JoEllen Notte is a writer, speaker, and mental health advocate whose work explores the impact of depression on sex and relationships. She is the author of The Monster Under The Bed: Sex, Depression, and the Conversations We Aren’t Having (Thorntree Press, 2020) and In It Together: Navigating Depression with Partners, Friends, and Family (Thornapple Press, 2023).
In It Together challenges the preconceived notions that keep us from showing up for each other in meaningful ways and offers strategies for supporting each other and ourselves when depression comes calling. Informed by interviews with over 200 people coping with depression and featuring practical tips and real-life examples, In it Together is an insightful and much-needed guidebook for people with depression and those who love them.
The Monster Under the Bed is an exploration of how to navigate sex and relationships while coping with depression. Heavily informed by surveys and interviews with over 1,200 people, JoEllen Notte will help you understand how sexual function is affected by depression, what keeps us from effectively addressing it, and how you can have successful relationships and satisfying sex while coping with depression.
