Billie Lerner, LSCSW, is a diplomat certified sex therapist with the American Association of Sex Educators, Counselors and Therapists. She was trained in sex therapy at the Menninger Clinic in Topeka, Kan.. Her master's degree in social work is from the University of Missouri in Columbia. She is a licensed specialist clinical social worker in the sate of Kansas. Billie has been an adjunct instructor at Central Missouri State University in Warrensburg, Mo., and Avila University in Kansas City, Mo. She has served as a supervisor for social work interns and sex therapy interns. For the past 18 years she has been a clinical social worker at The Family Conservancy in Overland Park, Kan.
Recent Stories
Sex drive, where are you?
Thursday, July 5, 2007
If you have always enjoyed an active sex life, but now you just don't seem to care anymore, you may feel your body has betrayed you. Worst of all, you want to feel loving and sexual, but you just don't.
Mirror, mirror on the wall
Friday, March 30, 2007
As mature women, we hopefully become wiser, more patient and infinitely more loving. The down side to maturing is that our bodies are no longer slim, tight and totally desirable to us or to our partners.
Sticks and stones
Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2007
Remember that classic line: Sticks and stones may break my bones but words will never hurt me? Wouldn’t that be marvelous if it were true? But it isn’t. Words can hurt.
Door open to frank discussion of sexuality
Thursday, Oct. 26, 2006
My mother made sure I knew about menstruation but she gave me her version. My sister and I were told not to touch the plants during our periods because they would die.