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Dr. Omar Minwalla

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Licensed Psychologist

Dr. Omar Minwalla is a Licensed Psychologist and Clinical Sexologist who founded The Institute for Sexual Health, in 2009, a sexual health clinic for infidelity and sexual compulsivity, and one of the first to use a trauma model to treat the intimate partner or spouse. Dr. Minwalla has been on the front line of the treatment field for infidelity and compulsive sexual behavior, and has played a significant role in recognizing the problem of victim-blaming and blind-spots that currently exist in the both the social discourse and the treatment of patients seeking help for these issues. His work establishes the terms, deceptive sexuality and deceptive sexuality trauma.

Oct. 17, 2023

14. An Interview with Dr. Omar Minwalla: 'The Secret Sexual Basement'

We talk with Dr. Omar Minwalla, who is unique among therapists for calling cheating a "deceptive sexuality" problem. Dr. Minwalla is a psychologist and founder of The Institute for Sexual Health and the author of the "Secret Sexual Basement." We …

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