Therapy for Women's Sexual Health

Therapy is a great excuse to spend time on yourself, challenge new ideas and explore different behaviors. Specifically, therapy which specializes in sexual health, allows for survivorship, sexuality exploration, intimacy building and reviving an overall acceptance of your sensual self. Individual work can be empowering and energizing, where couples therapy can offer a sense of reconnection and heightened sense of togetherness. Sex therapy cannot create love, but rather remove obstacles to the experience and expression of love.

Start your sexual healing and reviving journey today! Contact us to schedule an appointment with our Certified Sex Therapist/Certified Clinical Sexologist Lindsay Novak, MA, LIMHP, CPC.

Frequently Asked Questions    
                                    
Q: What is Therapy?

A: Therapy is an interpersonal, relational intervention used by trained and licensed professionals. This usually includes increasing individual sense of well-being and reducing subjective discomforting experiences.

Q: How is a Sexual Health Therapist Different from a regular Therapist?

A: A sex therapist is a professional therapist, licensed as a mental health practitioner and specializes in the field of human sexology. Sexology is a combination of many disciplines, including sociology, psychology, medicine, and the healing arts. For example, a sex therapist treats from a bio-psycho-social model, which combines our biology, mental health and social-culture beliefs in regards to our overall sense of sexuality.

Think of a sex therapist as a specialist, similar to a cardiologist or dermatologist. If you have a sexual question, concern or dissatisfaction, a person specializing in sexual health would have the greatest amount of knowledge. While many therapists may be able to address basic sexual concerns, a sexual health specialist can help further define and educate, possibly in a shorter timeframe.
 

Q: What can I expect from the first therapy session?

A: The first session will give you a chance to build rapport, ask questions and discuss your primary concerns. During this appointment, a complete history will be taken in order to acquire all necessary information to help provide individualized care based on your goals.

Many people find therapeutic discussion to be enlightening and thought provoking.

In follow-up sessions, a person could expect to: find peace with past sexual events, explore a higher level of sexual-self, learn how to talk comfortably about sex without shame and embarrasment, master the art of self loving, enhance intimacy with your partner, experience fulfilling orgasms, and balance differences of sexual appetites in your relationship.
 

Q: Is this type of therapy right for me?

A: Sex therapy can be beneficial for many people, such as single, married, parents, GLBTQQI, young, old, infertile, disabled, survivors, etc. Most people will benefit from the accurate, non-judgmental sex information provided during a time of personal reflection and growth.

Patients who get the most out of therapy appreciate the opportunity to talk openly in a confidential space.  In order to get the most out of your counseling experience, you must be willing to honestly evaluate your personal and sexual attitudes. The amount of change you see in your life is directly related to the amount of effort you put into the counseling experience. If you can trust the process and allow the therapist to be a guide, you will grow, learn and become a more empowered person!
 

Q: Do I ever remove my clothes or perform sex acts in sex therapy?

A: No. You will never be asked to remove clothing, or will there be any touching during any therapy session. Sex Therapy is talk-therapy; there may be homework assignments suggesting that you be naked either alone or with a partner, based on your individual treatment goals. 

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