Straightforward & Non-Judgmental
Helping You Feel Comfortable
Long Island Counseling is committed to your well-being. The important work of getting to the heart of the matter is done in a straightforward and non-judgmental manner with the recognition that every person has unique needs and concerns. If you’re looking for sex therapy and sexual health counseling, I welcome you.
Helping You Feel Safe
Your Comfort is a Priority
Your comfort and safety are the most important part of beginning treatment. Long Island sex therapy puts you first in its efforts to create the safest possible environment for you to do the important work of getting help.
A Matter-of-Fact Approach
Working With a Trained Professional
Your therapist is a trained clinician with experience treating individuals who suffer with different sexual dysfunctions. She will guide you through the treatment, asking you important questions that will enable her to learn about your personal and sexual history, and the history and evolution of your complaint.
What Will We Discuss?
Connecting Sexuality with Other Feelings
Good sex therapy offers you help with understanding and overcoming most sexual dysfunction. After ruling out medical causes, the therapist will help to connect your sexual dysfunction to other parts of your emotional and sexual life in order to begin to understand and correct the problem.
What Else Will We Talk About?
Learning About Your Attitudes and Feelings
In addition to exploring your sexual history, your therapist will ask you about your current sexual issues and will want to learn about your specific concerns. She will ask you details about what happens before, during, and after sex, and will want to hear about your fantasies, habits, and preferences. She will want to understand your attitude toward sex and you will have a chance to share with her your feelings, questions, and thoughts about sex. She will also want to learn about your partner, if you have one.
Will We Do Anything Else?
Sex Therapy is Limited to Talking
Sex therapy should not be confused with sexual surrogacy. A sexual surrogate is someone hired by an individual experiencing sexual dysfunction to provide direct sexual activity with the goal of improving the quality of the individual’s future sexual experiences. Sex therapy is limited to discussion.
Will I have Homework?
Practicing With and Without a Partner
As the treatment progresses, the clinician may give you exercises to do at home, in the privacy of your own space. You may be asked about this when you return for your next session. In this way, you and your therapist can get to know even the smallest details about the issue and can work together in helping you resolve your sexual difficulty and restoring you to healthy functioning.
Healthy Sex for All Couples
Same-Sex Couples Welcome
Healthy sexual and erotic functioning requires a mostly conflict-free emotional zone in which to operate, no matter how the couple is comprised. At Long Island Counseling, all couples are welcome.