ABOUT DR. ZEBROFF
Petra Zebroff, Ph.D. has worked with sexual issues for the last 25 years. As a board certified by the American College of Sexologists, Petra is associated with/belongs to Society for Sex Therapy and Research, Canadian Sex Research Forum and Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality.
- Ph.D. in Human Sexuality
- Clinical Sexologist, Registered Master Practitioner Clinical Counsellor
- Psychology Today columnist “The Erotic Brain“
- Author of over 100 articles on women’s sexuality with a focus on stress and sexuality, sexual desire, fantasy and orgasm.
- Associated with (as member, presenter, award recipient or partner) with professional therapy/research organizations such as AASECT, American College of Sexologists, SSTAR, CSRF, KAP and SSSS.
- Founder Libida, the first online magazine and store for heterosexual women
- Sex Researcher, dedicated to furthering an understanding of the joys of sexuality with a focus on sexual desire differences, effects of pornography and sexual initiation.
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Petra has written hundreds of popular articles for Huffington Post, Psychology Today, Libida, Sexual Health and Sexlife magazine, as well as peer-reviewed articles in the Journal of Sex Research, Journal of Sex & Marital Therapy, and book chapters.
Zebroff, P. (2021). Questionnaire for Turn-on Initiation Preference: Development and Initial Reliability and Validation. Journal of Sex Research(8), 1019-1034. Doi:10.1080/00224499.2021.1898525
Petra Zebroff (2019) Unscrewed: Women, Sex, Power, and How to Stop Letting the System Screw us All, Journal of Sex & Marital Therapy, 45:1, 87-89, DOI: 10.1080/0092623X.2018.1563342
Zebroff, P. (2019). The Five Initiation Styles. In Nagoski, E. The Come as You Are Workbook: A Practical Guide to the Science of Sex. 152-157. Simon & Schuster.
Psychology Today (2015-present).The Erotic Brain blog. PsychologyToday.com