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Sex therapy is talk therapy about sexuality, intimacy, and relationships. There is no touch, no exam, and nothing physical happens in sessions. Sex therapy doesn’t replace medical care; it works alongside it.
Request a free 15-minute consult at JosephMaronLPC.com or call 215-804-9315. Telehealth for adults in Pennsylvania. Private pay; superbills provided for out-of-network reimbursement.
Mood, medication, and intimacy
Mood, medication, past experiences, and how your brain handles attention and sensation can all affect desire, touch, and connection, often several at once. Sex therapy can work alongside the mental health care you already have.
If you think a medication is affecting your sex life, talk with your prescriber before making changes.
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Pelvic and sexual pain
Pain with sex deserves a medical evaluation, and often pelvic floor physical therapy. Therapy works alongside that care on the fear, avoidance, shame, and relationship strain that pain can leave behind. None of this means the pain is in your head.
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Erections, arousal, orgasm, and ejaculation
Changes in erections, arousal, orgasm, or ejaculation timing usually involve body, mind, and relationship together. New or sudden changes deserve a medical check. Therapy works on the part medicine doesn’t cover: anxiety, avoidance, expectations, and talking with a partner.
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Health conditions and your sex life
A new diagnosis, a new medication, or a hard stretch at home can change sex. Your primary care clinician is a good place to start, and sex therapy can work alongside that care.
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Chronic illness, pain, injury, and disability
Illness, pain, injury, and disability change how sex works and how it feels, and the people around you may not ask. Therapy can make room for grief, for a changed body, and for figuring out what intimacy can look like now.
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ADHD, autism, and intimacy
Attention, energy, transitions, and sensory needs shape intimacy. Building around them instead of fighting them is part of the work. No diagnosis is required to work with me, and I don’t provide diagnostic assessments.
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Relationships, desire differences, and couples therapy
Desire differences are among the most common things couples face. I don’t offer couples therapy, but if you are in couples therapy, individual sex therapy can give your sexual concern its own room, alongside that work.
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Gender, sexuality, kink, and non-monogamy
You can talk openly here about gender, sexual orientation, asexuality and aromanticism, kink, and consensual non-monogamy. These are not problems to fix. The work is about what you want from your sex life and relationships.
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After trauma
If past experiences show up in sex or touch, we work at your pace. Nothing happens that you haven’t agreed to. I don’t provide EMDR or brainspotting; if those are what you want, I’ll help you find them.
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If you need help now
If you’re outside Pennsylvania
I can only see adults who are in Pennsylvania during sessions. To find a sex therapist where you are: