Sex Addiction Help

Sex therapy is the treatment of any form of sexual dysfunction, such as low sexual desire, lack of sexual confidence, painful sex, anorgasmia, premature ejaculation, compulsive masturbation, female impotence, male impotence, orgasmic dysfunction, erectile dysfunction, or unwanted sexual fetishes. Sex therapy can also help people who are recovering from childhood sexual abuse, sexual addiction or sexual assault. The goal of sex therapy is not only to help people heal from sexual problems but to assist them in reaching their sexual potential.

Cybersex Addiction Help

In sexual-marital therapy, the focus is on repairing the hurts and resentments of the past, family-of-origin traumas, and/or unresolved childhood issues all of which can shape a relationship and impact the couple. Couples therapy requires the willingness to confront oneself, to disclose the truth about thoughts and feelings, and to tolerate anxieties without expecting partner validation or soothing, and learning to soothe oneself. All of this is in service of becoming more vulnerable in order to create a deep, satisfying, long-lasting connection with your partner. Click here to read more...

At CHS, we provide sex therapy for couples focusing on structured support, education and intimacy skills.

Cybersex Addiction Help

Couples in recovery from sexual addiction often face painful and difficult challenges in repairing their relationship. The betrayed partner often feels pain, anger and distrust while the partner responsible for the betrayal can exhibit shame and passivity. There are usually years of built up pain and resentment causing an avoidance of intimacy and problems with sexual desire. Click here to read more...

At CHS, we assist couples in moving towards restoring trust and respect so that they can begin to consider a healthy sex life with one another. Once healthy sex is defined and agreed upon, the couple moves into more intimate, erotic, and spiritual sex over time.

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Sex addiction is a problem affecting people of all backgrounds. CHS welcomes people of all sexual orientations, races, ages, etc.

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Couples Sex Addiction Therapy

Alexandra Katehakis, sex addiction expert from Center for Healthy Sex, discusses how couple's therapy can move the couple towards greater sexual health. watch video

What is Sex Addiction?

"Recovery is hard work. I tried quitting many times on my own and finally surrendered to accepting help. I recommend CHS for those who are ready to face and heal their pain head-on and live life on life's terms."

--Susan K.

"My wife caught me in my dishonesty and I came to CHS a broken person. Through tough love, and a lot of deep concern, the therapists helped me save my marriage and recover my life."

--Ken W.

"The team at CHS challenged me to take responsibility and stop colluding with my partner's promiscuity, which was at risk of HIV. With skillful compassion, they made a space for me to heal and become the person I always knew I could be."

--Amir R.

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Sexual Dysfunction

Sexual dysfunction refers to any sexual problem that prevents an individual or couple from experiencing the kind of satisfaction they would like from the sexual activities they engage in. These problems usually occur during what experts call the sexual response cycle which includes the excitement (or sexual arousal), plateau, orgasm and resolution phases.

According to estimates, sexual dysfunction occurs in 43 percent of women and 31 percent of men meaning they report some sexually difficulty or dissatisfaction. People are often afraid or hesitant to discuss these issues yet most instances of sexual dysfunction are treatable. Sharing your concerns with your partner and/or a professional is the first step to healing your problem.

Sexual dysfunction can take the form of dissatisfaction with orgasm, erectile difficulties, lack of sexual desire, pain during intercourse, performance anxiety, anorgasmia, (inability to achieve orgasm) premature ejaculation, and fear of intimacy to name a few. In other words, any problem that renders a person feeling less then satisfied with their sexual life that is not a medical problem, can be addressed in sex therapy.

Sexual dysfunction may be caused by physical and/or medical conditions. These conditions include but are not limited to heart and vascular (blood vessel) disease, neurological disorders, diabetes, obesity, hormonal imbalances, chronic diseases, alcoholism, and/or drug abuse. It is also important to remember that many medications have sexual side-effects such as antidepressants drugs. If you have any medical conditions, you should consult your medical doctor before consulting a sex therapist.

Sexual functioning can also become dysfunctional due to psychological stress and anxiety related to work, martial/relationship problems, sexual performance, depression, feelings of guilt, and past sexual trauma. When related to psychological issues, in most cases, sexual dysfunction can be successfully treated.

Low Sexual Desire

Many people, young and old alike, have low sexual desire and it can affect their relationships. Low sexual desire can be distressing to some leading them to seek sex therapy.

Oftentimes, pre-menopausal women or menopausal women will participate in sexual activity less often including initiating sex and having intercourse and may report experiencing orgasm and general sexual pleasure less often than they once did. In other cases, post-menopausal women report having the best sex of their lives because they feel more sexually secure about who they are.

Men may experience low sexual desire due to health concerns, hormonal problems (like low testosterone) or relationship issues. Additionally, many people simply get out of the habit of having sex and are still operating under old ideas that sex is a natural "drive" vs. a cultivated desire for pleasure and connection with oneself and a significant other.

Low sexual desire can come in the form of a person never having felt much sexual desire or interest or in the form of having felt sexual desire, but no longer does. The extreme form of low sexual desire is called sexual aversion, meaning the person lacks sexual desire and finds sex repulsive.

It is very common for partners in a relationship to have different levels of sexual interest with one partner being the "low desire partner" and the other being the "high desire partner." Many times, people become "grid-locked" over these differences leading to power struggles, which exacerbate the problem. Although the two partners have different sexual interest levels, this can be negotiated and resolved in sex therapy.

Sexual Potential

Many normal couples in long-term relationships report sexual boredom and feeling a lack of interest in sex. Often this is the case because people forget that they, and their relationships, are dynamic, ever-changing systems. By reassessing who you are sexually, what you like and want, what you hold back from letting yourself and your partner know; you can begin to work toward your sexual potential. By opening yourself to clearing past resentments and revealing your sexual preferences to your partner, you create a deeper emotional connection that is often not easy, but worth the intimate, electric connection that results in the end.