Get Naked with Dr. Kate

Get Naked with Dr. Kate

Dr. Kate Balestrieri, host of Get Naked with Dr. Kate, is a Licensed Clinical and Forensic Psychologist, Certified Sex Therapist, PACT Therapist, CSAT and the founder of Modern Intimacy. She helps people live more fulfilled lives by shattering stigma and erasing shame. It’s no secret that we live in a society that compartmentalizes sex and sexuality from our every day lives. On this show, Dr. Kate is going to change that, by getting curious with other experts and listeners. In this podcast, you're invited to join Dr. Kate as she investigates the relationship between sex, mental health, relationships and modern society. She shares safe, smart, dimensional and practical answers to those complex questions you’ve been wondering about. Mental health, sex and relationships do not have to feel like daunting topics. Everyone has questions. You are not alone. On this podcast, Dr. Kate makes information accessible. Everyone deserves to have more integrated, healthy, and sexually satisfying relationships. Email your questions to question@getnakedpodcast.com (Education and entertainment only - not therapy).

Episodes

Reclaiming Your Desire: Empowerment, Sovereignty, and Sexual Freedom with Pamela Madsen

October 15, 2024 • 41 mins

In this enlightening episode of "Get Naked with Dr. Kate," we welcome Pamela Madsen, the visionary behind Back to the Body. Together, Dr. Kate and Pamela dive deep into the world of embodied sexuality, desire, and vulnerability. Pamela shares how women can reclaim their pleasure and sovereignty by embracing their eroticism and shedding the shame that often surrounds sexual exploration. This conversation touches on the significance ...

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The Misconceptions of a Resilience Mindset with Soraya Chemaly

August 27, 2024 • 37 mins

In this episode, Dr. Kate and renowned author, Soraya Chemaly, explore the misconceptions and dangers of resilience, highlighting the lack of social care and the value of care in society, highlighter in her new book: The Resilience Myth: New Thinking on Grit, Strength, and Growth After Trauma. Some of the key points include: - Resilience can be misconstrued and work against us when there is a lack of social care and value for care...

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Can I Get Into My Partner's Inflation Fetish? With Brooke Brownlee, APCC

August 6, 2024 • 23 mins

In this episode, Dr. Kate Balestrieri and Brooke Brownlee, APCC (Clinical Associate at Modern Intimacy) discuss a listener question, about how to navigate a partner's inflation fetish. They address questions about what an inflation fetish involves, how to ensure safety during activities, and how to support a partner's interests without feeling uncomfortable. They also debunk myths surrounding inflation fetishes and provide resourc...

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Does ADHD Impact Your Sex Life? With Alexandre Fraysse of Healthy Pillars

July 23, 2024 • 42 mins

ADHD can impact so many different aspects of a person’s life…including in the bedroom! On this week’s episode of Get Naked, Dr. Kate is joined by Alexandre Fraysse to discuss how to navigate living with ADHD (or loving someone with ADHD) and the ways that it may show up in the bedroom. Together, they unpack: • Tips for taking accountability • Sharing tasks in partnership • Recommendations when you’re stuck in a “functional fre...

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Embracing Sex Positivity with Luvbites Host Dr. Tara

July 9, 2024 • 44 mins

How do you embrace sex positivity if you grew up surrounded by social messaging filled with shame? Dr. Tara is ready to help you answer this question, and share her journey to sex positivity as well! This week on Get Naked, the doctors are in session – Dr. Kate and Dr. Tara sit down to discuss: • First sexual experiences • Defining sex positivity • Unpacking the judgement and backlash that sex positive individuals face (and why) ...

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What To Do When You're Feeling Touched Out, with Author Amanda Montei

June 25, 2024 • 47 mins

Have you ever had a stressful day, filled with seemingly never ending tasks, and found yourself recoiling at the advances of your partner? If yes, you may be, as author Amanda Montei coins it, touched out. Amanda joins Dr. Kate in the studio this week to discuss this concept of being “touched out”, and the ways that it can permeate into our intimate and familial relationships. Together, the two explore: • The surprises one ma...

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How to Raise Emotionally Mature Sons with Eli Weinstein, LCSW

June 11, 2024 • 48 mins

Can you ever be truly prepared to be a parent? And how can fathers show up for their sons to ensure that they grow up with emotional maturity? On this week's episode of Get Naked, Eli Weinstein joins Dr. Kate to discuss the in's and out's of parenting, especially when it comes to navigating fatherhood. Together, the two unpack: • How weaponized incompetence may be used in parental dynamics • The lack of role modeling for fathe...

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Debunking ASSumptions with Butt Seriously Author Dr. Evan Goldstein

May 28, 2024 • 29 mins

Is anal s-x only for gay men? Is it riskier than other types of s-x? Does it cause incontinence? These are just a few of the ASSumptions that Dr. Evan Goldstein debunks on this week's episode of Get Naked with Dr. Kate. Anal play can be daunting for some, especially if you have no idea where to begin, or you've been poorly educated around the topic (or not educated at all)! Luckily, Dr. Evan Goldstein and Dr. Kate are here to ...

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Female Dominance, Age Hypogamy, and Being a Free Agent with Wednesday Martin, Ph.D

May 21, 2024 • 53 mins

We're exploring all avenues of empowerment this week, from female friendship to being a "Free Agent", bonobos vs. chimps, and even exploring age hypogamy relationships. Wednesday Martin, Ph.D. joins Dr. Kate on this week's episode of Get Naked to talk about: • Recent studies on female friendship and the crucial role it plays in women's lives • The benefits of decentering men • Bonobos, chimps, and the key differences of their so...

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OnlyFans Creator Girthmasterr Opens Up About What It Actually Means to "Sell" Your Body

May 14, 2024 • 49 mins

If you've been on TikTok or Twitter, chances are you've come across Girthmasterr, the Australian adult content creator who has made quite a splash with his – well – generous anatomy. This week on Get Naked, Girthmasterr joins Dr. Kate in the studio to open up about his experience entering the adult content industry and his sudden rise to fame. Together, they discuss: • The double standard of s-x work between men and women • T...

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Listener Q + A: Exhibitionism, Threesomes and Disappearing Desire, Oh My!

May 7, 2024 • 37 mins

This week on Get Naked, Dr. Kate sits down with Modern Intimacy's Digital Media Coordinator Claudia Vera to answer your pressing questions about sexuality and relationships! Together, they three listener questions: • Why is it that I can't get aroused unless someone is watching? • My partner has a fantasy about having a threesome with me... is he not sexually satisfied with me? Will he still desire me? • Why do we (in the begin...

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Taylor Swift AI and The Dangers of Deep Fakes with Dr. John Delatorre

April 30, 2024 • 43 mins

As technology has advanced, so has the ability to harness images without consent – this is where deep fakes and AI generated images enter the picture. On this week's episode of Get Naked, Dr. John Delatorre joins Dr. Kate to break down WHY image-based sexual violence is so damaging, how it appears in our culture today, and the small but meaningful ways we, as individuals, can intervene. Together, they unpack: • The implicatio...

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Build Your Own Pleasure Practice, With Tatiana Fogt of Bedside Podcast

April 23, 2024 • 33 mins

In your day to day life, how often do you do something for yourself? Do you incorporate pleasure into your routine, or do you find yourself yearning for some moments of intention? On this week's episode of Get Naked, Bedside host Tatiana Fogt returns to the podcast to talk about how a person can build a sustainable (and accessible) pleasure practice into their daily lives. Together with Dr. Kate, the two explore: • Identifying...

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Unpacking Incel Culture and Masculinity with Brendan Kwiatkowski, PhD

April 16, 2024 • 50 mins

What is an incel? What leads a person to become an incel? And what does it mean to be black-pilled and red-pilled? On this week's episode of Get Naked with Dr. Kate, Dr. Kate is joined by Brendan Kwiatkowski, an educator, researcher, and speaker specializing in the social-emotional development and well-being of boys and men. The two dive into an illuminating conversation that aims to better understand the root reasons that men be...

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How To Love Every Day With Dr. Alexandra Solomon

April 9, 2024 • 53 mins

How can you keep the curiosity alive in a relationship? In this episode, we revisit a community favorite where Dr. Kate and Dr. Alexandra Solomon talk about the nuances of relationships. They explore some of the questions that Dr. Solomon created in her quiz that reveals roles we take on within relationships. The two work to unpack how our past shapes our present and our early experiences effect our relationships now. Together, t...

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Healing From Purity Culture with Sexvangelicals

April 2, 2024 • 43 mins

How does one unlearn the rigid beliefs of purity culture? This week, Dr. Kate is joined by Julia and Jeremiah of Sexvangelicals, a a podcast, educational platform, and community building project offering the sex education the church didn't want you to have. The three of them unpack: • The impact that these environments can have on one's relationship to pleasure and sex • The sense of grief and loss that can come hand in hand w...

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Do Kegels Actually Work? Unpacking Pelvic Floor Facts (and Myths) with Courtney Virden

March 26, 2024 • 36 mins

Did you know that there are 14 muscles in the pelvic floor? Do kegels actually work? And what IS the pelvic floor, exactly? We are revisiting a community favorite this week with pelvic floor expert Courtney Virden! Together with Dr. Kate, the two unpack: • How pelvic floor strength and sexual pleasure are tied together • The shame around pelvic floor dysfunction • Accessible pelvic floor exercises & so much more! Courtney Vir...

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How Do Men's Fears of Women Hurt Their Relationships? with Avrum Weiss, PhD

March 19, 2024 • 42 mins

Why are men afraid of women? The answer may surprise you. Dr. Kate is joined by Dr. Avrum Weiss on this week's episode of Get Naked to discuss the ways that men's fear of intimacy may negatively impact their relationships with women. Together, they unpack • The deepseated root of fear of intimacy, starting from our childhood relationships • The strain that fear can place on intimate relationships between men and women • How men...

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Is It Ever OK to Cheat? With Dan Savage, Savage Love Columnist

March 12, 2024 • 55 mins

Is it ever acceptable to cheat? What do fidelity agreements look like in partnership? This week, we are revisiting a community favorite episode with the one and only Dan Savage! Dr. Kate and Dan talk about sex, fidelity, monogamy, non-monogamy and the importance of creating the type of relationship and family YOU want, not one dictated by society. Together, they unpack: • The dimensionality of fidelity and loyalty • Inviting ...

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Is It Ok To Like Anal Play and Pegging? with Cam Fraser

March 5, 2024 • 46 mins

Are anal play and pegging are safe (and okay to enjoy)? This week on Get Naked with Dr. Kate, Australia's leading men's sex coach Cam Fraser joins the podcast to discuss all things anal play, and to help shed some of the stigma surrounding it within male spaces. Together, they unpack: • Myths around male sexuality and masculinity • Why some men may fear anal play, and why they may be curious about it • How prostate orgasms can b...

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