Sex Therapy and
Couple Counselling
Sex Therapy addresses difficulties or challenges that are experienced in the context of physical and emotional intimacy that negatively impact one's sexual relationship with oneself or with a partner, such as
- Low Libido (in men and women)
- Erectile Dysfunction
- Premature Ejaculation
- Vaginism / Pain during intercourse
- Difficulties reaching climax and/or sexual satisfaction
- Sex/Porn addiction
- Emotional and/or physical pain due to past sexual trauma
Sex Therapy can be individual or as a couple. Sessions last 60 minutes and are 90 euros for an individual session and 120 Euros for a couple session.
Couple Counselling is for any couple that is experiencing challenges or disruption in their relationship that they cant overcome on their own. Couple Counselling offers a safe and guided space for both sides to express their feelings and experiences without tension or conflict and to learn new and better forms of communication and relating to each other. This leads to more understanding and compassion towards each other and can create deeper emotional intimacy.
In circumstances where the relationship is beyond repair, couple counselling can help support and navigate the difficult transition into separation and minimise negative fall-out and hostility towards each other.
Possible (but not extensive reasons) people seek couple counselling:
- Changes in quality of relationship after becoming parents
- negative influence or conflict from family of origin
- Infidelity / Betrayal of trust
- Changes of Life circumstances/ Life Stress
- Sexual and Intimacy problems
Couple Counselling take place with both partners. Sessions last 1 hour and cost 120 Euro.
Depending on the circumstances and specific challenges, sometimes individual sessions with each partner are also suggested.
More about Sex Therapy
If there is a negative stigma attached to Psychotherapy, then it is even more the case when it comes to Sex Therapy or Couple Counselling. Because this is such a private area and aspect of our lives, we often go years, sometimes even decades without daring to talk to anyone about it, let alone ask for help.
Talking to a stranger about such intimate details of ones life can feel very daunting and there can be a great sense of shame or fear of judgement.
However, talking to a skilled Psychotherapist who is specialised in working in this area is of great benefit and can feel incredibly liberating. A big aspect of sexual problems is a lack of awareness or false and misleading information and understanding of aspects of human sexuality. Even as adults, our main sex education comes from what we either learned in school or what we have perceived from pornography and media. Neither being particularly wholesome and pleasure oriented.
In Sex Therapy we create a safe space of trust where we learn to openly communicate about sexuality, our pleasure and our specific emotional and physical needs. We also look at underlying stories that usually come from our childhood and early adolescence that play in to the current struggles.