{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/609b9e6c972ef72619afc506/6203e4b7e9396c0015205281?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"What is Intimacy? with psychologist and psychoanalyst Stephen Blumenthal","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/undefined/1620810536879-d2b94a125aacb6d3edffd892a6bc9373.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>It’s only in the last few years that I’ve really looked into intimacy and what it actually, practically, means. A lot of people use it as a by-word for sex but here’s where it gets interesting because intimacy and sex aren’t the same thing. In fact a lot of people use sex to avoid intimacy.</p><p><br></p><p>Stephen Blumenthal and I discuss what is and isn’t intimacy, how to know if you’ve got it and maybe, how to find it if it’s so far eluded you. Stephen is a clinical psychologist and psychoanalyst , accredited by the British Psychoanalytic Council.&nbsp;He has specialist expertise in treating people who have problems with relationships and intimacy, difficulty expressing emotions, sex addiction and compulsive use of pornography.</p><p><br></p><p>Make a one off donation: https://supporter.acast.com/conversations-with-annalisa-barbieri</p><p><br></p><p>Want this podcast ad free? Head over to my Substack page: <a href=\"https://pocketannalisa.substack.com/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://pocketannalisa.substack.com/</a></p><p><br></p><p><em>Follow us on social media:</em></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><em>Instagram </em><a href=\"https://www.instagram.com/pocketannalisa/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em>@pocketannalisa</em></a></p><p><em>Twitter </em><a href=\"https://twitter.com/annalisab\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em>@AnnalisaB</em></a></p>","author_name":"Annalisa Barbieri"}