The following is a blog entry written by a patient at MCFS. Later this week we will post another entry by the same patient, reporting on her progress. This was written in October 2009. For about 14 years now I have been told constantly that things are in my head. Stomach cramps — must be stress, acne — must …
Continue ReadingApology letter to a vibrator.
Dear Vibrator, I am so sorry. I placed you in a drawer months ago and have not sought you out since. Please understand, though I enjoyed you, I got nervous that this may be the only way I can orgasm. My orgasms with you were intense and powerful and would occur like clock-work 10 minutes …
Continue ReadingThe frustration of sex therapy.
I had a patient yesterday who has zero sex drive. Zero. She has never masturbated. She has never fantasized. She has never been turned on as far as she can tell. She is sad and frustrated and it is effecting her marriage. She spent the last two years on sex therapy. The first year was …
Continue ReadingSex Week at UMDNJ — 2010
This past week, the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey held its 37th annual human sexuality program for second year medical students. This program offers large group lectures, panelists, workshops and small group debriefings surrounding various issues in sexuality. Future doctors are exposed to a variety of information on sexuality and learn how …
Continue ReadingIn sex therapy and treatment, sometimes just talking helps.
I’m often struck, when first meeting with patients, how much help they get just by talking. During the first appointment, when I get a history I feel like patients relax so much. It’s like they finally had a chance to tell the truth (sometimes for the first time) to someone who doesn’t judge, doesn’t think …
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