Exploring Sex with your Partner(s)
Sex Therapy for Partnered-Relationships
How it Works
Traditional sex therapy once only focused on the sexual aspect of a partnered-relationship—meaning that the focus was on the content of the sexual concern. Although focusing on the content is a vital aspect of treating sexuality concerns, it cannot be the only focus because there are deep, powerful emotions underlying the sexuality concerns that are often not being expressed in the relationship. In Sex Therapy for Partnered-Relationships, I help partners not only to understand those underlying emotions, but also to give them the tools to learn how to properly express those emotions to each other in a way that will help partners better understand what is going on beneath the sexuality concern and the overt, secondary emotions that are being improperly displaced.
Common issues addressed:
Sexual dysfunction, such as difficulty maintaining arousal or an inability to have an orgasm
The vicious cycle of performance anxiety
Lack of desire and/or desire discrepancy
Guilt and shame for the sexual dysfunction
Feelings of guilt and blame for their partner’s sexual dysfunction
Miscommunications and expectations about sex and initiating sex
Differences in sexual preferences between partners
How to express emotions and be more vulnerable with each other
Concerns related to attraction and maintaining a healthy sex life as we age
Call me or text me (Jeremiah) at (949) 524-9362 today!
Sex Therapy and EFT
The way I do this is by integrating sex therapy and Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT). With EFT, I help partners recognize and understand the dance they are finding themselves stuck in, and help them construct new moments in their relationship that are built on a mutual understanding of how each partner is experiencing the dance so that they can create a new dance—one built on love, empathy, compassion, and understanding. By integrating these two therapies, my goal and hope is that not only will the sexual concern decrease, but the relationship between the partners will also grow stronger and more connected because each partner will walk away from therapy with a better understanding of who their partner is, why the sexual concern exists, how the concern affects each partner’s emotions and the relationship dance, and how each partner can be more supportive. If you want to learn how to create a new, healthier dance with your partner(s) and begin understanding each other in new ways that get to the root of the sexual problem, please call or text me (Jeremiah) at (949) 524-9362 today.