy Supervisor, but these
lapsed when he retired to focus on writing.
* Erin Black received
a B.A. in Criminal Justice from St. Edward's University in Austin, Texas. After
graduation she trained and worked as an advocate for a rape intervention team
for six months. She is now working on her masters in Forensic Sexology from
Curtin University in Perth, Western Australia. Her focuses include communication
as it applies to healthy relationships, when to say no and when to say YES, and
personal satisfaction in and out of relationships.
* Chris
Fariello,
has been working as a sexuality educator and therapist for over 10 years. With a
masters degree in human sexuality education and a second in marital therapy, he is currently completing his Ph.D. in human
sexuality education at the University of Pennsylvania. In addition, he is
a staff therapist at PENN Council for Relationships and in private practice, Mr. Fariello specializes in issues of gender, sexual orientation, polyamorous relationships, and
jealousy.
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Dr. Jennifer Giordano, has been a professional mental health counselor and sexuality educator for the past 6 years.
She teaches at the high school and university levels and has a private counseling/consulting practice.
She earned her Master's in Education and Human Development from Vanderbilt University and
has completed a doctoral degree in Human Sexuality Education at the University of Pennsylvania.
She is also a Nationally Certified Counselor. She specialize in working with individuals who are dealing with the effects of cancer in their lives and intimate relationships. One of
her goals is to develop educational programming that will assist individuals and their health care professionals to
better address sexuality and intimacy issues. E-mail: (not
taking questions)
How To Have Good Sex Inc
PO Box 2326
Philadelphia, PA
19103
alex@howtohavegoodsex.com
(215) 570-8614
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