Dr. Joe Kort is the Clinical Director and founder of The Center for Relationship and Sexual Health in Royal Oak, Michigan.
Originally he was trained to do individual therapy. People would get better and then go home to their partners and it wouldn't translate and people's relationships would suffer. So he brought in the partners and they would fight in his office. He would send one partner to the lobby to stop the fight and the other would tell him things they didn't want the other to know. He would send that partner out and bring in the other from the lobby only for them to tell him things they didn't want the other to know. He would bring them both in at the end, they would continue their fight and everyone, including him, was miserable!
Since then, he has become trained as a relationship therapist and people no longer fight in his office and their individual therapy get become bridged into their relationship to make things solid individually and relationally! Thank goodness!
Now, he is a relationship and sex therapist, author, coach and facilitate workshops. and has been in practice since 1985.
Dr. Kort specializes in IMAGO Relationship Therapy, sexual addiction, responsible non-monogamy/monogamy, childhood sexual, physical and emotional abuse, sex therapy, gay affirmative therapy, mixed-orientation marriages, EMDR, depression and anxiety.
His therapy services are for gays, bisexuals and lesbians as well as heterosexuals.
His books include: 10 Smart Things Gay Men Can Do to Improve Their Lives, 10 Smart Things Gay Men Can Do To Find Real Love, Gay Affirmative Therapy for the Straight Clinician: The Essential Guide, and Is My Husband Gay, Straight, or Bi?: A Guide for Women Concerned about Their Men.
Joe earned his Master’s in social work and in psychology from Wayne State University. He received my doctorate in clinical sexology through the American Academy of Clinical Sexologists in Orlando, Florida.
Since 1985, he has specialized in conducting therapy with straight, gay and lesbian clients and offered weekend workshops and retreats for singles and couples.
He provides training to straight clinicians about Gay Affirmative Therapy around the country. As a Certified Imago Relationship Therapist and Workshop Presenter, he also conducts workshops and speak at workshops across the country four to six times a year.
