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Come Mingle & More with Porn Stars, Artists, Millionaires, Models, Kinksters, Singers, Swingers, Dommes, Doms & Subbies, the Hottest Couples in Town & the Coolest Singles Around + the Über-Amazing Bonoboville Staff!

@ Dr. Suzy’s NEW YEAR’S EVE Bacchanalia

Join international sexologist and Bonobo Way author Dr. Susan Block, Capt’n Max and the fabulous Goddess Phoenix, Mistress Tara Indiana, Mistress Porcelain Midnight, Goddess Suzina, Loni Legend, Madame Margherite &"Monkey" Andres Rey Solorzano, Audus Isaiah, Madam Jacqueline DuMonde, Ikkor the Wolf, Daniel Watts, Chef Be*LiVE, Jay Toriko, Dirge Magazine's Renée Asher Pickup, Gypsy Bonobo, Paniscus Brecht & Jacquie Blu. Live-Tweeting by Del Rey @RadioSUZY1

Free Champagne, Free Drinks, Free Aphrodisiacs, Free Hors D'Oeuvres, Free Condoms, Free Sybian Rides, Free Catalysts to Convivial Debauchery + Free Parking!

Featuring an Exotic Erotic LiVE Broadcast of The Dr. Susan Block Show with Magical Midnight Countdown to Usher in 2017!

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Just $100 per couple includes everything. No hidden charges for drinks, parking or anything!

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Dr. Suzy’s NYE in Bonoboville 2017 is a fundraising event for the highly endangered “make love not war” bonobos and the always endangered Bonoboville. Party for a good cause: The Bonobo Way of Peace through Pleasure into 2017 & way beyond!

This Saturday night, December 24th, The Dr. Susan Block Show will celebrate Xmas Eve and the First Night of Hanukkah, as well as Muhammed's Birthday, Pancha Ganapati (Hindu), Bodhi Day and the Birthday of the Sun. No "outside" guests for this very special, intimate winter holiday show filled with Xmas Mistletoe, Hanukkah Hot Wax, Erotic Confession and Bonoboville Communion. Joining international sexologist and Bonobo Way author Dr. Susan Block, and Capt’n Max, will be the amazing Daniel Watts & Chef Be*LiVE (performing a very personal rendition of that old standard that's become quite controversial, "Baby, It's Cold Outside), Gypsy Bonobo, Paniscus Brecht, Del Rey Bonobo (all five are therapists with the Block Institute) + Jacquie Blu.

Click Here to RSVP to attend this show in the “Speakeasy” studio audience this Saturday, or call 626.461.5950 (you can call anytime; someone is always here). Studio doors open at 9:30 pm. Studio Members FREE. Membership Has Its Pleasures.

This Saturday night, December 17th, The Dr. Susan Block Show will celebrate Winter Solstice 2016 with "Elvis" in Bonoboville. Joining international sexologist and Bonobo Way author Dr. Susan Block, and Capt’n Max, will be Elvis Presley tribute artist, Smokey Binion, Jr., plus beautiful and effervescent domina Madam Raven Rae (whose birthday we will be celebrating!), as well as the amazing Daniel Watts, Chef Be*LiVE, Gypsy Bonobo, Paniscus Brecht (all therapists with the Block Institute) + Jacquie Blu - just nominated for a TEAs Award.

A little Solstice history from Dr. Suzy: "Xmas wasn't the first celebration of a December miracle. Winter Solstice or "Sun Birthday" was—and is—when the sun, after being at its lowest, is "born again," as the days begin to get longer. Sex is a vital part of any Winter Solstice celebration worth its egg nog.  To honor the icy season, our polytheistic forbearers would feast and fornicate for days of nonstop bacchanalian orgies that would make Bonnie Rotten pee in her g-string. Over 2000 years before Christianity, Mesopotamia’s Winter Carnaval was a kind of "SeXmas," featuring mummers-style parades with floats carrying scenes of sex among the gods. The Greek Winter Festival honored another populist Son of God with a human mother, who worked miracles, brought forth wine, and was resurrected after death; His name was Dionysus. The Roman Saturnalia, presided over by Old Father Time (a kind of kinky Santa Claus, chortling "Io, io, io!' which is essentially pronounced "Ho, ho, ho!"), included the first Xmas Carols which were truly X-rated, as the carolers (the hoes?) would sing in the nude. To our prehistoric human ancestors, Winter Solstice sex was more than just a personal pleasure or a cool way to keep warm. It was an ecstatic communal coming together, celebrating the erotic fecundity of life in the dead of winter and bringing red-hot "joy to the world" in a season of cold, dark, winter blues."

Click Here to RSVP to attend this show in the “Speakeasy” studio audience this Saturday, or call 626.461.5950 (you can call anytime; someone is always here). Studio doors open at 9:30 pm. Studio Members FREE. Membership Has Its Pleasures.

This Saturday night, December 3rd, The Dr. Susan Block Show will celebrate and explore Splosh 'n' Art, as well as other fetishes, erotic photography, animal play and politics as not-so-usual. Joining international sexologist and Bonobo Way author Dr. Susan Block, and Capt’n Max, will be master celebrity photographer and WIZNU Studio + Gallery director Michael Wisnieux, roleplay fetish specialist Madame Margherite, with "Monkey" Andres Solorzano, spoken word artist & weed advocate Imani Cupe', WIZNU associate director and Citizen LA photo editor Rick Mendoza, singer Jiin Christou, as well as renowned actress Daniele Watts & rawkstar Chef Be*LIVE, Gypsy Bonobo (all three now therapists with the Block Institute) & Jacquie Blu + who knows who or what else might happen on the greatest LIVE sexuality show on Earth?

"Splosh is erotic food play. Most of us grew up being told 'Don't play with your food!' So it's fun, funny, very messy and, for some of us, very sexy to feel free to play with food, dribbling, spraying or rubbing it all over your body or someone else's body, as well as licking it off--eating while eating! For some, splosh can even be a fetish. Some even have sploshgasms," says Dr. Block.who writes more about splosh among humans and bonobos in The Bonobo Way, in addition to penning the definition of "Sexual Fetishes" for the Wiley-Blackwell International Encyclopedia of Human Sexuality.

Click Here to RSVP to attend this show in the “Speakeasy” studio audience this Saturday, or call 626.461.5950 (you can call anytime; someone is always here). Studio doors open at 9:30 pm. Studio Members FREE. Membership Has Its Pleasures.

This Saturday night, November 19th, The Dr. Susan Block Show will continue to process Electoral Dysfunction and the Trumpocalypse Now! reality show in which we all now find ourselves with an eclectic mix of exciting guests. Joining international sexologist and Bonobo Way author Dr. Susan Block, and Capt’n Max, will be first-time guests Gasmaskgirls Sarin ("Considering the projected environmental policies of the impending Trumpocalypse, we'd all better learn to put on Gas Masks," says Dr. Block), and Manny Garcia plus Daniele Watts & Chef Be*LIVE, Natasha Juja, Gypsy (now a therapist with the Block Institute!), Jacquie Blu, Sarah Bella Bonobo + more TBA.

Click Here to RSVP to attend this show in the “Speakeasy” studio audience this Saturday, or call 626.461.5950 (you can call anytime; someone is always here). Studio doors open at 9:30 pm. Studio Members FREE. Membership Has Its Pleasures.

This Saturday night, November 12th, The Dr. Susan Block Show will attempt to process Electoral Dysfunction and the Trumpocalypse Now! reality show in which we all now find ourselves living. What did it happen? How will it affect us? What can we do about it? Joining international sexologist and Bonobo Way author Dr. Susan Block, and Capt’n Max, will be be an intimate gathering in the Womb Room, including first-time guest Morena Black, in-house bonobos Gypsy (now a therapist with the Block Institute!) and Jacquie Blu, Sarah Bella Bonobo, Jay Toriko + more TBA. We will also celebrate the glorious defeat of Prop 60 in California, in which Bonoboville played a small part, spreading the word to rock the vote in a bonoboësque sex-positive direction.

Click Here to RSVP to attend this show in the “Speakeasy” studio audience to share Weapons of Mass Discussion as well as pleasures under the palms of Bonoboville this Saturday, or call 626.461.5950 (you can call anytime; someone is always here). Studio doors open at 9:30 pm. Studio Members FREE. Membership Has Its Pleasures.

This Saturday night, November 5th, The Dr. Susan Block Show will celebrate Capt'n Max's Birthday, Guy Fawkes Day, pre-Election Day madness and the two-year anniversary of The Bonobo Way: The Evolution of Peace through Pleasure. Married for over 24 years to international sexologist and Bonobo Way author Dr. Susan Block, Capt’n Max, a.k.a., Pr. Maximillian R. Lobkowicz, was the pioneering publisher of the first “reader-written” media such as the LA Star, Love, Hate, Finger, The Brentwood Bla Bla and Beverly Hills, the Magazine. Together, Max and Dr. Suzy founded Bonoboville, both a new social-media and a real “socialist/capitalist,” pro-sex community in Los Angeles, known for producing the first reality-based sexuality programs, convivial “Speakeasies,” bonoboësque gatherings, erotic art exhibitions, bacchanalian soirées, life-changing lectures, sex-educational seminars, and priceless moments of communal ecstasy, with a portion of all proceeds going to help save the highly endangered real bonobos in the wild.   

Joining Capt'n Max and Dr. Suzy this Saturday will be our favorite pansensual power couple, Daniele Watts (we'll also be celebrating her birthday!) & Chef Be*LIVE, "Unlicensed Professionals" Catherine Imperio & Samantha Fairley (it's Sam's bday too!), Rhiannon Aarons, Elvis Schoenberg & Gina Anderson, Ikkor the Wolf, Jacquie Blu, Sarah Bella Bonobo, Jay Toriko, Gypsy Bonobo Siouxsie Q James  of the Free Speech Coalition ( Vote No Prop 60 on November 8th!) and Luzer Twersky who will be accompanied by a Loki Films crew documenting his transition from the Satmar Hasidic community to Hollywood and Bonoboville for a Netflix Original Documentary (!). Plus Putin Puppet Theater featuring TrumpBaby and Hillary-on-a-Stick!

Click Here to RSVP to attend this sure-to-be amazing show in the “Speakeasy” studio audience and share pleasures under the palms of Bonoboville this Saturday, or call 626.461.5950 (you can call anytime; someone is always here). Studio doors open at 9:30 pm. Studio Members FREE.  Membership Has Its Pleasures.

Call Now [callus]

by Dr. Susan Block.

Do you have a secret crush on a sexy celebrity? You are not alone. Celebrity fantasizing is extremely common. Studies show that up to thirty-three percent of the human population fantasizes about famous people when masturbating. Sexual fantasies about well-known figures in film, music, politics, YouTube, fashion, sports or porn can be exciting, arousing, vicariously glamorous and sometimes even empowering. In many cases, partners can enjoy lighthearted celebrity sex fantasies together.  But for some, fantasizing about celebrities can cause tremendous shame, obsessive desires that can be difficult to manage, as well as disruption or inhibition of real-life love and happiness.

Why do you fantasize about famous people?

“But WHY am I sexually obsessed with this celebrity?” you may ask, and there are many possible answers to this question. Perhaps the object of your obsession reflects your personal ideal of what you’d like in a partner.  Then again, it could also be that the celebrity represents the opposite of the values than you were raised to uphold, which makes them “forbidden fruit,” different, desirable, erotically exotic and enticingly unattainable.  

You may feel that you know your favorite famous person better than you know your own real-life lover(s), even though you actually don’t know your beloved celebrity at all. The sheer accessibility of public figures – images, videos and details about their private lives – coupled with their actual, physical inaccessibility (some are surrounded by bodyguards) provides fertile ground for sexual fantasies to blossom.

With pornography so pervasive, it’s no wonder than many people’s fantasies revolve around adult performers, maybe even more than mainstream celebrities. Moreover, with porn stars, you get to know even more physical details, especially regarding their genitalia and erotic responses. Watching people have sex, often in close-up, as you masturbate, can make you feel incredibly close to the performer, without knowing him or her at all.

Then again, you might have intense sexual fantasies about celebrities who do not try to present themselves in an erotic light, for example, newscasters, daytime talk show hosts, famous doctors, religious leaders or professional athletes. The sky’s the limit when it comes to imagining sex among the stars.

However, not all celebrity fantasy is about having sex. Many people imagine platonic “special friend” relationships with famous people, or even familial ones.  Again, there’s nothing inherently wrong with this, and everybody who watches a film or follows someone they don’t know on social media is, to some extent, fantasizing about celebrities. It’s when the fantasy gets “out of control” and wreaks havoc with your reality, that the illusions can become a problem for you or others.

Another form of celebrity fantasy is to imagine that you are the famous person that you admire. This could be an actor, a rock star, a porn star, a politician or a preacher. You might imagine living that person’s life instead of your own and even having sex as that celebrity, instead of as yourself. Very often, celebrity fantasies like these can be empowering, as the celebrity becomes a kind of role model in your mind. This sort of roleplay can enhance your sexual prowess and confidence. However, constantly imagining you are someone else can inhibit you from enjoying your own life.

Whether sexual, platonic, romantic or pornographic, if your celebrity fantasies are causing problems in your life, and you feel you need to talk about them, the therapists of the Dr. Susan Block Institute are here for you, 24/7, wherever you are, and whatever the nature of your celebrity fantasies. We can help you sort through whatever problems might arise from them, or if, on the other hand, you feel you don’t have problems with your celebrity fantasies, we can help you to explore them in various ways, including roleplay in the Erotic Theater of the Mind, over the phone or via webcam, helping you to use your celebrity fantasies to enhance your own sexuality, and maybe even improve your life.  Call us anytime you need to talk at 213-291-9397.

Who knows, we might even be able to get you together – on the phone, cam or in person – with the celebrity of your dreams. We know a lot of people in Hollywood and around the world, and we’ve done it before. No guarantees, but it’s also true that almost everyone has a price… especially celebrities.

What if your celebrity fantasies are ruining your life?

Does your fantasy of a spicy threesome with David and Victoria Beckham make your real sex life pale in comparison? With Brangelina broken up, do you dream or making either of them whole again, to the point that what happened to them is on the verge of happening to you?

Perhaps you’re more dazzled by the more flagrant allure of porn stars. Is your interest in penetrating every hole of Penthouse Pet Layla Sin or your MILF fantasy with Nina Hartley putting a damper on your desire for your real life partner? Do you want to play with Isiah Maxwell’s 11 inch joystick so bad that you can’t find joy in what you have?

Maybe politicians turn you on. Do you imagine exchanging tighty-whitey shots with Anthony Weiner? Or maybe you yearn to have your own ‘Lewinsky’ moment, but include Hillary in the party this time? Even if you want to hump Trump… no topic is off limits in the Erotic Theater of the Mind. Call us anytime at 213-291-9497.

Then again, maybe your constant fantasizing about Kim leaving Kanye to start a new family with you is ruining the family you actually have. Would you rather masturbate alone to your fantasies about your crush than share intimacy with your partner? Do you find that you can’t get aroused without focusing on your fantasy? No, it doesn’t mean you’re a “sex addict.” But you might need some experienced and understanding help with sorting things out, which we can provide here at the Block Institute.

Some other markers to help you decide if you need help are:

- if you can’t concentrate on your work because your mind is filled with your favorite celebrity

- if you shun most social contact, preferring isolation so you can be alone with your fantasy

- if you find yourself feeling very emotional about your celebrity crush, such as being jealous of their real-life partner, angry that they never respond to you on social media or depressed that they are not part of your real life

- if you are spending hours stalking your crush online or in real life, trying to physically go places where you think they will be

- if you feel guilty about your fantasies, as if you’re cheating on your actual partner

Though celebrity fantasies are usually harmless and can even be beneficial, “celebrity worship syndrome” (defined, in part, by the above markers) is an obsessive disorder in which the “worshipper” becomes perilously involved with the details of a celebrity's personal life. Obviously stalking your favorite famous person is dangerous, criminal and could land you in jail. But the fallout from your celebrity obsession could be more subtle than that.

Whether your erotic obsession is with Bonnie Rotten or Pope Francis, if that “ideal” is keeping you from connecting with someone real, remember: The Ideal is the Enemy of the Real. And consider: you might benefit from some therapy.

If your fantasies are becoming problematic for you, your loved ones—or the celebrities themselves!—the therapists of the Dr. Susan Block Institute are here to help. Call us anytime at 213.291.9497.

What if your fantasies are contrary to your sexual orientation?

Does Woody Harrelson give you a woody even though you’re straight? Or maybe a certain ‘real housewife’ has you secretly questioning your relationship with your real husband. Enjoying homoerotic celebrity fantasies does not necessarily mean that you’d be interested in pursuing a same-sex relationship in real life. Then again, it just might…

One reason you could have same-sex celebrity fantasies is that many cultures and social constructs consider homosexuality unacceptable, and engaging in something taboo can be exciting.  On the flip side, if you identify as gay, but fantasize about straight sex with celebrities, your natural bi-curiosity does not necessarily mean that is your “true” sexual identity. That’s one of the benefits of celebrity sex fantasies: they help you to explore your sexual fluidity with someone you feel like you know, even though you really don’t, in the Erotic Theater of the Mind.

Need to talk about it? Our therapists are available to help you explore. Call us anytime at 213-291-9497.

Fantasizing about celebrities can be a normal and beneficial sexual outlet whether you’re single or married, male or female, young or old, straight, gay, bisexual or transsexual. There are healthy ways to explore your dreams and desires, no matter how outrageous or out-of-reach they might seem in your everyday life.

The therapists of the Block Institute provide a safe, comfortable and absolutely confidential environment to experiment with your favorite celebrity fantasies any which way you like. There are healthy ways to indulge in your fantasy life without doing harm in your real life. Imagine the fun of creating a movie in your mind with you as the star and your celebrity crush as the erotic interest – and of course you get the girl (or guy)! The experienced and understanding sex therapists at the Dr. Susan Block Institute can play out your fantasies with Erotic Theater Therapy, used in combination with other more traditional forms of sex counseling, helping you to enjoy living your Hollywood sex dream in your mind and still keep your real life on track. 

Whatever your desires, questions or concerns, we’re here to help, 24 hours a day.  Call us anytime at 213-291-9497.

This Saturday night, October 22nd, Kink Month gets kinkier on The Dr. Susan Block Show. Joining international sexologist and Bonobo Way author Dr. Susan Block live in-studio will be Mistress Porcelain Midnight and Goddess Godiva. This show is associate-produced by Jacquie Blu.

"Happy Kink Month, Brothers and Sisters, Lovers and Sinners!" says Dr. Block. "Just as Good Vibrations declared May to be Masturbation Month, Stockroom has designated October as 'Kink Month,' encouraging kinksters in and out of closets around the globe to let their freak flags fly, an aspect of releasing your inner bonobo. It’s all in the Halloween holiday spirit of revelry, roleplay, masquerade, adventure and playing (consensually, of course!) with fear as an aphrodisiac, not to mention buying lots of kinky paddles, padlocks and piggie hoods from places like Stockroom."

Click Here to RSVP to attend this show in the “Speakeasy” studio audience and share pleasures under the palms of Bonoboville this Saturday, or call 626.461.5950 (you can call anytime; someone is always here). Studio doors open at 9:30 pm. Studio Members FREE. Membership Has Its Pleasures.

This Saturday night, October 15th, The Dr. Susan Block Show will celebrate Kink Month SMACK in the Middle. Joining international sexologist, Bonobo Way author and debate moderator Dr. Susan Block live in-studio will be Madam Sydney Jones (last seen on DrSuzy.Tv with Goddess Fae and the San Diego FemDom 4), sissy maid bianca plus more! It's also Madam Sydney's birthday, though she'll be giving the spankings, rather than receiving them. This show is associate-produced by Del Rey Bonobo.

"Happy Kink Month, Brothers and Sisters, Lovers and Sinners!" says Dr. Block. "Just as Good Vibrations declared May to be Masturbation Month, Stockroom has designated October as 'Kink Month,' encouraging kinksters in and out of closets around the globe to let their freak flags fly, an aspect of releasing your inner bonobo. It’s all in the Halloween holiday spirit of revelry, roleplay, masquerade, adventure and playing (consensually, of course!) with fear as an aphrodisiac, not to mention buying lots of kinky paddles, padlocks and piggie hoods from places like Stockroom."

Click Here to RSVP to attend this show in the “Speakeasy” studio audience and share pleasures under the palms of Bonoboville this Saturday, or call 626.461.5950 (you can call anytime; someone is always here). Studio doors open at 9:30 pm. Studio Members FREE. Membership Has Its Pleasures.

This Saturday night, September 24th, The Dr. Susan Block Show will hold its first United States Presidential Debate of the 2016 Election Season. Joining international sexologist, Bonobo Way author and debate moderator Dr. Susan Block live in-studio will be official U.S. Presidential Candidates Mistress Tara Indiana and Jeffrey Vallance.

"Since the official Clinton/Trump Debates are not allowing any so-called 'Third Party' candidates to participate, we are proud to feature two 'Fourth Party" candidates in our debate," says Dr. Block.

Regular DrSuzy.Tv viewers have seen Mistress Tara demonstrating how she can beat Trump soundly, as well as gag him, choke him with his tie and make him face the humiliation of his "small penis" syndrome--before he destroys America overcompensating for it!--on our FemDom Politics and DomCon Afterparty shows. Though Dr. Block has endorsed Ms. Tara's candidacy, she is still keeping an open mind about all candidates, except Trump. This debate will be artist and U.S. Presidential Candidate Vallance's virgin appearance on The Dr. Susan Block Show.

Click Here to RSVP to attend this show in the “Speakeasy” studio audience and share pleasures under the palms of Bonoboville this Saturday, or call 626.461.5950 (you can call anytime; someone is always here). Studio doors open at 9:30 pm. Studio Members FREE. Membership Has Its Pleasures.

Call Now [callus]

by Dr. Susan Block.

A vital part of good sex involves feeling… well, sexy.  While some of that feeling is purely mental or spiritual, a large part of it is physical. That includes feeling attracted to your partner’s body, if you have a partner. And it means feeling good about your own body, whether you have a partner or not.

Do you feel good about your body? Do you feel sexy in your skin? Or do you have “body image” issues that interfere with your ability to relax and enjoy yourself during sex?

Anxious About Your Body… or Body Parts?

“Body image issues” encompass a wide spectrum of concerns and worries that plague women, men and transgender people of all ages, creeds and colors, in every culture around the globe. For most of us, these are relatively trivial concerns, but for some, body image issues morph into body shame, weighing us down to the point that we feel that we can’t pursue or enjoy sex at all.

Do you have a body image issue? Perhaps you feel you are too heavy or too thin, too tall or too short. A woman might worry that her breasts are too small or too large, that her thighs are too wide, her butt is too narrow, her face is too old or her feet are too big, and the list goes on.

A man is more likely to be anxious about his height, and an even more common male concern is that his penis is not big enough. Freud said women had “penis envy,” but it’s more often men who are envious of other men’s members, especially when they are larger, or perceived to be larger. This is another body image issue that has a lot to do with perception. Even men with average or above-average-sized endowments may feel deep shame and a sense of humiliation over what they perceive to be sexual inadequacies.

Transgender people might fret that they can’t “pass,” that they have too much or too little body hair, that they are not feminine or masculine enough to fit the ideal that’s in their mind of the gender to which they are transitioning.

While it’s good to have ideals in life, some physical ideals can drive us crazy with debilitating anxiety, impossible goals and enervating shame. After all, the ideal is the enemy of the real, especially when it comes to sex and love.

Has someone in authority criticized your body or body parts? Have they judged you, made demeaning comments, touched or lusted after your body inappropriately or uncomfortably when you were a child? Then you’re more likely to have body image issues, especially if you’re trying to conform to unrealistic ideals.

Hollywood & Porn

There’s nothing wrong with enjoying Hollywood entertainment or pornography, and doing so doesn’t make you a “romance junkie” or “sex addict.” However, both tend to exacerbate our body image issues. Millions of women look at film stars and feel unattractive by comparison. A similar amount of men tend to compare themselves to porn stars, usually coming up short—literally—or so they feel.

Most of us harbor insecurities about how we appear to others, as well as frustration with how we look to ourselves. It’s only human to be a bit dissatisfied with your looks and physical attributes, at least sometimes. Everybody has a body, and most of us have body image issues, at least at some point in our lives.

But if your body image issues are interfering with your ability to share and enjoy the pleasures of life, especially the joys of sex, love and affection, you might benefit from getting some perspective by talking about these issues with a good therapist who understands.

The “Therapists Without Borders” of the Dr. Susan Block Institute are here to help you with your body image issues, as well as other sex and relationship concerns, anytime you need to talk 24/7. Call us at 213-291-9497.

Accept Yourself and Your Body

When your mind is tortured, or even just distracted, by your body images concerns, you are not able to enjoy your sexual experience to the fullest. Nor are you the best sex partner you can be.

Through various traditional and unorthodox programs and techniques, including bonobo liberation therapy, life coaching, erotic theater therapy, sensate focus, guided masturbation, erotic hypnosis and more, we can help you to accept your body as it is—with all its so-called "flaws"—so that you can start enjoying better sex and, in the process, become a better, more open and exciting sexual partner.

Need to talk about it now? We’re here for you 24/7. Call 213-291-9597 and we will put you through to a therapist who can help you with your body image issues and more.

Body Shame

Do you feel that your naked physical body is "dirty"? Maybe you don’t have problems with your body shape or size, but you do have issues of "body shame,” perhaps related to a strict, religious upbringing or other anti-sex, anti-body messages from childhood.

Sexual assault, whether in childhood or adulthood, can also tremendously affect our comfort with our bodies. It’s hard to feel good about your body when that same body has been used and abused by others, even if that abuse was in the distant past.

Sex-negativity and poor body image issues are completely understandable in a sex abuse or trauma survivor. Just knowing that, however, doesn’t make these issues much easier to handle, especially if and when they *ruin* an otherwise positive erotic experience. However, identifying your personal, problematic body image issues is the first step towards healing and empowering your sexual self.

Need to talk about it? Whether you are a survivor of religious, familial or any other kind of sexual abuse, if you want to develop a positive body image and the happy, healthy sex life you deserve, we can help. The caring, knowledgeable therapists of the Dr. Susan Block Institute can guide you toward enjoying a healthier relationship with your body.   And you can call us anytime, 24 hours a day, at 213-291-9497.

What About Changing Your Body for the Better?

Most body image issues are “in your head.” But if you’re truly obese, anorexic, bulimic or dangerously out of shape, perhaps you should make some changes. None of this means you should put your sex life on hold; on the contrary! Exploring your sexuality at a pace that’s right for you can help you to lose or gain weight and get healthier and fit.

Whether your change “for the better” requires moral support during your transgender process, or getting fit and healthy, our therapists are ready to assist you in making your transition to the body you desire, as well as expressing and exploring your sexuality to the fullest in the body you are in right now.

If discussing these topics is difficult for you, rest assured that you are in good hands. Our therapists are here for you, whether or not your body shame is just “in your head.” We will help you to have the best, most fulfilling sex and love life that you can have, enjoying your body, yourself and your life.

Let’s talk about it. Call us anytime at 213.2991.9497.

This Saturday night, September 17th, The Dr. Susan Block Show will examine California Proposition 60, on the ballot November 8, which targets adult industry performers, requiring them to wear condoms and other latex barriers (including goggles!) on all film shoots, and incentivizing California residents to sue adult performers and producers for not complying with the proposition. Joining international sexologist and Bonobo Way author Dr. Susan Block live in-studio will be multi-award-winning adult superstar Julia Ann, leading the fight against Prop 60, as well as Free Speech Coalition (FSC) activist adult performer, "The Whore Next Door" columnist for the SF Weekly and Truth, Justice and the American Whore author Siouxsie Q James.

"During this divisive election season, it’s difficult to get Republicans, Democrats, and Independents to agree on anything, but Prop 60 is so poorly drafted that (it) is the only measure on the November ballot with tri-partisan opposition," states the FSC. "Julia Ann joins the California Democratic Party, the California Republican Party, the California Libertarian Party, Equality California, The Transgender Law Center, the Los Angeles LGBT Center, AIDS Project Los Angeles, San Francisco AIDS Foundation, San Francisco Medical Society, the Friends Committee on National Legislation, the Adult Performer Advocacy Committee, Free Speech Coalition and a growing list of organizations that oppose Proposition 60."

Dr. Suzy is excited to host the dazzling, world-renowned Julia Ann, whom she first interviewed back in 1997 for Playboy TV when the voluptuous blonde was a member of the popular duo "Blondage" with her friend and fellow bombshell Janine Lindemulder. Since then, Julia Ann has gone on to become an adult superstar, earning several AVN awards, including "Best Actress" in 2004 and "Best MILF Performer" in 2010, 2011 and 2013, as well as four XRCO awards and a 2014 XBIZ award for "MILF Performer of the Year."

Julia Ann's political activism comes on the heels of being "frustrated with the AHF [AIDS Healthcare Foundation, the sole proponents of the initiative] Prop 60 commercials and it was so bothersome to know that we just can't compete with that type of campaign since we don't have the financial means,” she explains. “However, the Adult Industry has cultivated an extreme social media presence and I thought a grassroots effort could shed light onto what is really happening for us and how we truly feel. So, I sat down with the No On 60 buttons [designed by Isabel Dresler] that were already created and formed social media templates so we could educate voters and raise awareness about on our opposition.”

One Weapon of Mass Discussion on sure-to-be sapiosexually stimulating show will be: ARE YOU NEXT? If Prop 60 passes, will its supporters then demand that you and your friends wear condoms and other latex barriers when engaging certain kinds of sex that they deem dangerous? What if you film yourself and your honey making love?

Click Here to RSVP to attend this show in the “Speakeasy” studio audience and share pleasures under the palms of Bonoboville this Saturday, or call 626.461.5950 (you can call anytime; someone is always here). Studio doors open at 9:30 pm. Studio Members FREE. Membership Has Its Pleasures.

This Saturday night, September 3rd, The Dr. Susan Block Show welcomes back 99Dollz,. Joining international sexologist and Bonobo Way author Dr. Susan Block live in-studio will be 99Dollz director Baylie Kruz and new adult starlet and opera singer, Kenzie Jamez, "The Singing Pornstar," last seen on DrSuzy.Tv in Therapy for the Trumpocalypse. Baylie's 21-year-old son Fred will also join us to talk about how it feels to grow up with a mom in the erotic entertainment business... plus more (always more!) TBA. This show is produced by Sarah Bella Bonobo.

Click Here to RSVP to attend this show in the “Speakeasy” studio audience and share pleasures under the palms of Bonoboville this Saturday, or call 626.461.5950 (you can call anytime; someone is always here). Studio doors open at 9:30 pm. Studio Members FREE. Membership Has Its Pleasures.

This Saturday night, August 20th, The Dr. Susan Block Show will enjoy a sure-to-be-HOT summer night of fetish fun. Joining international sexologist and Bonobo Way author Dr. Susan Block live in-studio will be fabulous Domina & DomConLA 2016 Mistress of Ceremonies Madam Raven Rae, last seen engaging in intense foot fetish play on Elvis in Bonoboville, voluptuous ProDomme Humiliatrix Miss Freudian Slit, (last seen on Ms. Tara for President & FemDom Politics the Bonobo Way), Jay Toriko (last seen performing auto-fellatio on the ErotiqueTv Olympics) and lovely Speakeasy bartendress Shannon Coronado, plus the return of Handsome Hollywood Jake... and more (always more!) TBA.

Click Here to RSVP to attend this show in the “Speakeasy” studio audience and share pleasures under the palms of Bonoboville this Saturday, or call 626.461.5950 (you can call anytime; someone is always here). Studio doors open at 9:30 pm. Studio Members FREE. Membership Has Its Pleasures.