1. The latest about Joe Kort's Psychotherapy and Coaching Practice (NEW PRODUCTS PAGE)
2. Teleclass on relationships for couples and singles SEPTEMBER 30, 2008
3. Book Review: Getting The Sex You Want by Tammy Nelson
4. Upcoming Talk: Straight Guise: Treating Heterosexual Men Who Have Sex With Men
5. HUMOR: 1-900-FAG-HAGS
6. Joe's Book Updates

Hello Kort's Korner Subscribers,

I am now offering podcasts and teleseminars which were recorded. Click here

I am starting to do audios, videos and digital handouts on all the topics I teach in my workshops, therapy, classes which are listed below under my specialties.

I receive hundreds of emails a week asking questions which have commonalities such as a few of these:

"How do I know if I am gay?"

"Will my relationship fail if we are not monogamous?"

"Why can't I find the right relationship?"

"What is a sexual addiction?"

"I think I am sexually anorexic how do I know"

I have done workshops, classes, psychotherapy and coaching on these questions for years and am going to begin putting my answers to these on audio files so you can download them to your computer and/or receive pdf's with the most common answers to these questions.

Do you have a question or topic you would like me to explore? If so please email me back and I will make sure I create an audio or handout about that topic if I can.

Thank you all for staying loyal Kort's Korner readers and I do hope that what I offer within these ezines is helpful to you.

Warmly, Joe

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JOE'S BLOGS and Other Websites:

Outside the Kort Room

Straight Guise

Gay's Anatomy

These blogs are about current events, books, workshops, articles, movies and anything related to my specialties within my private practice.

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Individual, Group and Couple's Psychotherapy

Telephone Coaching and Consultation

Clinical Consulting and Supervision Services for Psychotherapists 

Frequently Asked Questions about hiring Joe Kort for his services

Joe Kort's areas of specialties are:

• Sexual Addiction and Compulsivity
• Sexual Anorexia 
• Sexual Abuse
• Straight men who have sex with men
• Chemical Dependency
• Imago Relationship Therapy
• Monogamy/Non-monogamy Issues 
• Breakup Recovery
• Coming Out Issues
• Gay Affirmative Therapy
• Depression and Anxiety Disorders

**NEW** Keeping the Love You Find Teleclass

Relationship class for straight, gay and lesbian singles and individuals in relationships.

This four-week workshop is appropriate for singles not currently in a relationship, who are tired of making the same mistakes over and over again and want to learn the secret to finding and keeping lasting love. This workshop is all about transforming the self. Often we are tempted to think the problem is "finding the right person." But this workshop is all about "becoming the right person." 

This workshop is also an ideal follow-up workshop for those who have taken the couples workshop. Couples have gone through this workshop together after the couples workshop. It is a great opportunity to reflect on one's self within the relationship.

What you can expect from this workshop: 

• SELF-DISCOVERY: Discover why you are always attracted to similar types of people. Understand the connection between the frustrations you've experienced in past relationships and your frustrations in childhood. Recognize your past wounds and the defenses which you use to protect yourself from being hurt again. These are the walls that prevent more intimate relationships. 
   
• HEALING PAST WOUNDS: You will begin the process of healing past wounds and get a chance to "say goodbye" to former love partners. As you release old feelings you'll be able to look forward to the future and begin to get over your fears.

• NEW RELATIONSHIP SKILLS: You will get to practice effective skills to help you break the negative cycle of relating. You'll discover how you inadvertently sabotage relationships to protect yourself from unconscious fears and anticipated hurts.  With the new tools learned at this workshop, you will be able to convert conflict into growth in your next relationship.
  
  CREATING A PLAN FOR PERSONAL CHANGE: By the end of the workshop you will know what you must change in yourself to Keep The Love You Find - and you'll create a step-by-step personal program to help you achieve your goals. 
   
• MEET NEW PEOPLE WHO ARE ALSO INVOLVED IN PERSONAL GROWTH
   
• UNDERSTAND THE MYSTERY OF LOVE: Learn about the stages of love. Develop an understanding of romantic love, the power struggle and real love.
   
• RECOGNIZE THE ROLE OF SEX AND SEXUAL CHEMISTRY BETWEEN YOU AND A PARTNER: The role that sex plays in a relationship is important. Learn how it can help and how it can hurt your relationships.

GO TO Joe's Online Shopping Cart for more offerings and free stuff!

This book by Tammy Nelson is unlike most other self-help books where they describe the problem, how the problem gets worse and usually a chapter (if you're lucky) on what to do about the problem.

Tammy Nelson fills her book with exercises and action plans in each chapter from start to finish! If you are a couple wanting to "get the sex you want" and are looking for behavior changes, than this is the book for you.

I highly recommend this book.

                                                              Click here to purchase this book.

6. Jo's Book Updates

10 Smart Things Gay Men Can Do To Improve Their Lives

Foreign translations of Joe's First Book

"10 Smart Things Gay Men Can Do To Improve Their Lives" was originally published in 2003. In 2004 it was translated into German and in 2005 it was translated into Spanish.

Each of these books can be ordered at Joe's Books

10 Smart Things Gay Men Can Do To Find Real Love




Alyson Books, 2006

Introduction   Start Your Hero's Journey and Let Your Initiation Begin!

Chapter 1      Live in Integrity and Be Accountable to Yourself and Your Partner
Chapter 2      Become the Man You Were Meant to Be
Chapter 3      Discover How What You Hate Can Help You Love
Chapter 4      Go from a Gay Boy to a Gay Man with Your Father
Chapter 5      Recognize the Difference Between Mommy Nearest,    
                        Mommy Dearest, and Mommy Queerest
Chapter 6      Learn How to Disarm -- Not Strong-arm -- Your Partner in Communication
Chapter 7      Know Your Sexual Shadow
                        (click here to read an excerpt from chapter 7)
Chapter 8      Understand the New Mixed Marriage: When Three's a Crowd
Chapter 9      How to Call It Quits Without Being a Quitter
Chapter 10    Bring Your Own Shadow

Each of these books can be ordered at Joe's Books

WW Norton Books, 2008

Gay Affirmative Therapy for the Straight Clinician: The Essential Guide

Chapter 1    Psychotherapy for Lesbians and Gays: Setting the Gay Record--Straight!
Chapter 2    What is Gay Affirmative Therapy?
Chapter 3.    Growing Up Lesbian or Gay
Chapter 4.    Covert Cultural Sexual Abuse
Chapter 5.    Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder from Growing Up Lesbian or Gay
Chapter 6.    Developmental Insults
Chapter 7.    Coming Out
Chapter 8.    Helping Families of Lesbians and Gays
Chapter 9.    Lesbian and Gay Sexuality
Chapter 10.  Working with Today's Lesbian and Gay Couples
Chapter 11.  The New Mixed Marriage: One Lesbian or Gay Spouse and One Straight
Chapter 12.  Gay Affirmative Therapy Principles in Clinical Practice
Chapter 13.  Establishing a Differential Diagnosis.

Each of these books can be ordered at Joe's Books

$16.95

BUY THE BOOK

This book contains a chapter by psychotherapist Joe Kort on straight men who have sex with men in heterosexual marriages.

Straight Guise: Is My Partner Gay?
By Joe Kort, LMSW

It offers the female partners and spouses a guide and insight into what to do and how to handle these types of situations.

For more information Click Here

Click on Joe's Library to purchase these books.

Autographed Books

You can purchase an autographed copy of Joe's books by using a credit card or sending a check, money order by clicking here.

If you want to book a signing or workshop anywhere in your area please feel free to contact Joe: joekort@joekort.com or 248-399-7317.

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