{"id":12182,"date":"2022-09-19T17:03:38","date_gmt":"2022-09-19T23:03:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dgmandel.com\/?p=12182"},"modified":"2022-10-03T23:45:50","modified_gmt":"2022-10-04T05:45:50","slug":"sex-therapy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dgmandel.com\/sex-therapy\/","title":{"rendered":"Sex Therapy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>A SAFE ENVIRONMENT TO DISCUSS AND MANAGE ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT ASPECTS OF A FULFILLED LIFE: SEX.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Communication around sexual issues can be hard. Therapy creates a safe, non-judgmental environment that encourages self discovery, sex education, skill building, and personal exploration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Issues around sex are complex and often involve biological, psychological, and\/or sociocultural factors. Sex therapy can help individuals and couples address a wide range of issues, including:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Different levels of desire<\/li><li>Sexual compatibility<\/li><li>Erectile dysfunction\/impotence<\/li><li>Kinks\/fetishes<\/li><li>Menopause<\/li><li>Infertility<\/li><li>Painful intercourse<\/li><li>Intimacy after children<\/li><li>Body image concerns<\/li><li>Aging<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Whether you are in short-term therapy focused on specific goals or therapy that delves into long-standing patterns, taking a holistic mind-body approach to sex therapy is essential to address the unique needs of the individual or partnership.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>How can you manage all of these complex and interconnected issues? Specific sex therapy can help.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Therapy offers an opportunity to create a safe space to truly explore how these emotional, mental, and physical challenges can impact you and your relationships. Together we work towards reframing and healing so that you can have a happy and healthy sex life.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Some elements of sex therapy include the following:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Couples Therapy<ul><li>Tools for improving communication, skill building, and intimacy through home, individual, and partner assignments<\/li><li>Additional resources such a readings, writing, and visual\/media that support client work in therapy<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Dating &amp; Premarital Counseling<ul><li>A safe environment to identify the obstacles standing in the way of understanding how you both relate to each other and how to make changes so that you both feel understood<\/li><li>An opportunity to create a renewed way of communicating and empower couples to nurture the sex lives they want<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Alternative Lifestyles<ul><li>Kinks, fetishes, BDSM, polyamory, and open relationships<\/li><li>Therapy can help empower individuals and couples to overcome negative emotions that have resulted in sexual inhibition, fear of intimacy, shame, and guilt<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A safe environment to discuss and manage one of the most important aspects of a fulfilled life: sex.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":12125,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"none","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[117],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dgmandel.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12182"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dgmandel.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dgmandel.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dgmandel.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dgmandel.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12182"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/dgmandel.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12182\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12523,"href":"https:\/\/dgmandel.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12182\/revisions\/12523"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dgmandel.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12125"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dgmandel.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12182"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dgmandel.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12182"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dgmandel.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12182"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}