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Sex therapy focuses on
the sexual aspect of relationships and how sex affects
the relationship as a whole.
Sex therapy is a specialization
that focuses on problems related to sex and relational
issues. Sex is a significant part of most all couple
relationships, and often hard to talk about when one or
both partners are sexually unfulfilled. There are a
multitude of sexual topics a couple can bring to therapy
where a knowledgeable third party can both be helpful in
facilitating clear, direct, communication, and
collaborating in troubleshooting new behaviors that lead
to improvement in the couple’s desired change. Here’s a
partial list of sexual concerns an individual or couple
may bring into therapy:
- low desire
- premature ejaculation
- erectile dysfunction
- abuse
- genital pain
- addiction
- internet facilitation of sex
- pornography
- no sex / low sex
- intimacy and connection issues
- orientation
- infidelity
- identity
- chronic pain
- arousal and desire issues
- trauma
- fetish behavior.
The process of sex therapy works
with the medical model, in that medical check ups may be
recommended for the purpose of bringing clarity to
physical and physiological functioning that affects the
current sexual functioning. Self-report assessments may
also be used to gain a fuller understanding of the
situation and the dynamic that surrounds it. Structured
exercises between appointments, and focused
conversations about sexual problems can compliment the
medical model allowing the psychological to support the
physiological and physical. Medications have been
popularized to solve physical sexual problems, however
medications alone cannot deepen the emotional connection
that makes good sex great sex. Dealing straight on with
the underlying issues can bring satisfaction via an
increase in both self-esteem and sexual pleasure.
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