Center for Emotional Health
Intimacy / Sex Therapy
Regan Sheppard is a professional member of the American Association of Sexuality educators, counselors and therapists. Please click on the AASECT logo for more information.Sex therapy is usually solution focused and brief. Commonly sex therapy will focus on a sexual dysfunction or a major sexual communication problem between the couple.
Sex therapy is fairly directive. I will be active, asking questions and often giving direct suggestions, homework exercises, and information in an effort to support your goals for the therapy.
Using up-to-date methods we can address:
-Sexual desire issues
- Couples wanting to increase sexual intimacy
-Different levels of desire in the relationship
-Orgasm disorders (inability to reach orgasm, or reaching orgasm to quickly.)
- Male and female sexual dysfunction (erectile dysfunction)
-Pornography use/addiction
-Dissatisfaction around sexual performance or functioning
-Sexual concerns resulting from illness or injury
-Feelings of guilt, anxiety or fear around sex
If you are in a relationship, it may seem confusing for both of you to attend sex therapy. Maybe you feel that the problem is mainly related to your partner, or you have identified the issue in yourself. However, sexual dysfunctions do not occur in a vacuum:
The marital relationship impacts on the sexual problem, and, in turn, the sexual problem impacts on the marital relationship.
This being the case, I take a comprehensive approach to the treatment of sexual dysfunctions that must include a thorough assessment of the marital relationship*.
*If sex therapy is contraindicated, (because of the presence of severe,
rather than moderate, marital distress), we will begin couples therapy
before the treatment of the sexual problem.