What is a Sexual Health Counselor?
Sexual health counselors are health care professionals that have specialized training and/or certification in sexuality counseling.
For more information about what a sexual health counselor can do, you can read my blog: What is a Sex Counselor?
What kind of issues do you treat?
Many health issues can impact your sexual wellbeing: pelvic pain, pregnancy, child birth, menopause, surgeries such as hysterectomy or prostatectomy to name a few. A sex counselor can address issues of pain with intercourse (dyspareunia), anorgasmia (inability to achieve orgasm), low arousal, other pain and/or mobility issues that can impact your sexual well being. For men experiencing erectile dysfunction, pelvic pain or Peyronies, sexual counseling can be an effective alternate to other medical treatments such as medications.
How many appointments should I expect?
This is a challenging question as everyone has different concerns and goals. Sexual health issues usually take time to resolve and treatment should never be rushed. Your treatment plan should be well underway within the first 6 visits and then you can reassess the benefits and goals at that time with your counselor/PT.
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