Talli Rosenbaum, at The Blogs

Oct 22, 2023, 9:18 AM

People gather and light candles at Dizengoff Square in Tel Aviv to remember the victims murdered by Hamas terrorists in southern Israel , October 14, 2023 (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)

As Jews in Israel and worldwide absorb the horrifying reality of the atrocities suffered here at the hands of vicious terrorists, it seems surreal to think or talk about intimacy. Hundreds are still being held captive or are still...

Aug 20, 2023, 3:13 PM

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Should we care about sex offenders?

Illustrative. A teddy bear lies on an empty swing in the park. (iStock)

When a convicted abuser claims he's teaching you how to keep your children safe, stay far, far away from him and his manipulations

Jul 27, 2022, 1:58 PM

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Laura Doyle, there’s more to marriage than dinner out and pretty dresses

Being a 'surrendered wife' may help you survive an unhealthy marriage, but it's not the path to a healthy one

Jan 4, 2022, 7:27 AM

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Crisis of faith and post-traumatic growth

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When your support system falls, you ask: What am I still doing here? But why do I have to leave? I love and believe in God. It's religion that's a problem

Mar 25, 2020, 10:56 PM

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Your love life in lockdown

How can couples navigate their intimate relationships during this challenging time? It's not necessarily in what you do, but rather how you do it. (Pxhere)

Deprived of routine and privacy... what's a couple to do? How to sustain emotional and physical relationships through vitality and resilience

Sep 29, 2019, 3:43 PM

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Teshuva and repairing our intimate relationships

Returning to God, with its accountability, remorse, confession, and commitment to change, models how to repair intimate human relationships, beginning with yourself

Jan 21, 2018, 8:31 AM

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The M word, an addendum to raising sexually healthy Orthodox sons

Illustrative: Yeshiva students in Israel (Yaakov Naumi/Flash90)

If your goal is sexually healthy and responsible Orthodox sons, don't indict all sexual thoughts and behaviors as sinful

Oct 16, 2017, 12:11 AM

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When your spouse loses religion

A Jewish couple enjoys Valentine's Day at the waterfront in Tel Aviv. (photo credit: Dima Vazinovich/Flash90)

The revelation that one partner is no longer observant can feel as painful as infidelity

May 11, 2017, 10:01 PM

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Post-traumatic sex disorder

Heal sexual dysfunction may begin with treating PTSD, especially in Israel, where trauma is part of the climate

Jul 21, 2016, 8:06 PM

Twenty years of Aliyah: It takes a village to keep the passion alive

This week marks 20 years since the aliyah of our family, which in 1996 included my husband, popular TOI blogger Alan Rosenbaum, and our three children. We have grown to six children, including two daughters-in-law, and with gratitude to...

About Me

Talli Yehuda Rosenbaum is an individual and couple therapist and is certified as a sex therapist by The American Association for Sex Educators, Counselors and Therapists (AASECT) , as well as the Israeli Society for Sex Therapy (ISST). She is also an AASECT certified sex therapy supervisor. She cohosts the Intimate Judaism podcast and is co-author of the book “I am For My Beloved: A Guide to Enhanced Intimacy for Married Couples.” and co-edited the Springer textbook entitled “The Overactive Pelvic Floor.” She has authored over 40 journal articles and several book chapters on sexual pain disorders, sexual health, unconsummated marriage, and sexuality and Judaism and is an associate editor of the Sexual Medicine Reviews. Talli earned a Masters in Clinical Sociology and Counseling and a certificate in Mental Health Studies from the University of North Texas in Neve Yerushalayim. She holds a bachelors degree in Physical Therapy from Northwestern University and before training in psychotherapy, treated patients as a physical therapist for 25 years. In addition to maintaining an active private practice, Talli is the academic advisor for Yahel: The Center for Jewish Intimacy. Talli frequently lectures both in Israel and abroad, to lay as well as professional audiences.

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