Sex and the Erotic: A Conversation with Psychotherapist Melissa Lopez

In this episode, which originally aired on March 10th, 2022, I share my conversation with Asheville-based psychotherapist Melissa Lopez. Melissa is in training to be a sex therapist, so that's what we're talking about, but in the larger context of the erotic, or Divine Eros, which Melissa broadly defines as "experiencing life through the senses." We discuss erotophobia and other ways that sex and shame get linked in our culture, along with how we humans tend to deny ourselves pleasure, and the role that nature has played in Melissa's own awakening around the erotic, among other topics.