using counseling and psychotherapy in marriages with sexual problems

Counseling and psychotherapy in marriages with sexual problems

Introduction

When two people are head-over-heels in love with each other , the immediate decision that comes up in each mind is marriage . Marriage is a very exciting phase in one 's life . It challenges one 's capacity and ability to handle responsibilities (responsibilities for the children 's education and future and the obligations of spouses with each other especially in their sexual life ) for the future family that will be made by two people united in marriage . Some people will just get into

marriage without any apprehensions what might be the possible problems that will arise in the family especially the young people who are very impulsive to get into it . Yes , the relationship would be abnormal and boring if there is no testing and crises thus , it is usual for the marriage life to have problems because problems strengthen the relationship . But how about if the problem arises is regarding the sexual incompetence ? What if one 's partner is not satisfied of what the other partner is doing or having a trauma in the past related to sex ? Is there any solution for this ? There are many factors why sex problems arise . Some of these are lack of sexual desire , problems with erections premature ejaculation and retarded ejaculation , lack of orgasm in women painful intercourse , vaginismus , and sexual trauma (see Boulware , Carol Sex Therapy : Is it for you ' 2006 . In this present generation , there are many broken marriages occurring because one of the reasons is the sex incompetence of the present partner . It cannot be denied that there are couples who quarreled so much because of the sex ' issue but how can this problem be resolved ? Due to this problem , experts present the counseling and psychotherapy in marriages to resolve the problems specifically in their sexual life . These kinds of treatments really help the marriage work well

The purposes of this study are to (1 ) know what the difference between psychotherapy and counseling is and (2 ) recognize how counseling and psychotherapy help the marriage who has sex problems

II . Discussion

A . Psychotherapy and Counseling

Most of the time , counseling and psychotherapy are terminologies that frequently interchange when used . Actually , counselor would refer to advisor and it includes two individuals working together in to provide solution for the dilemma . It is a treatment that has several types in giving advices (see Schimelpfening , Nancy . What is the difference between Counseling and Psychotherapy ' Psychotherapy 101 page 1 . This would mean that counselor provides solutions to the couple who has sex problems by conducting a study related to case presented by the couple . Moreover , a licensed professional counselor named Deborah Reeves stated that

A well-trained therapist understands the difference between counseling and psychotherapy . In counseling the therapist focuses on the here and now ' reality situations and helps one become better equipped to deal with various life situations (see Reeves , Deborah Differences between counseling and psychotherapy Healing-Minds .com

On the other hand , psychotherapy denotes as...