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What Is Self-Help Sex Therapy

At Life Works Recovery, through our training as sex therapists and sex addiction therapistswe bring extensive knowledge and understanding of sex — it’s place in healthy sexuality and courtship — and how it manifests in addiction as a compulsive force as well as in committed passion and intimate love as a healing and connecting force.

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What Is Self-Help Sex Therapy

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  1. Self-Help Sex Therapy At Life Works Recovery,through our training as sex therapists and sex addiction therapistswe bring extensive knowledge and understanding of sex — it’s place in healthy sexuality and courtship — and how it manifests in addiction as a compulsive force as well as in committed passion and intimate love as a healing and connectingforce. We have specialized training and experience and we are Certified Sex Addiction Therapists (CSAT) because we are passionate about helping people heal. We understand what it means to be there. We want to help you and your loved ones heal. It’s what wedo. Now that I am pretty heavy into counseling and therapyin my practice I am finding it difficult to find enough time to help everyone that is requesting my services. In addition, there are some who may not be able to afford counseling or who have spouses that won’t talk to anyone about it…at least at this point.

  2. So, the purpose of this post is to provide some first steps for individuals or couples while they are waiting for additional help (particularly those on my current waiting list) or for those who are on their own in trying to improve their intimaterelationship. • Read and Do the Homework in And They Were NotAshamed • Step 1- of your self-help sex therapy is definitely to read (either together or on your own) my book And They Were Not Ashamed—Strengthening Marriage through Sexual Fulfillmentand do the homework suggested at the end of each chapter. This is similar to the kind of counseling work I would do with clients in sessions (and the homework I would give as well) to help clients identify what is getting in the way of them enjoying the sexual relationship as God intendedit. • Listen to The Marital Intimacy ShowPodcasts • Step 2- is to listen to as many of my short and sweet Marital Intimacy Show podcasts as you can, and do at least a brief writing afterwards of the highlights and/or anything that caught your attention as applicable to your situation. These episodes are like FREE mini self-help counseling sessions that I would be having with you and/or your spouse if we were in a sessiontogether. • Utilize my OtherResources • Step 3- is to be sure you are utilizing the other resources I have for addressing your sexual questions and issues. In addition to the MIS audiocasts, other resources I haveinclude: • My blog – You’ll find many articles and posts that address the common issues couples face. My blog here also has a great reservoir of conversations between myself and our fabulous blog followers asking questions and trying to help each other out with their marital and intimacy challenges. You can find that information in the Open Forum sections on thisblog. • My Articles- I generally provide some suggestions or action items for you to actively work on various dimensions of your life and yourrelationship. • Newsletter- My “Straight Talk about Strengthening Marriage” newsletteris another resource to provide help in strengthening yourmarriage. • Straight Talk Q&A- In my “Straight Talk Q&A” I’ve answered a lot of common questions that I’ve received over the years that can also help you figure out some helpful solutions for your ownsituation.

  3. 4. Get ProfessionalHelp Step 4 is to get professional help if the above steps are notenough. I was telling my husband the other day that I just had to get doing my podcasts more frequently and to get our next two books written because I’m just not being able to reach enough people who want my help and he said, “You know Laura, that may be true, but I’m not sure any of those things can actually replace someone talking with your directly.” It was certainly a sweet thing for him to say, but it is also kindatrue. There’s a magic that happens in the process of counseling together that you really can’t recreate any other way. So, do get some help if the above suggestions are not enough. Thankfully for many couples it is enough to help them shift their sexual relationship! But that won’t be true foreveryone. So, to recap, (1) read my book And They Were Not Ashamed, (2) listen to my podcasts, (3) read and use the other resources on my website lifeworksrecovery.com,and then (4) seek out professional help in the form of counseling or even just a coupleconsultations. I hope this gives you some guidance as you engage in your own self-help sex therapy and work toward creating a wonderful, mutually fulfilling sexual relationship in yourmarriage!

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