When to Go to Couples Therapy: Portland Couples Therapist Explains
5 Tips for Overcoming Sexual Anxiety
Are you exhausted by trying to figure out how to overcome sexual anxiety on your own?
In this post, I’ll share 5 tips from a sex therapist that can help you overcome sexual anxiety
3 Ways Roe V. Wade Being Overturned May Impact Sexuality
It’s a heavy time for so many of us. With Roe v. Wade being overturned by the Supreme Court, many uterus owners will no longer be able to access reproductive healthcare. This is a serious issue that is already and will continue to impact so many people’s emotional, physical, social, psychological, and financial well-being.
As a sex therapist, I’m also considering how this injustice may impact people’s sexuality. Sex and reproductive health are interconnected. The access that someone has to reproductive healthcare and the autonomy they have over their body directly impacts how comfortable and empowered they may be in their sexual expression.
No Sex Relationship? No Problem! How Not Having Sex Can Be Healthy in Relationships
Good relationships need to also include good sex, right? Not necessarily. Today I want to share why having a no sex relationship can actually be healthy and not a problem.
This may either feel really relieving to hear or it may feel pretty frustrating or upsetting to hear. Whatever comes up for you as you read this is so understandable. If you’re leaning towards frustration, I want to invite you to take a deep breath and read on since this may allow you to better understand how you feel.
When You and Your Partner Don’t Want Sex The Same Amount
Are you in a relationship in which you and your partner have differing levels of desire for sex? This can be so challenging!
When you’re the person who wants to have sex more, you may feel rejected, unwanted, unsatisfied sexually, abandoned, hyper-focused on the lack of sex, anxious, resentful of your partner, and insecure.
When you’re the person who wants to have sex less often, you may feel pressured (by your partner of yourself), guilty, afraid of losing your partner, ashamed, self critical, and avoidant of sex.
5 Signs Sex Therapy Could Help You
I often hear folks not knowing why they may want to seek out a sex therapist. Given that our society tends to perpetuate silence about sexuality, it makes sense we may not feel comfortable seeking out a professional who can help with sexuality. We may not even realize that we could use support with sexuality! So many sexual challenges are normalized and erased, that many folks are struggling silently and alone. Today, I want to share 5 reasons sex therapy could help you. Maybe some of this will resonate with you!