TIPs: Sexuality and Sexual Health > Painful Sex
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Are you struggling with pain during sex? Not sure why you're feeling pain during penetrative or non-penetrative sex? This section includes information on all types of sexual pain. Keep reading to learn more about dyspareunia, vaginismus, vulvar vestibulitis
For many people, talking about sex is an uncomfortable, even unpleasant, experience. Some people may feel uncomfortable talking about sex because of their upbringing. In their home, sex and intimacy may have been a continue reading
What is mutual masturbation and what are its benefits? (Sex Therapy Self Help Tip) Mutual masturbation is an expression of intimacy that can build upon basic sexual connections. By definition, mutual masturbation is when continue reading
Vaginismus, the unconscious tightening of the vaginal muscles, is unpleasant, to say the least. Now classified as Genito-Pelvic Pain Penetration Disorder (GPPPD), this sexual dysfunction makes penetrative sex unpleasant, challenging, or downright impossible. With a continue reading
Physical connection is an important part of every partnership and every individual person’s health. Intimacy can take many different forms. Although our culture often holds up penetrative sex as the ultimate physical expression of love continue reading
Your journey towards pain free sex has been difficult. You have been undiagnosed, misdiagnosed, and may feel like you are going crazy. You are frustrated that there is no medical treatment for your pain. Your continue reading
Perks of Vaginal Dilator Therapy
The thought of using vaginal dilator therapy to treat recurrent or chronic sexual pain can be intimidating. Vaginal dilator therapy has been an effective treatment to eliminate or reduce continue reading
Do You Have Vaginismus? In the world of sex therapy Vaginismus is a disorder defined as painful spasms of muscles around the outer third of the vagina. Sometimes the muscles at the opening of continue reading
You may have never heard of vulvar vestibulitis. Or maybe you are afraid that you have it and you are too scared to attempt sex therapy? Vulvar vestibulitis is an inflammation in the vestibule continue reading
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At some point in their life, most continue reading
How to Increase Communication in the Bedroom Center for Growth / Marriage Counseling in Philadelphia
While you may find your current sex life to be working for you and your partner's sexual needs, at the continue reading
Getting intimate without ever taking your clothes off developed at Sex Therapy in Philadelphia / Center for Growth. Do you ever hear your wife say, “my partner always initiates sex, I wish it was me continue reading
Mindful Sex: A Guide To Becoming Fully Present Sexually: Do you feel that you do not fully experience your sexual experiences and sexuality? Do you sometimes feel like you are not present during sex or continue reading
Many conditions cause female sexual pain, otherwise known as dyspareunia. Some of the conditions that cause female sexual pain include: vulvodynia, endometriosis, pelvic inflammatory disease, sexually transmitted infections, vaginal infections, fibroids, ovarian cysts, cervical problems continue reading
