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Painful Intercourse (dyspareunia)

A lot of women experience sexual pain at some point during their lives. A recent survey suggested that it occurs in up to 9.3 per cent of females at any one time, with a higher incidence among younger women. It is much less common among the over-50s. This issue can often be resolved if the couple take more time with foreplay so that the woman is more relaxed and aroused. It can also be helpful to use a sex...

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Low Sex Drive

Lack of sex drive (or lack of libido) is much more common in women than men. There is some debate about exactly how many women suffer from this problem, but in the UK family planning clinics report that they see large numbers of women who complain of a lack of sex drive. Many of these women do not have a problem with having orgasms, but they say that they just have no real desire to have sex. In many...

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Erectile Dysfunction (ED)

What is erectile dysfunction? Erectile dysfunction (ED) is sometimes confused with: premature ejaculation – which means coming too quickly’; retarded (or delayed) ejaculation – which means being unable to reach a climax. However, ED is a quite different problem – it means an inability to get a good enough erection to achieve satisfactory intercourse. Some men with ED can’t...

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Understanding sex drive

by Sara Davies As a relationship counsellor I’ve found that one of the most common challenges facing couples is a big difference in sex drive between the partners, or a loss of sex drive by one member of the couple. There is no single natural level of sex drive – some people prefer to have sex everyday, or even more often, whereas others, equally normally, are happy with once a month or even...

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Training for Online Therapy

We’ve had a number of enquiries from therapists interested in working with us, so we thought we’d add a post to give you some idea of what we’re looking for in training terms from our therapists and relationship counsellors. First, therapists should have a recognised counselling or therapy qualification – in UK terms this might be a diploma or advanced diploma. Note that not all...