Merle Yost, LMFT

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Portals

01/08/2026

Some Recent Flowers I came across on my walks.

08/18/2025

This is not my picture but I think it is breath taking

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06/26/2025

This is a wonderful new recording by my dear friend, Mark Marion. He has quite a few, check him out. I enjoyed this one a lot.

Written by Mark Marion, a singer/songwriter in Sebastopol, CaliforniaLead and harmony vocals by Mark MarionProduction, recording, performance, and video by R...

06/14/2025

I posted this last night and I can’t find it in my feed. So I am posing it again as I go to my local gathering.

04/10/2025

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jOE7XH3Irkk

Gay Men's Brotherhood​

The Gay Men Going Deeper weekly podcast

This week’s
episode

Eroticizing Shame

with Matt and guest Merle Yost

This week's episode covers a topic that is essential for our healing, but it can often be difficult to approach and cover in detail.

Matt is joined by psychotherapist Merle Yost to discuss how shame may influence sexual desire and arousal, and our path to healing.

“If you have sexual trauma, you're using B**M or using partners where you're playing out fantasies, you need to be embodied. You can't be dissociated. I've never heard of somebody who was dissociated and healed. Dissociation is actually the severing of the part of you that needs. ”