Sexual Health Treatment - Is online the way to go ?

Is Online Counselling the Next Wave?
 
So you have a problem and you need to discuss it with a professional? Your marriage is on the rocks, you have become phobic, you are getting panic attacks, you are worried about one of your children's sexuality, you have just lost a loved one, or you have suddenly developed erectile dysfunction. What exactly your problem is does not really matter. The point here is, you need to discuss it with a professional that you trust and you need to find some resolution. There is a degree of urgency to all of this.
So what do you do next? Well, traditionally you would 'shop around'. You would ask a trusted friend if they could recommend someone or you'd ask your GP for a referral, or you would simply go through the Golden Pages and see if you could find the service you are looking for. Then you would ring up and make an appointment and wait for the day to come along.
Eventually you take a half day off work, assuming your boss allows it, and off you go and sit in a waiting room for half a hour before going in to discuss your intimate problems with a perfect stranger. It is not easy now is it?
But wait a minute! Is there not now another way - what about the Internet? The idea that the Internet could be used as a conduit for Counsellor/Client sessions still meets with considerable resistance from the professionals. As if they feel threatened by the very idea, they immediately start raising all sorts of objections. How does the Client know whom they are dealing with? Internet Consultation does not allow for the therapist to pick up on the subtleties of body language or the nuances in speech. And what about confidentiality they will ask?
While some of these objections may have validity, others are somewhat spurious and are common for all forms of counselling be they over the phone, head to head on through the internet. One way or the other, it is my firm belief that, whether you like it or not, the Internet is going to play a major role in delivering quality-counselling services in the coming years.
Take Erectile Dysfunction as a model for online consultation if you will. Here I can immediately see that there are some distinct advantages to this way of doing business over the more conservative traditional head-to-head model. Chief among these I would list:
(a) Men do not like talking live to another about their erectile dysfunction. So, if they can't get help through the internet they may never get it elsewhere.
(b) Completing a detailed medical questionnaire online allows the client, maybe for the very first time in their life, to focus in on their problem. This of itself can be therapeutic.
(c) Research has shown that people are more likely to be truthful and accurate when alone and away from head to head encounters.
(d) In receiving a diagnosis and advice online, the client has a better chance of absorbing all the details of the consultation than he would if it were being delivered to him verbally.
No doubt, this topic will remain a controversial one for some time yet. I agree that the Internet can often be a den or rouges and thieves. Nevertheless, equally it can be an extremely useful and powerful tool. It is up to all of us to make it an honest and safe place to do business. One area that has hardly been touched yet is in the realms of psychotherapy. Watch this space.


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Improving your Sexual Performance

Well, that's a slightly loaded question because it's only natural for you to think that you would benefit from improved sexual function. And, just as you might reasonably expect to benefit from improved eyesight, improved memory, improved dexterity or improved anything else to do with your body, surely you would benefit also from improved sexual function.
However, you need to be extremely careful here. Sexual function, quite simply, is not like your eyesight or your memory or your dexterity. It is, in many ways, more delicate and sensitive than any of these things and, in fact, sexual function can actually be damaged by inappropriate attempts to improve it.
In addition, whilst you may well benefit from improved sexual function, you would need to have some degree of dysfunction first in order for this to happen.
How will I know if I have a genuine case of Erectile Dysfunction?
If, over a period of time, you are unable to achieve an erection of sufficient quality or hold it long enough to satisfy your needs or those of your partner and you are finding this an ongoing, frustrating and even stressful situation, then you have genuine Erectile Dysfunction.
You will notice also that your partner is not happy either with the situation and that your Erectile Dysfunction is now beginning to threaten your relationship with her. On the other hand, it may even be that the problem has already ended an otherwise happy relationship.
If this happens, you may find yourself avoiding new relationships altogether fearing, or indeed knowing, that your Erectile Dysfunction will make it impossible to sustain that new relationship.
This situation, avoiding getting into new sexual relationships for fear of failure, is sometimes confused with loss of libido.
And, in certain cases men with Erectile Dysfunction sometimes seek libido-boosting treatments, like testosterone replacement therapy, when in fact what they actually need is to have their condition properly diagnosed and managed by a specialist.
New relationship avoidance and confusing this with lack of libido are both hallmark signs of genuine Erectile Dysfunction.
However, the good news is that specialist advice, guidance and treatment is available to help you find a cure, giving you back your love life and your confidence.

Dr Andrew Rynne.
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Dr Andrew Rynne is a medical practitioner and writer. He has thirty years experience in treating Sexual Dysfunction but most particularly Erectile Dysfunction and Premature Ejaculation.

Curing Performance Anxiety

Performance Anxiety in the bedroom is a common and powerful blocker of enjoyment and can actually destroy an otherwise good relationship. Here I want to address Performance Anxiety (PA) as it effects men, or in other words PA as a leading cause of Erectile Dysfunction. Women too of course, can be effected where PA gives rise to a condition known as vaginismus. But I will talk about that another day.
PA as a leading cause of erectile dysfunction or impotence can literally happen overnight. All it takes for PA to give rise to a lifetime of erectile dysfunction is just one single mishap. It could have been too much to drink, or maybe just a throwaway comment about your size or preparedness for intercourse, or perhaps it was a new relationship that you were worried about, the smallest thing can give rise to a single "failure" leaving a man wondering about his potency forever thereafter.
Do you see, for an erection to develop there must be no distractions whatsoever. What is required is pleasure, desire, arousal and excitement. With these emotions running high the blood supply to the penis increased and the man has an erection. It's like magic. Questions in the mind like is it hard enough, is it long enough, will I put it in now - any little niggling doubts at all will kill off the magic and erection process stone dead in the water.
And, another thing to remember. It is not your fault that this is happening and it is not her fault that its happening and it is very important that that be made clear and that you discuss it between yourselves. There is no room here for any blame games. Once negative thoughts begin to invade the bedroom it is extremely difficult to banish them. The thing can become a self-fulfilling prophecy and a vicious circle all rolled into one.
So what is the remedy doc? Today we are lucky -- we have two choices. Twelve years ago, we had only one. Which you choose depends on your circumstances. It does not necessarily have to be one or the other either, a little of both can also be very effective. Remedy number one is predominately for couples in a stable relationship and remedy number two is predominately for men not in a steady relationship.
Number one: Stop performing. If you, the man, are not expected to perform then you cannot have performance anxiety. This may take a week or two of practice of course but you the woman do all the pleasuring creating an erection and allowing it to die down until you are eventually confident enough with this. Now kneel over your partner, one knee on each side and place his penis in you vagina. Over the next few weeks move along from there. A sense of humour might also help.
Number two: Ask your doctor for a prescription for tadalafil 20mg. Take one a day for a few days. Then take on only on day you expect to be having intercourse. These should give you PA resistant erections and return your confidence such that you will not need to take them all the time. Please visit my website for more information and help.

Dr Andrew Rynne
http://www.doctorrynne.com

Dr Andrew Rynne is a medical practitioner and writer. He has thirty years experience in treating Sexual Dysfunction but most particularly Erectile Dysfunction and Premature Ejaculation.