You may have joked to friends that you dont needtherapyyou have them.
If your hard stuff is aboutsex, a sex therapist may be your best option.
In that kind of situation, medical treatment may help ease difficulty having sex.
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Seeing a sex therapist to discuss any psychological components at play can be helpful, Richmond explains.
It can also happen due to issues such as post-traumatic stress disorder from a sexual assault.
Stress isone of many possible psychological causesbehind erectile dysfunction, too.
Of course, recovering from a sexual assault is a different process for everyone.
But for some people, a sex therapist is a better option than a more generalized mental health professional.
[Sex therapists] process the trauma and move forward to help you have sex with your partner.
We can help you move from survivor to thriver.
Thats not to say a therapist who doesnt specialize in sex cant help you heal after an assault.
But if youd like to specifically focus on the sexual aspect, a sex therapist may be ideal.
While having akinkis generally becoming more accepted, disclosing one can still be scary.
This is where a sex therapist can help.
She wanted to be called a slut, a whore, and her partner just could not do it.
So, we had to figure out other ways for her to work within her fantasy, Richmond says.
This is another scenario Powell, who specializes in LGBTQ+ communities along with kink andpolyamory, sees quite often.
Thegenderrevolution is making progress.
(Its not.)
You dont have to have any sex.
As long as youre OK with it, Im OK with it.
Richmond says she frequently sees couples in which one person is or used to be asex worker.
A good sex therapist can help people uncover and eradicate any kind of internalized stigma around the profession.
Thats not my view.
You may have noticed a theme here.
(As it is with everything on the above list.)
But it can also be almost impossible to escape.
Finding the right therapist can feel like dating.
Despite their qualifications, therapists are humans, too.
But when you find the one, theres no feeling like it.
Here are a few steps to try.
Even if they do, your insurance may not cover your One True Sex Therapist.
For all its potential ills, technology can be a beautiful thing.
