Psychosexual Therapy
What is Psychosexual Therapy?
Psychosexual therapy is another name for sex therapy.
The term is a recognition of the roles that both the mind and body play in sex.
Our qualified psychosexual therapists offer heterosexual and LBGTQ clients the opportunity to talk openly and safely about many different sexual issues, as well as particular insecurities, problems and difficulties.
Desire and satisfaction are often seen to be central to a healthy sexual relationship but sexuality is complex and involves feelings, values, attitudes and perceptions. There is not just one way to express sexuality and our counsellors understand the variability of sexual experiences. Coupleworks is respectful of individual, couple, religious and cultural differences.
The psychosexual therapy will include the taking of a psychosexual history and can include the setting of specific exercises and tasks to be completed at home.
Therapy can help with problems such as:
- Inhibited and lack of sexual desire
- Discrepancy in desire in the couple relationship
- Compulsive sexual behaviour
- Erectile dysfunction
- Premature ejaculation
- Penetration difficulties with intercourse
- Vaginismus
- Anorgasmia
- Pain with intercourse (dyspareunia)
- Sexual aversions
- Phobias resulting from early physical or sexual abuse
Coupleworks Therapists
Coupleworks is a group of six highly experienced relationship counsellors and psychosexual therapists.
Since 2004 Coupleworks therapists have offered couples the opportunity to explore and understand their relationships and each other within an empathetic and understanding space.
Coupleworks counsellors offer counselling remotely via Skype and in person at their individual private practices based across London.
Coupleworks Blogs
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Understanding Relationship Patterns
Over my years as a relationship counsellor in North London, I have noticed certain patterns in the ways couples relate to one another. These can influence everything from how partners handle disagreements to how they express affection and support each other. Every...
Revenge – when hurt becomes a demand for the other to hurt too
Revenge When hurt becomes a demand for the other to hurt too The hidden cost of payback in relationships It’s only been in recent times that people in the news are so publicly taking on those who have allegedly caused hurt, sometimes decades ago. We are all now...
The Need for Compassion in Anxious Times
In his book ‘Addicted to Anxiety: How to Break the Habit’, Owen O’Kane is of the opinion that we are living through an age of anxiety. This period of history will be understood as the world struggling with yet another epidemic. Not an epidemic caused by a virus like...
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