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Dr. Marisol G. Westberg

Psychotherapist

Sex Therapy Exercises

Sex Therapy Exercises Sex Therapy Exercises That Work Communication To Reduce Conflict About Sex 1. Understand Your Wounding 2. How Do You Cope? 3. Using “I” Statements 4. Holding Feelings Increase Emotional Connection Instead of asking questions about what happened that day, focus on understanding what it was like for your partner to be who […]

Holding Feelings

Holding Your Partner’s Feelings: The Most Important Part of Good Communication If you are going to share your wounds from the previous exercises, you need to feel safe.  This is how you create safety: 1. Speak about yourself and your feelings rather than about the other person or your thoughts. “I feel like a failure […]

Changing Expectations

Changing Expectations: A Crucial Step Towards Redefining Sexual Relationship Write down what makes sex good for you aside from the physical pleasure. Think about all the good sexual experiences you have had. Show each other this list and decide together what your new set of expectations and values are for sex. Is good sex going […]

Flirting Favorites

Flirting Favorites – Important Information For Increasing Sexual Desire. Flirting is just someone saying, “I like you.” There are so many ways to let someone know you like them. What are your favorite ways of having someone tell you they like you? Think about all the times people have flirted with you. What are your […]

What Did You Do At The Beginning?

A Blueprint For Increasing Sexual Desire: What Did You Do At The Beginning? Think about when you first met. What did you do to get the other person to like you and eventually have sex with you? Did you show up in sweatpants, without a shower, and in a foul mood? Probably not, because that […]

What Input Do You Want?

Understanding Your Wounding The first step in this course is to stop having sex you don’t want to have. This is a temporary step because, eventually, you will be able to have sex you don’t want to have every once in a while. Right now, we want to eliminate the pressure to have sex, the […]

Understanding Your Wounding

Understanding Your Wounding Feelings are functional because they tell us about our world. But when there is wounding, then the feelings become irrational and don’t accurately represent our world. 1. Anytime you get a big feeling, ask yourself: Why does this matter to me? Why does this upset me? Why do I care? What does […]

How Do You Cope?

How Do You Cope With Distress? Our coping behaviors help us move away from distressing feelings -they save us from distressing feelings. However, reacting or coping with distressing feelings can sometimes make things worse. Distressing feelings can become more intense when we avoid them, numb them, or run away from them. Also, numbing feelings don’t […]

Best Sex Therapy Books To Promote Healing

Best Sexology Books Do It Yourself Sex Therapy Making a list of the best sex therapy books took a while but I feel like I’ve created a treasure chest.  These books are my favorite books of all time.  They will help you increase awareness and give you tools to change how you behave, feel, and […]