SEX THERAPY

Has Your Sex Life Fallen Into A Rut?

Are you and your partner feeling challenged by sexual intimacy?

Is a lack of desire or mismatched libidos resulting in less intimacy and physical connection than you once enjoyed?

Or do you find that unresolved resentment, betrayal, or conflict interferes with your sex life?

The reasons you don’t have as much sex as you once did could be complicated. Perhaps you’ve hit a bump in the road, and your desire for each other has waned.

Or maybe you avoid sex due to physical discomfort or trouble achieving orgasm. If issues related to body image, shame, porn addiction, or breach of trust disrupt your sex life, you may feel stuck.

A Lack Of Sexual Intimacy Could Strain Your Relationship

When you’re not connecting physically, a lack of intimacy could bleed over into your relationship, making you feel isolated or at odds with each other. Rather than verbalize your frustrations, you may prefer to avoid awkward conversations by keeping your distance. Or maybe you intentionally start an argument or fake a headache to avoid intimacy at the end of the day. When these patterns emerge, a low-sex or no-sex relationship can soon become the status quo.

The good news is that therapy can help you work through these issues and find ways to make sex more enjoyable. By learning more about yourself and your partner, you can find better ways to communicate in counseling that improve not only your sex life but also your relationship.

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Because Humans Are Complicated, So Is Sex

When we first enter a sexual relationship with our partners, we typically experience a passionate “honeymoon phase” that tends to mellow over time once the pheromones that drew us together settle down. Although this is normal, we often compare ourselves to the hot and steamy “swinging from the chandeliers” sex we see depicted in social media, movies, and TV. This unhealthy comparison makes us feel like something is wrong when, in fact, it isn’t.

In addition to the hecticness of our day-to-day routine getting in the way of a healthy sex life, other factors—such as past trauma, fear of intimacy, power imbalances, or anxiety and depression—can negatively impact our sexuality. Further complicating matters, some of us also struggle with physical setbacks, like chronic illness, injury, or medications that impact sexual desire or prevent orgasm.

The Way We Define Sex Can Be Broadened

When we learn to take the pressure off ourselves to define sex as strictly penetrative, we acknowledge the endless spectrum of physical intimacy available to us. For example, if we’re limited by medical setbacks, it doesn’t mean we can’t express our sexuality and find fulfillment and joy through other forms of physical intimacy.

In sexual counseling, we explore the multi-layered reasons that contribute to intimacy challenges and provide practical guidance. With a healthier sex life, you can ensure a more joyful, satisfying relationship that will last for years to come.

Therapy Can Help You Overcome The Obstacles That Keep You From Enjoying A Fulfilling Sex Life

The physical, emotional, and mental aspects involved with sex make it a complicated issue to unravel alone. If you struggle with guilt, frustration, or resentment, it can be challenging to find solutions without the help of an objective third party to help you navigate the root causes carefully and non-judgmentally.

Sex therapy is never cookie-cutter or one-size-fits-all. Instead, in therapy we will focus on the specific issues that pertain to you, whether we need to unpack physical barriers that limit function, mismatched sex drives, sex or porn addiction, or unresolved resentment that interferes with sexual desire.

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What To Expect In Sessions

First and foremost, I aim to normalize sex and marriage counseling so you realize how common these issues are for couples and that therapy is a safe space to speak freely and openly about sexuality. Sessions are never cookie cutter and will be tailored to suit your preferences.

While some sessions will be attended jointly, we also incorporate individual sessions. This structure allows you and your partner the opportunity to speak with me confidentially and bring up subjects you might not be comfortable discussing with each other. And though most sex therapy is short-term; clients often find great value in attending follow-up sessions once initial treatment goals have been achieved.

Depending on your needs, we may explore underlying mental health concerns, such as depression, anxiety, anger, stress, or unresolved trauma that could interfere with intimacy. After we identify what each of you desires in your sex life, we will collaborate on creating long-term goals to achieve a mutually satisfying sexual relationship, understanding that successful counseling usually involves each partner being willing to make some concessions and compromises.

Sex Counseling Will Be Fine-Tuned To Meet Your Needs

In sex counseling for couples, we will work on healthy communication skills, a precursor to establishing intimacy. For example, learning the five love languages can help you determine what makes your partner feel special, taken care of, and loved.

We might incorporate breath work, mindfulness for couples, movement, and physical touch to help you get more comfortable with your physicality or include boundary setting and assertiveness training if your sexual power dynamics are out of balance.

If porn addiction, premature ejaculation, performance anxiety, or erectile dysfunction prevent you from enjoying sex with your partner, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) can help recalibrate your thoughts, feelings, and behaviors related to sex. CBT does this by giving you and your partner strategies for identifying unhelpful and unhealthy beliefs and behavior patterns that could interfere with intimacy.

For those who associate sexuality with shame, we can unpack these beliefs and explore how making shifts away from guilt could positively impact your relationship. If betrayal and infidelity are barriers to intimacy, we can incorporate my 7-step method for repairing trust and help you rebuild the bonds that have been broken.

If you’re open to improving your sex life, therapy can help. All it takes is a willingness to be open and honest, respect each other, and attend sexual counseling consistently to get things back on track. I have successfully helped hundreds of couples do this and I can help you achieve the desired level of intimacy you want, too.

But Maybe You’re Not Sure If Sex Therapy Is Right For You…

Will sex therapy be confidential?

I have found that incorporating individual sessions that remain confidential is the most effective way to structure sex therapy. The individual sessions help address mental health concerns as well as issues each of you may find hard to discuss with your partner, such as porn addiction or trouble reaching orgasm.

All sessions are confidential, and because I do not take insurance, no outside party will ever have access to what we discuss.

We worry we’ll be judged in sexuality counseling.

Sex therapy with me is a judgment-free zone acknowledging that physical intimacy covers a broad spectrum. As such, nothing that comes up in your relationship will be off-limits. Counseling is a safe space to explore fetishes, fantasies, or alternative lifestyles, such as consensual non-monogamy (CNM), polyamorous, and open relationships.

How much experience do you have as a sex therapist?

I have decades of experience successfully supporting and guiding couples to achieve a satisfying sex life and improve intimacy through therapy. As a sex psychologist, I can help with issues related to sexual dysfunction, trauma, erectile dysfunction, or sex addiction in counseling sessions. In addition to providing treatment for female orgasmic disorder, I’ve helped many women overcome the paralyzing guilt and shame associated with sex as it relates to their religious background. No matter the issue you’re dealing with, I can help you.

You Can Revitalize Your Relationship With Sex Therapy

Rediscovering intimacy with your partner can help you feel lighter, freer, and happier. To schedule a free 15-minute consultation to find out more about online sex therapy with me, please call (954) 802-1601 or visit my contact page.

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