Hello. I am new here. I came looking for insight on something I have been experiencing.

I have been in therapy for about a year. When I am in sessions, I have always experienced physical sensations strongly - more strongly than at other times in my life. For instance, when I am afraid of saying something in session, I freeze. But when I am afraid outside of the session I can handle it better.

So, the situation that brings me here is too embarrassing to mention to anyone in real life. We have been discussing problems in my marriage and just started talking about some difficulties that we are having when it comes to intimacy. However, in this discussion (that was fairly graphic), I was surprised to find that I was aroused having this conversation with my therapist. I am not attracted to my therapist. The conversation was pretty 'clinical' and was not done in a salacious way - this same kind of conversation with a friend wouldn't have been arousing.

Is that kind of response normal? It was very uncomfortable to experience those feelings in session.

It also made me concerned that the conversation was inappropriate to have with her. I worried later that maybe she had the same reaction to the conversation.

We are supposed to continue the conversation next week. It is an area that I really need to address in my marriage and I don't have anyone else that I feel comfortable speaking about this with, but I wonder if I should change the topic because of my physical response.

Any advice is appreciated.

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