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Sex Therapy Dublin 

Psychosexual therapy for sexual issues, desire, performance anxiety, and the difficulties of intimacy

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Sexual issues take many forms

Sexuality is rarely simple. For some, difficulties arise with arousal, orgasm, or performance. For others, there’s a lack of desire — or a desire that feels unfamiliar, overwhelming, or in conflict with who they believe they should be. Sex can become a source of anxiety, shame, or silence — even in relationships marked by care.

You may struggle with intimacy, feel disconnected from your body, or find yourself acting out in ways you don’t fully understand. For others, there’s no single “problem” — only a quiet sense that something isn’t right.

Sexual issues are often approached as technical or medical problems to be fixed. But we believe they deserve to be understood — not reduced. From a psychoanalytic perspective, sexual symptoms carry meaning. They are not faults, but formations.

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What’s it all about?

Sexuality is never just about biology. It is structured by our history, our relationships, and our unconscious life. It’s where identity, pleasure, power, guilt, and vulnerability collide.

Difficulties around sex can arise after trauma, during transitions, or in the absence of any clear cause. They may link to early messages about desire or control. They may relate to deeper conflicts around being wanted, being seen, or expressing need.

We don’t diagnose or pathologise your sexuality. We don’t offer behavioural exercises or prescribed techniques. We work to listen — to what the symptom protects, interrupts, or communicates. 

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transforming sexual difficulties

Is therapy for sexual issues right for me?

You don’t need a referral or diagnosis to begin working with us. 

You may be dealing with low desire, compulsive behaviour, vaginismus, or difficulty connecting with a partner. You may feel confused by your sexual identity, disconnected from your body, or unsure what you want.

Whether this has been a quiet discomfort or a crisis point, therapy offers a space to work through it. A space where your experience is not judged, distracted from, or explained away — but heard. Change begins not just by forcing the difficulty to disappear, but by listening to what it might be saying.

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About Us

We are a patient-first professional counselling & psychotherapy clinic.

Psychoanalytically informed. Dublin based.

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