Helping Adults Overcome Sexual Challenges Using Talk Therapy So They Can Enjoy Sex and Intimate Activities Again

Intimacy issues are hard to talk about and can have a negative impact on your relationship

Most people who start sex therapy feel embarrassed about their sexual challenges. Perhaps you can relate? Maybe, you love your partner, but being physically intimate is challenging. It’s not that you don’t want to be intimate. But, something is preventing you from having the sex life you desire.

This leaves you feeling poorly about yourself. You may not know who or where to go to get help. Maybe, it’s hard to even talk about these issues with your partner because you’re so embarrassed. Perhaps, you feel so inadequate that you simply avoid having sex altogether. You find yourself worrying that your broken and wonder if your partner will still love you. You know your relationship suffering and that your partner is feeling frustrated, but you’re not sure how to overcome the obstacles you’re experiencing

Common Concerns That Bring People to Sex Therapy

Although society doesn’t like to talk about sexual issues, sexual dysfunction is far more common than you may think. In fact, you probably know several people who are experiencing some type of intimacy issues in their life. Sexual issues include both psychological and physical concerns that keep couples from being sexually intimate.

Common intimacy issues include:

• A physical condition making sex challenging. These include erectile dysfunction, premature ejaculation, pelvic floor concerns, and low libido.
• Rarely or never orgasm during sex
• Sex causes you anxiety and makes it difficult to perform
• Mismatched sexual expectations in a relationship
• Excessive libido or out of control sexual behaviors
• Problematic sexual compulsions, thoughts, or fetishes.
• Past sexual abuse or trauma 

If these sound true for you, I want you to know that even though you may feel alone, you’re not. Please know that many people in your circumstances need support considering the many challenges you are facing. There’s nothing to be ashamed of. Coming to sex therapy is a very courageous thing and can give you the relationship and sex life you desire.

Sex Therapy Can Help You Enjoy Sex and Intimacy

Counseling gives you an opportunity to work through the feelings preventing you from finding pleasure during sex. It’s possible to overcome intimacy issues. Imagine a life where you could…

• Enjoy sex
• Relax and reconnect with your body
• Feel comfortable being intimate
• Find satisfaction in your sexuality
• Navigate sexual challenges
• Overcome obstacles keeping you from enjoying sex and intimacy

Sex Therapy helps you rise above your challenges so you can enjoy being intimate with your partner. You will begin to adopt a new mindset about these challenges, so you can feel less shame. Also, you will be empowered to communicate about your challenges with your partner so both of you can find satisfaction from sex.

As a sex therapist, I have helped clients just like you overcome sexual challenges so they can enjoy sex again. My clients discover that after sex therapy they are able to enjoy intimacy and heal their sexual relationships.

How Sex Therapy Works

Sex Therapy consists of either couple’s sessions or individual sessions that help you work through your concerns. In addition to listening, I will give you tools to help you feel comfortable being intimate and confident in your abilities as a partner. Here’s how it will work step-by-step:

1. First, I provide a safe, accepting space so that you will feel comfortable sharing your struggles with me.
2. If physical conditions are causing your challenges, I will connect you with a professional who can treat these issues. For example, I may refer you to a physician, physical therapist, or a pelvic floor specialist.
3. Once your physical conditions have been addressed, we will discuss your feelings, and your partner’s feelings to understand the psychological impact this problem has had on your relationship.3. We will work to discover what your goals are from sex therapy and in your relationship.
4. Keeping your unique goals in mind, we’ll figure out what’s needed to help you reach these goals and enjoy sexual activity again. Then, depending on your challenges, I may recommend treating other mental health issues you’re experiencing by treating anxiety, PTSD, etc.

Typically sex therapy involves some education. This means that I will help you and your partner understand things that may be contributing to your disconnect in the bedroom. For example, I may address things like what intimacy means and how men and women express their sexuality differently. I may also address situations or activities that are making it harder for you to be intimate. This includes porn or unwanted sexual behaviors or beliefs, alcohol overuse, and more.

Research shows that Sex Therapy can positively change your thinking, beliefs, emotions, and behaviors. Ultimately, it can help you let go of what’s holding you back from being fulfilled sexually in your relationships.

Sex Therapy After Infidelity:

Being intimate after an affair comes to light can be very challenging for a couple. For the person who remained faithful in their relaitonship, the affiar feels like a betrayal and can be extremely traumatic. This can cause feelings of anger, disgust, self-loathing, and dispare. They may question all aspects of their life, their appearance, and their relationship, trying to deptermine why their partner was unfaithful. The person who committed the affiar often feels extremely guilty and struggles with ways to support their partner through their grief.

If you’re struggling with being intimate after an affair, sex therapy can help. It is commonly referred to as Sexual Reintegation Therapy. It works best if both partners are committed to trying to work through their issues and the pain or guilt they are feeling. Sexual Reintegration Therapy involves tearing down the old relaitonship and rebuilding a stronger and healthier relationship in its place. Although it can be extremely challenging to overcome and move on from infedility, it is possible, with counseling. I can help you and your partner create something beautiful from the ashes of your former relaitonship.

Begin Sex Therapy in Bradenton, FL:

If you are looking for support to rebuild an intimate relaitonship with your partner, I can help. Begin counseling now and overcome the sexual challenges preventing you from enjoying intimate activities. Follow these steps to begin therapy in Bradenton, FL:

1. Reach out and contact Forever Free Counseling and request a free consultation with Elizabeth,
2. Meet with me and learn about my approach to sex therapy
3. Begin sex therapy and enjoy sex and intimacy in your relationship.

Other Services Offered at Forever Free Counseling

In addition to sex therapy, I offer a variety of counseling services in my therapy practice located in Bradenton, FL, which is nearby to Lakewood Ranch. My individual counseling services include counseling for women, Christian counseling, anxiety treatment, trauma treatment, EMDR, Internal Family Systems Therapy, Brainspotting, treatment for childhood sexual abuse and emotional abuse, sexual anorexia treatment. And, my relationship therapy services include premarital counseling, couples therapy and marriage counseling, counseling for emotionally destructive relationships, therapy for partners of sex addicts, and relationship anxiety therapy. If you’re unable to make it into my counseling clinic, I understand. But, please consider online therapy in Florida to meet your mental health needs. Contact my counseling practice and learn about the ways I can help you live free and be happy.