Sex Therapy
"Sexual health has many facets that every single human being lives and breathes each and every day. It is who we each and collectively are in this world, or so I like to believe."
- Dr. Melissa Risso
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Are you having sexual health concerns? Want to improve intimacy in your relationship(s)? Generally, want to learn more about sexual health?
Melissa Risso is one of the few Certified Sex Therapists that have been approved by the American Association of Sexuality Educators, Counselors & Therapists (AASECT) in the United States. Her training along with her experience allows her to help individuals, couples, and partners seek support on a range of sexual health topics.
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Sex Therapy
Talk-based sex therapy can help!
- See a doctor, particularly if your problem is physical in nature. A gynecologist or urologist can detect difficulties due to illness, aging, or metabolic and hormonal imbalances. Prescription drugs, non-prescription drugs, alcohol, and smoking can all affect sexual functioning.
- Learn more about sexuality. In spite of the greater openness about sexuality today, many people have little understanding of their own bodies and sexual functioning. Becoming better informed will help you decide whether you really need therapy.
- Melissa Risso provides talk-based sex therapy only.
Before Seeking Services
Before you decide to see a sex therapist, take the time to explore whether it is really what you need. It is recommend that you:
- BDSM
- Communication
- Compulsive Sexual Behaviors
- Delayed Ejaculation
- Desire Discrepancies
- Difficulties Experiencing Orgasm
- Erectile Dysfunction Or Impotence
- Exploration
- Fetishes
- General Sexual Health Knowledge
- Infertility
- Infidelity & Affairs
- Intimacy Issues
- Jealousy
- Lack of Sex Education
- Lack of Sexual Desire
- LGBTQ Concerns
- Mismatched Sex Drives Amongst Partners
- Pain During Intercourse
- Performance Anxiety
- Pornography Or Other Sexual Addictions
- Problems Related to Menopause
- Problems Related to Medication
- Premature Ejaculation
- Polyamory
- Sexual Communication Amongst Partners
- Sexual Exploration
- Sexual Identity Concerns
- Sexual Problems After Illness
- Social Media Issues
- Swinging
- Trauma
- Use Of Sex Toys
common concerns addressed in sex therapy:
Are you having sexual health concerns? Want to improve intimacy in your relationship(s)? Generally, want to learn more about sexual health?
Dr. Melissa Risso is one of the few Certified Sex Therapists and Certified Sexuality Educators that have been approved by the American Association of Sexuality Educators, Counselors & Therapists (AASECT) in the United States. Her training along with her experience allows her to help individuals, couples, and partners seek support on a range of sexual health topics.
schedule a free consultation
Sex Therapy
Talk-based sex therapy can help!
- BDSM
- COMMUNICATION
- COMPULSIVE SEXUAL BEHAVIORS
- DELAYED EJACULATION
- DESIRE DISCREPANCIES
- DIFFICULTIES EXPERIENCING ORGASM
- ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION OR IMPOTENCE
- EXPLORATION
- FETISHES
- GENERAL SEXUAL HEALTH
- INFERTILITY
- INTIMACY ISSUES
- JEALOUSY
- LACK OF SEX EDUCATION
- LACK OF SEXUAL DESIRE
- LGBTQ CONCERNS
- MISMATCHED SEX DRIVES AMONGST PARTNERS
- PAIN DURING INTERCOURSE
- PERFORMANCE ANXIETY
- PORNOGRAPHY OR OTHER SEXUAL ADDICTIONS
- PROBLEMS RELATED TO MENOPAUSE
- PROBLEMS RELATED TO MEDICATION
- PREMATURE EJACULATION
- POLYAMORY
- SEXUAL COMMUNICATION AMONGST PARTNERS
- SEXUAL EXPLORATION
- SEXUAL IDENTITY CONCERNS
- SEXUAL PROBLEMS AFTER ILLNESS
- SOCIAL MEDIA ISSUES
- SWINGING
- TRAUMA
- USE OF SEX TOYS
common concerns addressed in sex therapy
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Experience &
Training
- Accept, appreciate and enjoy their own sexuality
- Communicate clearly and explicitly their sexual needs, desires and boundaries
- Gain competence and learn skills that will enhance sexual enjoyment
To achieve these goals, I do the following:
- Provide accurate information about sexuality and intimacy
- Help individuals discover what they enjoy and what they want, what feels good, what is fun and pleasurable, what is erotic for them, how to tune into their own body sensations and increase awareness of their own body.
- Help individuals allow themselves to actually experience their own wants and desires and to increase their capacity to receive that which they desire.
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The Experience
- BDSM
- COMMUNICATION
- COMPULSIVE SEXUAL BEHAVIORS
- DELAYED EJACULATION
- DESIRE DISCREPANCIES
- DIFFICULTIES EXPERIENCING ORGASM
- ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION OR IMPOTENCE
- EXPLORATION
- FETISHES
- GENERAL SEXUAL HEALTH
- INFERTILITY
- INFIDELITY & AFFAIRS
- INTIMACY ISSUES
- JEALOUSY
- LACK OF SEX EDUCATION
- LACK OF SEXUAL DESIRE
- LGBTQ CONCERNS
- MISMATCHED SEX DRIVES AMONGST PARTNERS
- PAIN DURING INTERCOURSE
- PERFORMANCE ANXIETY
- PORNOGRAPHY OR OTHER SEXUAL ADDICTIONS
- PROBLEMS RELATED TO MENOPAUSE
- PROBLEMS RELATED TO MEDICATION
- PREMATURE EJACULATION
- POLYAMORY
- SEXUAL COMMUNICATION AMONGST PARTNERS
- SEXUAL EXPLORATION
- SEXUAL IDENTITY CONCERNS
- SEXUAL PROBLEMS AFTER ILLNESS
- SOCIAL MEDIA ISSUES
- SWINGING
- TRAUMA
- USE OF SEX TOYS
