Do you long for deeper connection, greater intimacy, and a more fulfilling sex life — but aren’t sure where to begin?
Sex is more than just sex!
What is Sex Therapy?
Talking about sex and intimacy can feel difficult — even embarrassing — but you’re not alone. Almost everyone faces challenges in this area at some point.
Working with a knowledgeable therapist you feel comfortable with can help you better understand your experiences and open the door to new options, solutions, and deeper connection.
Sex influences our overall well being, from intimacy in relationships to self esteem, and life fulfillment. Sexual health is part of both our emotional and physical health. Our society has many views of what is “normal”, yet your sexuality is uniquely defined by you. Messages from society, religion, culture, family, or friends can keep us from understanding our own needs, desires, and values about our sexuality.
Sex therapy incorporates many factors of our lives, including psychological, physical, emotional, relational, and societal. Sex therapy can help you better understand your sexuality, whether you are needing help with a sexual dysfunction, increasing intimacy and connection, sexual understanding, or increasing sexual fulfillment.
Sex therapy can help both individuals and couples better understand and express their sexual desires and needs, which can lead to a more meaningful and fulfilling connection to oneself or a partner.
Examples of Issues Addressed in Sex Therapy
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Mismatched desire/one partner wants more sex than the other
Mismatched sexual interest/one partner wants different types of sex than the other
Desire for more pleasure, satisfaction, intimacy and/or emotional connection
Loss or decrease of Sexual Desire, Lack of Pleasure
Kink and BDSM
Boredom and wanting more pleasure
Out of control sexual behaviors
Infidelity
Becoming parents
Lifestyle choices around monogamy and/or non-monogamy
Illness and medications
Fertility issues
Sexual scripts and roles
Improving communication about intimacy
Interference of outside factors/life stressors
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Painful intercourse
Vaginismus
Vulvodynia (pain around the vulvar area with no known cause)
Shame around sex
Feeling sexual incompetence
Pregnancy/post pregnancy
Negative body image
Difficulty reaching orgasm
IVF, pregnancy, postpartum, childbirth, menopause
Gaining sexual confidence
Sexual trauma or abuse
Shame around sex
Anxiety about sexual functioning
Feeling sexual incompetence
Sexual identity concerns
Compulsive behaviors related to sex
Exploring gender and sexual identity, orientation, and/or expression
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Erectile dysfunction/unpredictability
Performance anxiety
Ejacatoray control
Negative sexual body image
Lack of sexual confidence
Out of control sexual behavior/porn “addiction”
Decreased libido/desire
Sexual issues related to medications/illness
Exploring gender and sexual identity, orientation and or expression