SEX THERAPY IN PHILADELPHIA

Sex Therapist

Preparing for your initial session of Sexual Addiction Treatment

in Philadelphia
written by : Jennifer Foust M.S., LPC

Preparing for your initial session of Sex Addiction Treatment Coming to a therapist for the first time may make you a bit nervous. What kinds of questions will you be asked? When you are coming to a session to talk about a sex addiction, it may be even more nerve racking. You may really wonder what will be asked. Will it be hard and embarrassing to talk about? The short answer is, maybe.

Talking about a sexual problem like sex addiction is hard. It’s hard to acknowledge painful negative behaviors that you are not proud of.

We strongly encourage clients to prepare themselves for the first session. In general we ask anything and everything that we believe may be related to your particular problem. Brace yourself.

We as therapists, are most helpful when have a good understanding of what your are struggling with. Below is a list of questions that you may be asked in your first session(s). Remember, your therapist is only as good as you let him or her be.

In general, after all the initial paperwork has been completed, sex therapists will ask you what brought you’re here today? Additionally, they will want to know what kinds of problematic sexual thoughts, fantasies, behaviors you currently, or historically have engaged in:

  • Sexual fantasies
  • Internet pornography
  • Regular pornography
  • Masturbation
  • Sexual relations online
  • Indiscriminant flirtation
  • Frequenting strip clubs
  • Affairs
  • Massage parlors
  • Prostitution
  • Spending money (sometimes even money you don’t really have)
  • Engaging in illegal behaviors

Other questions include, but are not limited to:

  • What is the frequency that you engage in each sexual behavior(s)? How much time do you spend thinking about the sexual behavior / activity?
  • When do you believe your sexual addiction began? Can you identify the initial triggers?
  • What about your sexual thoughts or your behaviors make you feel guilty or bad?
  • Have you or anyone in your family of origin struggled with gambling addiction, eating disorders, shopping addictions, drug or alcohol problems? Type A personalities? Or other obsessive-compulsive behaviors?
  • Are there any specific feelings (boredom, stress, anxiety, depression) that tend to give you an urge engage in the sexual behavior? How else do you try to manage these feelings?
  • Can you try to describe the thought process that occurs when you feel preoccupied with sex?
  • Do you find yourself taking more and more sexual risks? Do you feel that your sexual addiction continues to get worse? And if so, how?
  • When do you tend to engage in the sexual behaviors? Is there a certain time of day or a certain time of the week? Who knows?
  • How much money do you spend in a month on your sexual addiction? How much money do you think you have spent in total on your sexual addiction?
  • What have you done to try to minimize or hide your sexual acting out? In other words, how have you tried to cover your tracks?
  • Have you ever tried to overcome your sexual addiction before? If so, what were the longest periods of abstinence that you have been able to achieve? What have you tried in the past to overcome this issue?
  • How has your sexual addiction interfered with other areas of your life? Work? Relationships? Family?
  • Who knows about your sexual addiction? Who in your life could be a positive support person(s)?
  • Have you ever been caught before? If so, by whom? And how did you handle the situation? Were you truthful? Did you cover lies with lies?
  • What makes you want help now? Who knows that you are seeking help? Who supports you and why?
  • What type of therapist are you looking for? What types of interventions do you respond best to? How much time are you willing to commit to recovery? What does recovery mean to you?

These are some of the typical questions that therapists might ask a client who is seeking help to overcome a sexual addiction. It is likely that you will be asked other questions too. Coming to therapy for the first time can make anyone feel nervous, but being prepared not only will help you gain insight into yourself, but may help to ease your anxiety. You are taking a bold step in overcoming a sexual addiction. Help is available. You do not have to do this alone.

Jennifer Foust, M.S., LPC

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May benefit from our services:

individual counseling, couples counseling, couples therapy, marriage counseling, marriage therapy, family therapy, family counseling, sex therapy, grief therapy, anger management therapy, addiction counseling, couples workshops, enrichment seminars, support groups, skills building classes, classes.. Mental health therapists may be marriage and family therapists, social workers, psychologists, psychiatrists, counseling practitioners just to name a few. If you have enjoyed our self help tips, please let us know.

You do not need to ever need to meet us to benefit from our collective years of wisdom in this field. Many of our ideas are written down in the form of self help tips that are free to be read by anyone on the Internet. If we are good, eventually we will have worked ourselves out of a job and you will be able to live the life you have always wanted!

Sex Addiction Tips

What is a sex addiction?

Defining the problem

Do I have a high sex drive or a sexual addiction?

Sex addiction quiz?

Is my partner a sex addict?

Coaddict: loss of identity

Quitting masturbation at work

Sex addiction and stress at work

The shame of sex addiction

Telling a spouse about your sex addiction

Obstacles and coping skills for sexual addiction

Identifying sexual compulsivity triggers

Making amends: sexual addiction

Do I really want to recover from sexual addiction

Therapy for sex addictions (TSA)

Preparing for your first session: sexual addiction

Sexuality Concerns

Erection Difficulties ED
Fertility Problems FP
Impotence IMP
Orgasm Difficulties Org
Painful Intercourse PI
Painful Vaginal Spasms PVS
Pregnancy Problems P
Premature Ejaculation PE
Sexual Addictions SA
Low sex drive LSD
Sexual Orientation Confusion SOC
Sexual Inexperience SI
Sexually Transmitted Infections (herpes) STI

Have you experienced

Sexual Aversion SA
Sexual Boredom SB
Negative Body Image NBI
Embarrassment & Anxiety
Depression D
Chronic Pain
Cheating Spouse / Infidelity CS
Medical Problems MP
Rape or Sexual Abuse RSA
Relationship and Marital Problems RMP
Communication Problems CP

Founder of Sex Therapy
in Philadelphia

"Alex" Caroline Robboy, CAS,
ACSW, LCSW

To schedule an appointment, please call: 267 - 324 - 9564

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