Can Sex Therapy Remedy Erectile Dysfunction?

Erectile dysfunction can be either organic (physical) or emotional (psychological), or both. In order to determine if sex therapy can properly aid or resolve the individual ED (erectile dysfunction) issues, we must first determine the cause of the problem.

By answering the following questions we can get an indication as to whether or not the complication may involve emotional or partly emotional factors. If so, sex therapy can probably help us -- either fully or partially -- regain our ability to obtain an erection.

1. Can you occasionally achieve an erection?
2. Is an erection possible during masturbation?
3. Does your penis become hard during sleep?

If so, and your health is both optimal and blood tests reveal that your penile arteries are not compromised in any way, then sex therapy alone may resolve your erectile dysfunction issues. If your health is not that good but you still answered yes to any of the above questions then a joint approach involving both conventional medicine, as well as sex therapy may be in store; especially if you’ve found out that the arteries in your genital area have been compromised.

Compromised penile arteries that have been narrowed or hardened by plaque (the build up of cholesterol, fat and other external items on the arterial walls) may physically impair a person from achieving a proper erection and may require medical treatment, but if an erection is possible during any of the above mentioned moments the problem may also have an emotional or psychological factor. If this is the case then treating ED with both conventional medicine, procedures or devices, as well as with a dose of sex therapy can greatly increase your chances of regaining your love life.

What is Sex Therapy?

Sex therapy is a non-drug, non-surgery treatment for sexual dysfunction. Sex therapists help people overcome problems such as:

• Erectile Dysfunction,
• the inability to have an orgasm,
• lack of sexual desire, etc.,

especially when these problems involve factors such as tiredness, stress, relationship issues, etc.

Sex therapist use counseling and other methods to treat these sexual disorders. Some practitioners have been known to even use hypnosis for treating problems such as ED

Sex therapy typically involves attending weekly or by-weekly sessions that may last from 30 minutes to two or more hours and may extend for a period of one to several months, depending on the case and on the results achieved.

A typical sex therapy session includes identifying the underlying problems (it never involves performing sexual exercises during the consultation). Once the problem(s) have been identified, the sex therapist will design a program to help you resolve them. The program generally requires you to take several steps and/or do certain exercises at home. In subsequent sessions, the therapist will ask you about your experiences with those exercises and evaluate your progress. He/she will also determine what you should do next.

In the case of an organic disability, the therapist will work with you and probably recommend you also visit your urologist in order to better attack the underlying ED issues.