What to expect in sex therapy?

Sex therapy, also known as Psychosexual Therapy, is a type of talking therapy that focuses on issues related to sex, intimacy, sexuality, and relationships.

In the first few sessions we focus on building a bigger picture the different factors contributing to the difficulties you’re experiencing, and your therapeutic goals. This understanding will allow us to guide our therapeutic process more effectively, ensuring that it aligns with your unique needs and goals.

Following that, we will engage in a therapeutic process tailored to your specific context, which we identified in the earlier sessions. This process will often involve gentle exercises for you to try at home, helping you build new tools and skills to address the difficulties you’re experiencing. These exercises are also focussed on supporting you in connecting with yourself, your body, and your sexual needs.

At the end of clients’ therapy journeys, they often describe 3 common themes:

Improvements in their sexual function - such as increased desire, stronger or more reliable erections, enhanced orgasms, or reduced sexual pain.

Increased understanding - of what contributed to the sexual issue, their needs, relationship patterns, and helpful strategies.

Sexual empowerment - feeling more confident in knowing own sexual desires, feeling more able to communicate needs and boundaries.

 

What are the effects of sex therapy?

Common sexual issues

Problems with desire

Loss of desire/libido, high desire, desire differences between partners.

Erectile problems

Problems getting erections or maintaining erections.

Orgasm and ejaculation issues

Inability to orgasm, infrequent orgasms, early ejaculation, delayed ejaculation.

Pain and penetration difficulties

Pain during sex, difficulties with penetration during intercourse.

Body image issues and confidence

Difficulties with sexual confidence, body image issues impacting intimacy and relationships.

Compulsive sexual behaviours

Compulsive masturbation, sex addiction.

Sexual difficulties following medical treatments or cancer

Difficulties with sex following medical treatments.

Difficulties with sex following previous trauma

Difficulties with sex and intimacy after experiencing previous trauma.

Difficulties related to Gender, Sexual, and Relationship Diversity

Difficulties navigating sex, sexuality, relationships, and intimacy.

Testimonials

  • "Working with Ester has been transformative. Her expertise, support and compassion helped me work through vaginismus and ultimately experience pain free sex, something I wasn’t sure I would ever achieve. She created a safe, encouraging environment where I could heal at my own pace. I’m truly grateful for her guidance having grown through shame to a sense of pride in my progress."

    Previous client working through vaginismus

  • "I worked with Ester to deal with areas of my life in which I felt blocked and unhappy. By the end of our time, I felt much more able to clearly ask for the things I wanted and equally importantly to say no to the things I didn’t. It was an overt worthwhile experience."

    Previous client working through low desire

  • "I began to work with Ester at the beginning of a new relationship and felt a hugely positive impact on our work together. Ester helped me untangle the mess of some new challenges I wasn't aware I carried in and also has given me the tools to both manage and reduce these challenges long term. I felt Ester created a non-judgmental space for me to explore these problems and my relationship improved exponentially both during and after our work together."

    Previous client working through sexual shame

  • "Thoughtfully sensitive and calm are some of the fantastic qualities Ester brings to the table. As a therapist she builds trust quickly yet authentically and offers helpful advice and guidance to help you overcome the issues you face. She is very supportive and patient."

    Previous client working through erectile dysfunction

  • "Ester was very learned and professional from the outset. She puts you at ease while putting together an understanding of your specific issues. Her therapeutic intervention has allowed me to view the topics of sex & relationships from angles which I wouldn't have even been aware of otherwise. No doubt they will be very useful in the future. In particular, she encouraged me to be kinder to myself, as a person."

    Previous client working through understanding of sexual wants and needs

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