Author Archive: Dr. Tepper
Sexual Positions for Women with Paralysis: Creativity, Adaptability and Sense of Humor
Dr. Mitchell Tepper, leading expert on sexuality and disability, talks about strategies for sexual positions that work, despite paralysis or muscle weakness. Also, Anne who has a T-9 complete spinal cord injury (SCI) and her partner demonstrate a few positions they find comfortable. Finding the right position for you and your partner is a matter [...]
Facilitated Sex for People with Disabilities
Facilitated sex, as discussed in this interview with Dr. Mitchell Tepper, is a more accessible and affordable pathway to sexual expression.
Facilitated Sex: The Next Frontier in Sexuality and Disability?
What do you do if you don’t need a sex surrogate but just need some help?
The Battle for Love
Tepper, M. “The Battle for Love.” Hidden Battles on Unseen Fronts, Stories of American Service Members with Traumatic Brain Injury and PTSD. Edited by Celia Straus. Drexel Hill, PA: Casemate Publishing, 2009. The Battle for Love Mitchell S. Tepper, Ph.D., M.P.H. U.S. Marine Corporal William Berger talks about how his TBI soured the relationship with [...]
Sexual Health Four Volumes
Description Doctors, psychologists and educators nationwide detail how sex – or lack of it – affects our mental and physical health. Includes a focus on potential threats to sexual health, be they mental, physical, cultural or religious. In this unprecedented four-volume set, doctors, psychiatrists, psychologists, educators, and clergy join forces to present information vital for [...]
Tantric Sex: A Different Perspective
By Mitchell Tepper, Ph.D., M.P.H. Many of us were taught before we became disabled or in adolescence that sex entails excitement that grows more and more intense until it results in a climax. The goal is usually seen as orgasm and the release of pent-up sexual tension. We learned about sex in a culture that [...]
Sexploitation, Adult Entertainment & the Super Bowl
By Mitchell Tepper, Ph.D., M.P.H. HSAB Affiliation: Managing Director It may be a little late for Monday morning quarterbacking as the public media hype over Super Bowl XXXVIII has come and gone in about the same time it took Janet Jackson to flash her nipple, barely covered by a silver sunburst nipple attachment. That being [...]
