What is the process of sex therapy?

Sexologist therapists can be psychiatrists, marriage and family therapists, psychologists, or psychotherapists. We are professionally trained in sex therapeutic strategies in addition to the minimal amount of sexuality training required for all of those licences.

There are a few bachelors’ schools in the United States that specialize in psychotherapy training. Some people build their training through rigorous self-study and viewership at the conferences and events of significant sexological organizations. We have a dozen scientific journals devoted entirely to sexual research. Approximately six major organizations hold conferences and workshops

Seeing a sex therapist is analogous to consulting a gynecologists’ for gynaecological issues rather than a family practice neurosurgeon. That’s not to say that a non-sex psychiatrist can’t help you with a sexual problem; it’s simply that the chances are slim.

Most psychologists have their sexologist clinic. Psychiatrists uniquely understand sexual identity that transcends personal opinion or knowledge. Whenever anyone presents us with a problem, we usually have several options for how to handle it. We customize our treatment to the individual(s) in front of us. We are not a “bigger hammer” waiting to force someone who wants less sex to want more. There is a sexological approach to dealing with sexual problems.

Sex therapy views intimacy problems as being rectified by directly addressing them instead of on the premise that once private citizens in a relationship work out the marriage problems, the sex will tumble into place. For years, I had a practice filled with men and women who did not fit that description.

Psychologists and psychiatrists also possess a much better than average understanding of the physiological processes that participate in human sexuality. We typically collaborate with physicians to address all of the underlying causes of sexual concerns.