Question: I’ve suffered from clinical depression since I was a teenager. Recently, someone told about an article by an LDS writer arguing that since Satan can’t tempt many of us into making really wrong choices, he inflicts depression on us instead, using it as a way to lie to us about our worth and ability …
Tag: Natasha Helfer Parker
Principles for Polyamory
By Natasha Helfer Question: My husband and I have been transitioning away from Mormonism for the past five years. It has been incredibly painful, but also liberating—allowing us to figure out how we want to live and interact with the world. We both regret that, like many Mormons, we didn’t get to explore our sexuality …
Supporting Your LGBTQ Loved One in Today’s Church
By Natasha Helfer Parker Natasha Helfer Parker is a licensed clinical marriage & family therapist and certified sex therapist with almost 20 years experience working primarily with Latter-day Saints. She can be contacted at natashaparker.org. QUESTION: Our teenager recently came out to us as being gay, and, wanting to respond in a supportive way, …
How Does Our Polygamous History Affect Our Marriages?
By Natasha Helfer Parker Natasha Helfer Parker is a licensed clinical marriage & family therapist and certified sex therapist with almost 20 years experience working primarily with Latter-day Saints. She can be contacted at natashaparker.org. Question: Mormons believe that if we are sealed together as husband and wife—and if we honor our covenants—we will …
The Mormon Therapist: Neither a Sin nor a Transgression
By Natasha Helfer Parker I am 29 and have my endowments, but I also masturbate. I feel guilty about it. I’m trying to tell myself it’s OK. But is it? I am a single LDS woman, age 31, hoping to get endowed soon. The problem is, I have had issues with . . . …
Navigating a Pornography Disclosure
By Natasha Helfer Parker THREE MONTHS AGO I discovered my husband was looking at pornography. He admitted he has been addicted to pornography since he was a teenager and that as it has become more accessible (through the Internet, smart phones, etc.) his problem has increased. I had a hard time with this discovery …
The Mormon Therapist on . . . Approaching Sexual Decisions
By Natasha Helfer Parker Is anal sex wrong? I asked my husband to do it with me once because I was curious about how it might feel. Since then, we’ve done it a few more times and I have enjoyed it about half the time, depending on my mood. But was I wrong to experiment …
Roundtable: Abuse and Forgiveness
By Tresa Edmunds, Natasha Helfer Parker, and Dan Wotherspoon The following is excerpted from Mormon Matters podcast episode 110, “The Abuse and Forgiveness Dilemma,” released on 4 July 2012. It can be listened to in its entirety or downloaded by visiting www.mormonmatters.org. The discussion was led by Mormon Matters host, Dan Wotherspoon. Short bios of …