sex therapist
Bedroom problem specialist
A sex therapist is a mental health professional who helps individuals or couples with sexual difficulties—low desire, performance anxiety, pain during intercourse, mismatched libidos, or intimacy issues.
Unlike surrogates, sex therapists work through talk therapy rather than physical contact: We saw a sex therapist after the miscarriage affected our intimacy.
State of proximity
- bondingForming close connections
- attachmentConnection or fondness
- desireIntense wanting
- sensualityPursuit of physical pleasure
passion · trust · tenderness · vulnerability · connection · arousal · libido · pleasure
Shared business arrangement
- marriageFormal union between partners
- couplesRomantic partners together
- datingPursuing romantic connections
- fidelityLoyalty or exactness
infidelity · divorce · reconciliation · jealousy · attraction · commitment · monogamy · polyamory
Spoken exchange between parties
- active listeningFocused, responsive attention to speech
- disclosureAct of revealing information
- feedbackReturned response data
- rapportHarmonious mutual connection
empathy · boundaries · assertiveness · clarification · negotiation · understanding · receptiveness · nonverbal
Regaining what was lost
- traumaLasting psychological wound
- restorationReturning something to condition
- wellnessOverall state of health
- treatmentCare for an ailment
processing · survivor · abuse · shame · guilt · anxiety · body image · self-esteem
Treatment through guided conversation
- sessionScheduled time for activity
- clientOne who hires professionals
- treatmentCare for an ailment
- assessmentFormal evaluation of worth
clinical · evaluation · diagnosis · cognitive · behavioral · licensure · accreditation · professional
closeness
State of proximity
- bondingForming close connections
- attachmentConnection or fondness
- desireIntense wanting
sensuality · passion · trust · tenderness · vulnerability · connection · arousal · libido · pleasure · physical
partnership
Shared business arrangement
- marriageFormal union between partners
- couplesRomantic partners together
- datingPursuing romantic connections
fidelity · infidelity · divorce · reconciliation · jealousy · attraction · commitment · monogamy · polyamory · communication
dialogue
Spoken exchange between parties
- active listeningFocused, responsive attention to speech
- disclosureAct of revealing information
- feedbackReturned response data
rapport · empathy · boundaries · assertiveness · clarification · negotiation · understanding · receptiveness · nonverbal · verbal
recovery
Regaining what was lost
- traumaLasting psychological wound
- restorationReturning something to condition
- wellnessOverall state of health
treatment · processing · survivor · abuse · shame · guilt · anxiety · body image · self-esteem · PTSD
psychotherapy
Treatment through guided conversation
assessment · clinical · evaluation · diagnosis · cognitive · behavioral · licensure · accreditation · professional · ethics
- therapistspsychiatrist, psychoanalyst, clinical psychologist, psychotherapist, child psychologist
- reproductive healthpregnancy, infertility, childbirth, male infertility, fertility rates
- sex therapysexologist, libido, arousal, erectile dysfunction, premature ejaculation
- sex expertssexologist
- relationship expertsmarriage counselor, dating coach, intimacy coach, love guru
sex therapistmatchmaker
Arranger of romantic pairings
divorce lawyer · marriage broker · dating coach · divorce attorney
therapist, sexes, sexed, sexual, sexually, sexuality, bisexual, homosexual, heterosexual