The Millennial Lovelink – Signe Simon & Simone Humphrey

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Summary

• Many millennials are choosing to ditch gender identifiers like male and female, and shed labels like single, taken, gay, or straight.

• They’re shucking them in favor of fluidity—the belief that one’s deeply personal sense of gender, sexuality, or in-relationship identity can be more elusive and shifting than previous generations acknowledged.

• We’ll explore how working with fluid millennial clients can be both enlightening and challenging for older therapists, especially when helping them navigate issues of intimacy, love, and sex.

• Analyze how millennials approach romantic love differently, including the challenge of committing to relationships despite the endless options of dating apps, and squaring desire for independence and self-discovery with commitment needs.

• Utilize the qualities that millennials most value in therapists, like directness and self-disclosure, and how to embody them.