What is a Lesbian Sexologist?

Sexology is a relatively unknown field. People usually think of a sex therapist. Here’s where a Lesbian Sexologist and a Sex Therapist differ, and how to decide which path is right for you.

What Sex Therapy Is, and Isn’t

For a proper definition:

“Sex therapy is a form of talk therapy (psychotherapy) focused on helping individuals and couples address emotional, psychological, and relational challenges related to sex and intimacy.”

Talk therapy is really useful for a lot of people. They gather a lot of insight and are often better able to understand why their sexual struggles are happening.

If you don’t yet understand why you might act the way you do in sex and relationships, this may be the next right step for you.

If you’ve done the analyzing and feel a good foundation of self awareness, you may feel like you’ve hit a wall with talk therapy. Where you understand your trauma, but you still find its shaping your sex and intimacy more than you’d like.

That’s because it is not designed to address trauma’s impact on the body.

This is where Somatic Sexology comes in.

What It Really Takes to Heal Sexual Trauma

Not all Lesbian Sexologists are Somatic Sexologists, of course. But when it comes to addressing sexual shame and trauma, including a Lesbian Sexologist who uses a somatic approach in your tool kit of professionals is key.

Somatic (or body based) approaches understand that trauma is not just a story in your mind, but that high stress events create physical impacts- like tension, bracing, numbness, and dissociation in parts or all of the body.

Positive reparative experiences teach your body and nervous system that sex and intimacy can be safe. This type of experiential learning, which can include touch therapy and guiding clients to reconnect to their erotic energy, is outside the bounds of psychotherapists.

Yet, this is real time practice, when done with the utmost professional boundaries, consent, and respect for the client, is how you wire new patters in sex and intimacy and go form protection to connection.

This experiential learning is exactly what we do in the private Feral Immersion. Created at your pace to reach your intimacy goals

If you’re ready to work with a Lesbian Sexologist specializing in somatics and trauma healing, learn more about working with your body.