Sexological Therapies

This paper will outline sexuality at different life stages, and as a sexual therapist I will coach an adolescent girl with a boyfriend who is pressuring her to have sex; an elderly couple with a wife exhibiting a renewed interest in sexual activity and a unwilling husband; and finally a handicapped male that has been paralyzed since he was four years old.

The meaning of the word "transmute" is, in simple language, the changing, or transferring of one element, or form of energy, into another. The emotion of sex brings into being a state of mind. Because of ignorance on the subject, this state of mind is generally associated with the physical, and because of improper influences, to which most people have been subjected, in acquiring knowledge of sex, things essentially physical have highly biased the mind.

For issue 1.4 the discussion explored the question of whether or not sexual problems should be treated pharmaceutically. Connie Newman advocated for pharmaceutical treatment while Anita Hoffer argued against. Connie Newman presented her argument with various research, referring to the DSM to support her argument that sexual problems were not only a psychological but also physiological problem. She also laid out a comprehensive timeline demonstrating how the sexual problems have been viewed and treated over the years, progressing from purely a psychological based treatment to VIAGRA being an accepted method of treatment for male patients with erectile dysfunction (McKee, 2013, p. 51). However she did recognize that treatments for women had not

The goal for treatment was to reduce the patient’s urges as well as his practice in autoerotic, where he will resist and act out his fantasies, and change his heterosexual functioning. According to the doctor, for this treatment to work the patient checked in to an inpatient facility with wife and two children, into a flat for six weeks. To get rid of the fantasies the doctor taught the patient coping strategies and covert sensitization. The wife was very involved with this and helped monitor his treatment. (Haydn-Smith Peter, 1987)

Gurman, A. S. (2008). Clinical handbook of couple therapy (4th ed.). New York, NY: Guilford Press.

There is nothing more important in your journey to have the proper support. And I do not mean the family and loved ones support - we will get to them very soon in a later sections. What I really want to talk about is your psychological support from a therapist and finding the right Endocrinologist to medically help you start the transition journey. I found myself really lucky by finding Dr. Michael Caruso in Denver, Colorado, who has served both as my therapist and someone who saw me right away for who I am and helped me in a way I couldn't even imagine a single person could.

Lebow (2006) stated that currently couples therapy is on a roll more than it was 20 years ago, as it has become more accepted by the general public. This article revealed some unique insight into different aspects of why some couples are satisfied, or succeed at remaining together and why some couples are not satisfied, or do not remain together. Learning information from an article of this nature would benefit me as a marriage counselor because I feel it would be important to know what new advances are being

Benson, McGinn and Christensen’s evidence suggests effective couples change the way that they behave with their partners. Meaning that further to improving couple interactions, therapists need to ensure that their clients are not engaging in actions that can cause physical, psychological, or economic harm. This can be as simple as one partner’s behavioural response to the other partner’s upset or on the other end of the scale

The advantage of Cheryl and Victor to attend couples counseling is that it will be a time period that is monitored for them to converse with one another effectively. There are sometimes where couples communicate in private in which they can potentially harm one another privately, thus having them attend counseling can avoid them from arguing in front of their newborn/ developing toddler. As well help them communicate about issues more effectively. A form of couples counseling that Victor and Cheryl could take advantage of was a program designed by Owen Leubcke et al. in which couples would attend eight to twenty sessions with different psychologists whom discuss a couples communication needs and standards as well as goals that are essential to each partner and the couple as a whole. This experiment involved three couples whom had varying degrees of commitment to one another, due to multiple relationship stressors, in which they sought out help from psychologists. The couples varied from being committed to their partner to being uncommitted. All couples showed improvement with the way they communicated with their partner, avoidance of a partner was decreased and naturalness/ comfortability in the sessions began to appear throughout

I believe that if I were ever asked to explain the need for sex therapy, I think I would focus on major factors of how it can be beneficial to people. I think when people hear the term sex therapy; there is a common stigma that it is only used for pedophiles or rapist. Specifically, I would explain to them that, sex therapy is more than just for sexual dysfunctions. I would explain that it could be a healing process for couples that are having marital issues or people who have trauma from being abused. In a book review I explored

In marriage and family therapy, we will have many conversations about uncomfortable topics with our clients, including sex. Today's society considers it to be taboo, but these conversations are to be expected in dealing with couples. We as therapists must find comfort in communicating with our clients about sex/gender issues. Although these conversations might be fairly uncomfortable, the therapist can be proactive by conducting research on common sexual/gender related issues and build comfort and confidence in discussing the topics. Hypothetically speaking, if a couple is seeing the therapist about sexual issues, the therapist might allow the couple to lead the conversation based on the comfort of the client. The therapist might also validate

despite its sensitivity, the penis is a relatively resilient instrument. It must be, given the difficult cure it's subjected to on a usual basis. However, just like the rest of the body, the manhood is just not invulnerable, and it could advance overuse accidents and other problems that lead to soreness.

A specialization of Sex Therapy covers a whole range of psychology that may not automatically come to mind when someone thinks of Sex Therapy. Most people automatically assume that Sex Therapy includes the act of sex and working to increase or improve an individual’s sex life. When I speak of Sex Therapy, I have a completely different vision and different goals that do not include improvement of an individual’s sex life. My goals include working with sexually abused children who struggle to move past their trauma and enjoy their childhood after the traumatic experiences are concluded. Sexually abused children come from a world of hurt and past of trauma; therefore, all the therapeutic encounters may be dark as they address the trauma. These

I get asked this question a lot. People incorrectly assume I am "obsessed" with sex. Some even assume my theories are derived from the complicated life I had. There are assumptions that my relationship with my mother had an impact on my sex related theories. Another theory people have about me is that my obession with sex is due to the topic being a taboo at the time. This is somewhat true. I geneinly believe sex plays a large part in our psychology: our personalitities, the people we grow to become, our relationship with those around us, etc.

491.0143 Practice of sex therapy. --Only a person licensed by this chapter who meets the qualifications set by the board may hold herself or himself out as a sex therapist. The board shall define these qualifications by rule. In establishing these qualifications, the board may refer to the sexual disorder and sexual dysfunction sections of the most current edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of the American Psychiatric Association or other relevant publications.