What happens in Sex Therapy?
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Psychosexual Therapy can be a single or multiple appointments. The first (or only) appointment is an Initial Assessment session where your therapist will listen carefully and then discuss the physical, psychological, and social factors which are causing your problem, and how you can begin to have better experiences.
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You will then receive a Report (summarising the reasons for your problem) and a Treatment Plan, detailing how you can begin to make the changes which will lead to resolving your problem.
The Treatment Plan might involve physical treatments you can practice at home (alone or with a partner), medical treatments, psychological treatments, lifestyle changes, or any combination of the above.
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Although most clients will go on to have Follow-Up appointments, for others it is enough to have had an Initial Assessment session and have gained a better understanding of their problem and the best treatment plans available.
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Follow-Up appointments
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Additional appointments are usually chosen in sex therapy. These are to explore areas or problems raised in the Initial Assessment, to discuss and develop treatment plans, to discuss any problems which arise, and to support and reinforce positive developments. ​
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Sessions provide a safe space to be open and honest about our hopes and fears, discuss challenges, and give the therapy the best chance of helping clients maintain their sexual wellbeing in the longer term.
The number of sessions taken for clients to feel that a sexual problem has improved is very variable - in our experience anything from 1 to 6 or more - but the most common number of sessions booked is three to four.
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