The\u00a050 Shades of Grey<\/em>\u00a0trilogy has steadily remained at the top of the New York Times bestseller list for several months. The risqu\u00e9 nature of the book that once started out as Twilight fan-fiction is catching the attention of men and women across the globe. Aptly nicknamed \u201cMommy Porn\u201d, the over the top erotic and abusive nature of the trilogy evokes visions of a modern version of\u00a0The Story of O.<\/em>\u00a0Questions about the nature of the intense relationship between the two main characters and the book\u2019s strong appeal to women are being discussed widely.<\/p>\n In marriage, how do you determine whether the dynamic between you and your spouse is healthy or abusive when behaviors encourage dominant and submissive relationships?<\/p>\n Colette Segalla\u00a0is a doctoral candidate in clinical psychology from Pacifica Graduate Institute. Colette is a psychotherapist with\u00a0Lepage Associates<\/a>\u00a0in Durham, NC where she works with individuals and couples on issues ranging from anxiety and depression to problems in sexual intimacy. She enjoys working with couples to improve communication, connection, and emotional and physical intimacy.<\/p>\n To find out more about Colette Segalla and her practice,\u00a0Lepage Associates<\/a>\u00a0in Durham, NC, you can visit them\u00a0online<\/a>\u00a0or call 919-572-0000 for an appointment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Is your love life an erotic novel or abusive nightmare? The\u00a050 Shades of Grey\u00a0trilogy has steadily remained at the top of the New York Times bestseller list for several months. The risqu\u00e9 nature of the book that once started out as Twilight fan-fiction is catching the attention of men and women across the globe. Aptly […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,5,11,16,20,21,23,24,25,498,47,48,65,66],"tags":[82,171,176,499,194,440,441,442,482],"class_list":["post-4049","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-abuse","category-advice","category-appreciation","category-books","category-coaching","category-communication","category-compatibility","category-conflict","category-control","category-encore","category-intimacy","category-marriage","category-self-image","category-sex","tag-abuse-2","tag-dominant","tag-e-l-james","tag-encore-2","tag-fifty-shades-of-grey","tag-submission","tag-submission-abuse","tag-submissive","tag-verbal-abuse"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stayhappilymarried.com\/article\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4049","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stayhappilymarried.com\/article\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stayhappilymarried.com\/article\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stayhappilymarried.com\/article\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stayhappilymarried.com\/article\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4049"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.stayhappilymarried.com\/article\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4049\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stayhappilymarried.com\/article\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4049"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stayhappilymarried.com\/article\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4049"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stayhappilymarried.com\/article\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4049"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}