How Therapy Can Enhance Your Sexual Wellbeing

All You Need To Know (Updated 2023)

Many individuals struggle with understanding and accepting their sexuality, and communicating their needs to their partners. 

Therapy can be a powerful tool for exploring and understanding our sexuality, improving sexual health, and feeling at peace with your sexual identity. 

Here are five ways that therapy at Cadenza Counseling can support you:

Sexuality is a complex and personal aspect of our lives that can be challenging to navigate on our own, especially for those in the LGBTQ+ community.

  1. Exploring Your Sexual Identity

Sexual identity is a multifaceted aspect of our lives that encompasses our sexual orientation, gender identity, and expression.

 For those in the LGBTQ+ community, understanding and accepting their sexual identity can be challenging due to societal stigma and discrimination (APA, 2021). 

Therapy can provide a safe and supportive space to explore and understand your sexual identity.

We can help you work through feelings of shame, guilt, or confusion that may arise from societal messages about non-normative sexual orientations and gender identities.

2. Becoming Comfortable With Sex

Many individuals have difficulty with arousal, performance anxiety, or low sexual desire.

Therapy can help you identify the underlying causes of these issues and develop strategies to help you feel comfortable in sexual settings. 

We can offer guidance on communication, mindfulness, and body awareness techniques that can help you become more present during sexual experiences and feel more comfortable exploring your sexuality.

3. Building Healthy Relationships

Sexuality is often part of our relationships, and communication is essential for maintaining healthy and fulfilling sexual experiences, no matter if you have one partner or a variety of people in your sex life.

Therapy can help you develop communication skills and strategies for expressing your sexual needs and desires. 

We can work with you to identify and overcome any barriers to effective communication and provide guidance on how to navigate common relationship challenges, such as jealousy or conflict.

4. Managing Sexual Trauma

Sexual trauma can have a significant impact on our sexual health and well-being.

Therapy can provide a safe and supportive space to work through the effects of sexual trauma and develop strategies for healing.

We can help you process traumatic experiences and provide guidance on coping skills and self-care practices to help you manage symptoms of trauma.