Ian Kerner

Kerner was born and raised in New York City, where he lives with his wife and two sons and their family dogs, Jitterbug and Oscar. Kerner is Jewish. All About Ann Arbor; Annual Ann Arbor Jewish Book Festival to feature 20 author talks over four weeks

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Kerner was a playwright before he was a sex therapist, and holds a doctorate in sexology.{{Cite news |last=Sohn |first=Amy |date=2004-09-26 |title=Sex Books: The Elements of Sexual Style (Published 2004) |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2004/09/26/books/review/sex-books-the-elements-of-sexual-style.html |access-date=2021-03-09 |issn=0362-4331}} He practices in New York. He wrote for CNN{{Cite book |last=Jones |first=Eva M. |title=Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Americans at Risk: Problems and Solutions |year=2018 |isbn=978-1-4408-3236-9 |editor-last=Stewart |editor-first=Chuck |location=Santa Barbara, California |page=209 |chapter=The Kids Are Queer: The Rise of Post-Millennial American Queer Identification |oclc=1002302935}} as a health columnist, and for Men's Health.{{Cite thesis |last=Greene |first=Cantice G. |title=Writing and Wellness, Emotion and Women: Highlighting the Contemporary Uses of Expressive Writing in the Service of Students |date=December 12, 2010 |degree=PhD |publisher=Georgia State University |doi=10.57709/1664214}} p. 83

Kerner is a licensed psychotherapist and a widely recognized sexuality counselor who specializes in sex therapy, couples therapy, and working with individuals on a range of relational issues that often lead to distress. He approaches psychotherapy from an integrative perspective, which seeks to explain human behavior by bringing together physiological, affective, cognitive-behavioral, neurobiological, and systemic approaches as they apply to the natural stages of human development and the wide range of human functioning. He endeavors to create an atmosphere of inquisitive reflection while fostering a sense of safety and commitment to the therapist-patient bond.

In addition to being a Clinical Fellow of the American Association of Marriage and Family Therapists (AAMFT), Kerner is certified by the American Association of Sexuality Educators, Counselors and Therapists, and has sat on AASECT's board of directors. He is also a member of the Society for Sex Therapy and Research (SSTAR) and The American Family Therapy Academy (AFTA). His practice is composed equally of heterosexual and LGBTQ patients and is split between individuals and couples.

Kerner has received post-graduate certification from the Psychotherapy Center for Gender and Sexuality and the Family and Couples Treatment Services divisions at ICP, where he is also on the faculty and teaches courses in sex therapy. Kerner has also completed a post-graduate program in Trauma Studies at ICP, where he was trained in EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) in addition to other modalities for working with trauma survivors.

Kerner has been criticized by writer Samhita Mukhopadhyay for blaming second-wave feminism on undermining relationships, and poor advice on aggression.{{Cite book |last=Mukhopadhyay |first=Samhita |url= |title=Outdated: Why Dating is Ruining Your Love Life |publisher=Seal Press |year=2011 |isbn=978-1-58005-332-7 |location=Berkeley, CA |pages=94{{subst:en dash}}95 |oclc=693810198}}

• {{Cite book |title=She Comes First: The Thinking Man's Guide to Pleasuring a Woman |publisher=ReganBooks |year=2004}}{{Cite web |last=O'Mara |first=Michele |title=She Comes First (a book review about oral sex) |date=11 May 2016 |url=https://micheleomara.com/comes-first-book-review/ |access-date=2023-05-09}}
• {{Cite book |title=He Comes Next: the Thinking Woman's Guide to Pleasuring a Man |year=2005}}
• {{Cite book |title=Be Honest, You're Not That Into Him Either}}
• {{Cite book |title=So Tell Me About the Last Time You Had Sex: Laying Bare and Learning to Repair Our Love Lives |publisher=Grand Central Publishing |year=2022 |location=New York City}}{{Cite journal |last=Stiritz |first=Susan |date=2022-08-18 |title=So Tell Me About the Last Time You Had Sex: Laying Bare and Learning to Repair Our Love Lives: Ian Kerner. So Tell Me About the Last Time You Had Sex: Laying Bare and Learning to Repair Our Love Lives. 2021. New York City. Grand Central Publishing. 368 pages. HB $28.00. PB $18.99 |url=https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/0092623X.2022.2073998 |journal=Journal of Sex & Marital Therapy |language=en |volume=48 |issue=6 |pages=641–643 |doi=10.1080/0092623X.2022.2073998 |s2cid=250585694 |issn=0092-623X}}

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