I recently had a chance to write a guest blog for National Coming Out Day 2019 for The Qube at UW-Stout. I wanted share it with you all. Here is their post introduction on the Facebook page: “One more National Coming Out Day blog! In seeing all of the other blog posts, we were actually […]

A big thank you to the UNLV School of Public Health for hosting my talk today, “Sexual Health through Sex Talks.” It was a really fruitful dialogue with great people. For a copy of the presentation visit this weblink: https://www.academia.edu/40369462/Sexual_Health_through_Sex_Talks and to watch the Facebook Live of the presentation visit my professional Facebook page here: […]

Join me through Coastal Wellness and Counseling, LLC in Anchorage, Alaska from 9am-12pm for a half day CEU training, “Sex Therapy for the Non-Sex Therapist” on July 12th. More information can be found below. Space is limited, so sign up early and then share! #sextherapy

My latest book, “The Internet Family: Technology in Couple and Family Relationships” is out and available for purchase. Here is a summary of the book, “In The Internet Family, Drs. Katherine Hertlein and Markie Twist provide a current and comprehensive look at the effects of technology on couple and family relationships. Beginning with an overview of the […]

After a few years of working with my incredible co-editor, Dr. Tracey Laszloffy, our book, “Eco-informed practice: Family therapy in an age of ecological peril” has just released. Get your copy today and share information about this first of its kind work widely! Summary of the book follows below, as well as a flyer: This […]

My college/co-author, Dr. Neil McArthur, and I had a chance to write this fun piece on digisexuality in The Conversation. Go check it out and share widely! https://theconversation.com/for-the-love-of-technology-sex-robots-and-virtual-reality-110690

Journalist, Alex Williams, interviewed Dr. Neil McArthur and I regarding digisexuality for the New York Times. It’s a comprehensive and thoughtful piece and is available at this link: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/19/style/sex-robots.html

Journalist, Suzannah Weiss, covered Dr. Neil McArthur and I’s work on digisexuality in Playboy. She interviewed us and talked with a few digisexuals. It’s an interesting story and available at this link: https://www.playboy.com/read/like-a-sex-machine-digisexuals-are-shifting-the-way-we-think-about-tech-1

Hello there! For those of you who follow me on Facebook, I have decided to take a summer vacation from that platform. I will continue to be on Twitter here: @Dr_Markie_Twist and Instagram here: @dr_markie! See you on those platforms, and of course this site! Happy summering!

While I was speaking outside of Toronto at the Guelph Sexuality Conference, I had a chance to visit with my friends/colleagues Drs. Jess O’Reilly and Neil McArthur for Dr. Jess’s podcast sponsored by Desire Resorts. We had an opportunity to discuss the term digisexuality which Dr. McArthur and I first academically coined when we wrote […]