Session 6: Healthy Relationships by Psychotherapist Rachel Hercman

Session Goals

  • The kallah teacher will learn about factors that inhibit enjoyable intimacy.

  • The kallah teacher will learn how to guide a couple facing difficulty with consummation.

  • The kallah teacher will understand the significance of her role in framing and teaching טהרת המשפחה to a kallah.

  • The kallah teacher will learn the most common myths about sexuality that can be very damaging to a young couple’s starting out an intimate relationship

  • The kallah teacher will learn how to re-contextualize the physical aspects of the relationship post-marriage, for couples who are already sexually active.

“Courage doesn’t always roar. Sometimes courage is the little voice at the end of the day that says I’ll try again tomorrow.”

― Mary Anne Radmacher

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