Ep. 9: Trauma Doesn't Like to Be Touched

By: Esther Perel

Narrated by: Esther Perel

Length: 37 mins

Publisher's summary

[Contains mature themes] A newly-married couple comes to Esther for guidance on how to create a space of safety and physical intimacy, while also giving voice to past trauma.

Step into the office of renowned relationship therapist and TED Talk sensation Esther Perel, and listen in as she counsels couples in crisis due to infidelity, sexlessness, loss, and disconnection. The result? Astonishing insights on how they can make love work – and takeaways for you on ways to repair and restore your own relationships.

About Esther:

Esther Perel is recognized as one of today’s most insightful and provocative voices on personal and professional relationships. A celebrated psychotherapist who has helmed a private practice in New York City since 1983, she has over three decades of experience navigating the intricacies of love and desire.

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Slow start but great revelations towards the end

I think I had higher expectations for what I works president be able to get from this session so I felt a little disappointed when the story started slow. Of course esther came through and provided lots of good insights in the end.

touching, incisive, insightful.

Esther has the ability to penetrate into the depths of things. She finds the heart of the matter and exposes it in a gentle, sensitive and thoughtful way. Hearing her help these two men opened my mind up to a lot of things going on with me and in my relationship with my girlfriend.
I am so grateful that Esther is out there helping people in this way, and sharing the insights and breakthroughs that she and the couple she works with are discovering.

Wonderful exploration of trauma

A Very informative and personal account of trauma in an accessible format. I love the way Esther speaks to her clients in this case study and invites them to go further into both their needs. I appreciate how the script uses audio ques to switch to Esther talking to the audience specifically to speak further to what the couple is talking about or the trauma specifics others listening may not understand right away. I will be eagerly awaiting a new chapter!

Great Episode

This episode is very applicable to many different types of couples who face infidelity and other relationship hardships.

Thanks

This woman is incredibly insightful. I have listened to the entire series so far and have been able to see a part of myself or my relationship in almost every episode. Thank you so much 🙏🏼

Safe space

If you could sum up Episode 9 in a few words, what would they be?
Trauma and PTSD.

Would you listen to Esther again? Why?
Yes, definitely. Esther is a master of her craft.

What was the most compelling aspect of this episode?
That they could reach each other in the end.

Any additional comments?
Just listen.

Learning how to...

How to move through trauma feelings and to connect with your partner is the topic of this session. Good advice provided.

This is so good for trauma survivors!

My advice: focus on the similarities and not differences. This meant so much to me.

Beautiful

It was beautiful. Thank you to the couple that shared their story with us. I wanted to cry at the end, in a good way.

I'm here and your safe

Whether you are in a heterosexual, homosexual, or a transgender relationship, it doesn't matter. Listening to this episode does. I heard myself and my issues for the first time and what an eye opener this episode is. I recommend this for anyone in a relationship where one partner is all touch and feel, while the other is verbal and doesn't require the affection. This episode teaches you how to navigate relationships like this with the end result of all parties feeling fulfilled with a greater understanding of why the other person is the way they are. Excellent, Excellent, listen to this one more than once.