SEX THERAPY
Sex therapy is a treatment that addresses sexual health issues, including sexual dysfunction, relationship stress, and psychological barriers affecting to sexual life. It can be applied to individuals or couples under the guidance of a health professional or a psychotherapist specializing in sexuality.
Sex therapy includes a variety of approaches, depending on each patient’s specific problem:
Psychotherapy:
- Helps patients discuss and understand their psychological issues that affect sexual life, such as anxiety, depression, or related trauma.
- Behavioral therapy: Helps patients change negative habits or thoughts that affect their sexual life.
- Endocrine therapy: Used for cases of hormonal disorders that affect sexual function.
- Medication: Certain medications may be used to treat erectile dysfunction, premature ejaculation, or decreased sexual desire.
- Sex education and counseling: Helps patients understand their own bodies, sexual responses, and how to improve the quality of sexual life.
Sex therapy offers many significant benefits, including:
- Improve sexual function for people who have difficulty when having sex.
- Enhance the connection between couples, help to resolve conflicts about the needs and expectations in sexual intercourse.
- Enhance self-confidence and improve mental health by reduce anxiety and stress related to sexual intercourse.
- Raise awareness and support people from LGBT community about understanding their gender identity and sexual orientation.
Sex therapy services at Hanoi Center for Sexual Medicine include:
MALE SEX THERAPY
TREATMENT:
- Decreased libido
- Erectile dysfunction
- Ejaculation disorders: premature ejaculation, delayed ejaculation, anejaculation, painful ejaculation, etc.
- Orgasmic disorders: arousal disorder, anorgasmia, painful orgasm.
- Masturbation: masturbation abuse, masturbation in inappropriate positions…
FEMALE SEX THERAPY
TREATMENT:
- Decreased female libido
- Decreased female sexual arousal
- Female pelvic pain disorder
- Female orgasmic disorders: decreased orgasm, anorgasmia, painful orgasm, persistent sexual arousal disorder
- Postcoital syndrome
- Vaginismus
- Menopausal and postmenopausal sexual disfunction
COUPLE SEX THERAPY
- Relationship problems: inability to have successful sexual intercourse
Sex therapy is an important part of gender medicine, helping to improve the quality of life and mental health of patients. Raising awareness and developing sex therapy services will help more and more people access effective treatment methods, contributing to building a more understanding and open society about sexual health.
