People who enjoy rewarding sexual relationships live happier, longer and healthier lives than those who lack intimacy. But many relationships lose their spark after just one year, according to a study, and 40 per cent of couples who have been together for four years have sex just twice a month. A 2014 study commissioned by […]
Libido is the background drive to our sexuality. It is complex – dictated by many factors including levels of sex hormones, environment and the brain. So it is not surprising that it can swing wildly, depending on stress levels, how much sleep you are getting and what there is to distract you. Women have a very sensitive on /off […]
“I don’t know if I can do it.” Jeremy seemed truly frightened. “My GP is a woman, and I can’t talk to her about my loss of sex drive.” As a sex and relationship therapist in private practice, I’d been working with Jeremy (aged 43) and James (41) to explore their lack of sex. “It […]
It isn’t easy to be good at everything. But, as a psychotherapist, I often meet men who try, who try all the time, to be the best. Exhausting. And hardly surprising that, after all this effort, all these achievements, all this success, the one thing that is not going well for them is their sex […]