A woman tells us what it's actually like to see a sex therapist
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- Taylor G. saw a sex therapist after experiencing pain during sex.
- She learned from a sex therapist that a lot of sexual issues are not physical, but mental.
- For Taylor, seeing a sex therapist was a lot like seeing a normal therapist; it was a lot of talking and it took time to see results.
When Taylor G. was 23, she was diagnosed with a few sexual health conditions, including vulvodynia and pelvic floor dysfunction—both of which, among other symptoms, can make it painful to have intercourse. When her OB/GYN recommended she see a sex therapist in addition to receiving medical care, Taylor was surprised. “I always thought sex therapy [was] for couples who weren’t sexually compatible—not for single people like me,” she says.
According to Vanessa Marin, sex therapist and creator of Finishing School, an online orgasm course for women, a lot of the work sex therapists do comes back to clearing up many such misconceptions. As with most things sex-related, there’s a lot of misinformation floating around. See the rest of the story at Business Insider
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