Michael Perelman

Michael Perelman

Sex Therapist

Internationally renowned, Dr. Michael Perelman is Co-Director, of the Human Sexuality Program, New York Presbyterian Hospital. He is a Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, Reproductive Medicine, and Urology at Weill Medical College, Cornell University. A National Institute of Health Fellow, he received his MS, M.Phil. and Ph.D. degrees in clinical psychology from Columbia University--where he wrote the first sex therapy doctoral dissertaion in Columbia's history in 1976.

Dr. Perelman's clients, experience common sense advice filtered through the wisdom of over 30 years of clinical practice. Dr. Perelman has been invited to present his Sexual Tipping Point model at professional meetings around the world and has published widely in the professional literature. He is frequently quoted and often featured by the media.

Besides private practice, Dr. Perelman serves on multiple professional society,editorial, and industry Advisory/Directors Boards. He is the Past-President of the Society for Sex Therapy and Research. His research interests are integrating the use of sexual pharmaceuticals with sex counseling to provide better risk/benefit for men and women suffering from sexual problems.

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Michael Perelman says monogamy is a societal construct that does have benefits.
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Michael Perelman began his career during a time of upheaval in sexual mores.
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Michael Perelman says we are pushing the age curve further and further.
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Doctors are not asking basic questions about our sexual health, says Michael Perelman.
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Michael Perelman says women are less inhibited but many men are still ignorant of female sexuality.
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Michael Perelman says there are a host of options out there, including alternative therapies, but it all depends on your sexual tipping point.
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It depends on your age, says Michael Perelman.