"A sexologist-psychologist or sex therapist is a specialist with a higher humanitarian education, with knowledge in the field of psychology and sexology. He/she is able to help people with many problems in interpersonal relationships and the sexual sphere: disharmony in intimate life, complexes and fears, age-related changes, increased or decreased sexual function, dissatisfaction and frigidity, anorgasmia and vaginismus, erectile dysfunction (impotence) in men of psychogenic genesis.
A sexology and relationship coach or a sexologist coach is a specialist who helps a client improve their intimate life or solve problems in relationships using coaching techniques and tools. A sexology coach together with the client forms a goal, and then the specialist guides the client in moving towards this goal.
Referring to a sexologist-psychologist (or simply a sexologist or sex therapist) or a sexology coach (relationship and family coach) will be effective if the following are excluded: cases
of clinical and organic disorders, because the causes of sexual disorders may be caused not by mental, but by physiological factors. In this case, it is worth contacting a sexologist or an endocrinologist" - Sexologist, Sex Therapist, Master of Psychology Oksana Izgoreva.
Typically, clients of a sexologist, sex therapist or coach-sexologist and relationship and family coach are:
- people going through a life crisis, divorce, betrayal;
- people with fears and complexes;
- couples who have lost attraction to each other;
- women with complaints about the lack of orgasm or the inability to experience it with a partner;
- people who have conflicts in their relationships with their partner;
- women and men with complaints about the inability to have sexual intercourse;
- men suffering from erectile and ejaculation disorders or decreased libido;
- women who need help in treating vaginismus and anorgasmia;
- people who are troubled by sexual fantasies or unconventional manifestations;
- parents who want to "correctly" prepare their children for sexual life, etc.
Personal, family crises
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feeling like you are an unhappy person;
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often getting angry, crying, or self-harming;
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decreased interest in work and previous hobbies;
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increased conflicts in the family and with others;
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suffering from loneliness or being in destructive relationships;
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looking at the future without optimism.
Dissatisfaction with intimate life
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lack of desire;
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painful sensations during sexual intercourse;
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problems with erection and ejaculation;
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sex has completely disappeared from the couple's life;
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difficulties with achieving orgasm or its complete absence;
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anorgasmia, vaginismus;
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premature completion of sexual intercourse with the inability to satisfy the partner;
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concerns about sexual fantasies and non-traditional manifestations.
Anxiety, fears, complexes
- post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD);
- difficulties with establishing social contacts;
- panic attacks;
- obsessive thoughts;
- expectation of failure;
- excessive self-criticism;
- unreasonable anxiety;
- nervousness, trembling, sweaty palms;
- health concerns.
Conflicts in relationships
with a partner
- lack of understanding;
- frequent quarrels;
- passion gone;
- inability to perform sexual intercourse without using alcohol or drugs;
- incompatibility, different sexual preferences with a partner;
- jealousy, betrayal;
- humiliation, blackmail.