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Sex Therapy Dublin
Psychosexual therapy for individuals & couples experiencing sexual difficulties, low desire, performance anxiety and difficulties with intimacy.
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Support for Sexual Difficulties
We work with issues around desire, intimacy, performance anxiety, sexual confidence, and related relationship difficulties.
Qualified & Experienced
Each of our psychotherapists holds at least one masters degree and has at least five years of relevant experience.
Flexible
Appointments are available seven days a week, including evenings.
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What is Sex Therapy?
Sex therapy is a talking psychotherapy for sexual and intimacy difficulties. There is no physical examination, physical contact or physical instruction.
You may attend alone or with a partner to talk about desire, arousal, orgasm, erections, ejaculation, pain, performance anxiety, shame, identity or changes in sexual connection.
Through careful, open-ended conversation, we explore how the difficulty has developed, how it affects your relationships and what it may mean for you. Rather than following a fixed programme or focusing only on removing a symptom, the aim is to understand what may be getting in the way of desire, intimacy and sexual enjoyment, creating the possibility for change.
Sessions are confidential and shaped around your particular experience.
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What Issues We Work With
We regularly work with difficulties including:
- Low libido or mismatched desire
- Performance anxiety
- Erectile difficulties
- Difficulty with arousal or orgasm
- Premature or delayed ejaculation
- Vaginismus or pain during sex
- Sexual shame and body-image concerns
- Compulsive sexual behaviour
- Fear of intimacy
- Sexual and relationship difficulties
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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 their psychological aspect should be understood. From a psychoanalytic perspective, sexual symptoms carry meaning.
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What Can Contribute to Sexual Difficulties?
Sexual difficulties can have physical, psychological and relational dimensions. Sexuality is shaped by our history, our relationships and our unconscious life. It is where identity, pleasure, power, guilt and vulnerability meet.
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. Our work is not based on a fixed programme of behavioural exercises. Instead, we listen carefully to the particular meaning and context of the difficulty, while recognising that medical or practical support may also be important where physical symptoms are involved.
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What Happens When You Begin?
You don’t need a referral or diagnosis to begin working with us.
You can come with a clear concern, or simply a feeling that something is not right. You may talk about sex itself, but also about your relationships, body, self-image, anxiety, shame, or what feels difficult to say.
You do not need to explain everything in the first session. We begin with what you are able to bring and allow the focus of the work to develop from there. You can attend alone or with a partner.
All you need to do is reach out via our booking form, call us, or book directly through our booking portal, and we’ll take it from there.
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Our Experience with Sex Therapy
In our experience, sexual and relational issues are a core part of people’s psychotherapy at some point, even when they are not the reason they first attend. They may emerge through questions of desire, intimacy, shame, identity, relationships and how a person experiences themselves and others.
At the Other clinic, this is part of our everyday clinical work. Our qualified, master’s-trained psychotherapists listen to the particular history and meaning of these difficulties, rather than treating them as isolated problems with a standard solution.
Psychoanalytically informed sex therapy in Dublin.
Masters trained therapists
Five+ years relevant experience
Singular approach to sexual issues
FAQ
What can sex therapy help with?
People come to sex therapy with difficulties around desire, arousal, orgasm, erections, ejaculation, pain, performance anxiety, sexual shame, compulsive sexual behaviour, fear of intimacy and uncertainty about their sexuality or desires.
Sometimes there is no clear problem to name. You may simply feel that something in your sexual or relational life has become difficult, distant or unlike yourself. We explore the particular circumstances and meaning of this, rather than assuming that everyone requires the same solution.
Can I attend sex therapy on my own?
Yes. Many people attend individually, even when their difficulties affect a relationship. In our experience, attending alone actually tends be more effective, and is recommended. This is because it allows a person to more freely explore their own thoughts, meaning and experience.
Do I need a GP referral or diagnosis?
No. You can contact us directly and do not need a referral or formal diagnosis to begin sex therapy.
Where physical symptoms are involved, medical support may also be important. Pain during sex, sudden changes in erections or desire, medication effects and other bodily symptoms may require assessment by your GP or another appropriate healthcare professional. Therapy can take place alongside this support.
Does sex therapy involve physical contact or advice?
No. Sex therapy at the Other clinic is a talking psychotherapy. There is no physical examination, physical contact or sexual advice. The work takes place through conversation and careful attention to your experience, relationships and circumstances.
How long does sex therapy take?
There is no fixed number of sessions. Each person is different, and as a result the time needed cannot be determined in advance. People also experience change in different ways and have different ideas about what a meaningful outcome means for them.
The decision about whether to continue, change direction or end therapy is considered in relation to the particular person and the work. It is not determined by a standard course, fixed programme or predetermined endpoint.
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