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Originally Posted by AppalachianAxis
Has anyone attended it/ know anything about it/ how best to get started with it/ know what to expect/ etc.?
The reason I ask is because I'm thinking about maybe giving therapy another shot. Again. It's tough to consider, especially after my last T was something of, well, a complete disaster.
I only started actively seeking out help for myself roughly a year ago when I put out an anonymous description of what I was dealing with to Psychcentral's "Ask the Therapist" section. I had been, and still am, dealing with what I self-identify as Sexual Aversion Disorder/ Sexual Anorexia. The response I received recommended I see a Sex Therapist to try and get some help. It took a huge amount of effort on my part to even talk about my problems online with zero face-to-face interaction and the idea of talking to a regular Therapist about this was uncomfortable enough, so I opted to forgo the Sex Therapist at the time. The prospect just made me hugely uncomfortable then, and it still makes me uncomfortable now.
But I can't help but feel that both of my past T's, the good and the bad, have been kind of unequipped to deal with the unorthodox issues I'm trying to cope with. Maybe a Sex therapist would be the better fit to try and find some resolution? They specialize in the the psychology of it, after all.
IDK. Even after almost a year having past since I finally got my courage up, told my parents about my problems (awkward), and been to see two different Therapists, I still feel like I haven't changed one way or another. I find I'm once again sick of feeling like I'm at war with myself and I might consider heading back into therapy one more time to try and see if maybe the third time's a charm.
I just wanted to get a few thoughts and opinions on Sex Therapy specifically. If I'm going to put myself through this whole song-and-dance again, I'd like to know if I'm heading in the right direction this time.
Thanks everybody.
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its different for everyone. you go in and talk with a therapist about your sexual problems and then that therapist helps you find ways to fix your sexual problems.
example I am a sexual abuse survivor. sometimes this causes problems with my wifes and my sexual relationship. we go in to the therapist and she helps us with what ever sexual problem we happen to be having at that moment.