A 1 hour session where the therapist and client explore the core sexual issues or goal, assess stress levels, emotions, and body awareness, and build a path to healing wounds, reconnecting with pleasure, and thus being able to fully embrace their sexuality, whether alone or with a partner.
Using an evidence-based framework, the conversation may include:
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Cognitive-behavioral techniques to identify unhelpful thought patterns about sex.
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Emotion-focused dialogue to process shame, fear, or relational tension.
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Education grounded in current research on sexual physiology, response cycles, and emotional intimacy.
This phase often integrates the psycho-corporal dimension. The therapist may invite awareness of bodily sensations that arise during the discussion, e.g., tightening, warmth, numbness, and use mindfulness or grounding techniques to help the client notice and regulate these sensations.
Examples of Psycho-Corporal Experiences May Include
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Breathwork to reduce anxiety and increase presence
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Progressive muscle relaxation or gentle movement to release tension.
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Mindful exercises, if appropriate and never sexualized within therapy, practiced through imagination or homework with a partner
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Sensate focus-type assignments, drawn from evidence-based sex therapy models, to rebuild connection and pleasure without pressure
These exercises help bridge mind and body, reinforcing the association between emotional safety and sexual vitality.
Expected Outcome
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Identification of unhelpful cognitive patterns
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Emotional processing and validation
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Increased body awareness and regulation
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Reduction of shame and normalization
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Reconnection between safety and pleasure
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Concrete next steps or homework
Expert Level
I will be the only therapist but if there is something I cannot handle or need for another specialized practionner it will be redirected. Humanistic-Gestalt + experiential psycho-corporal dynamics + ACT + Narrative/Systemic approaches
Prerequisites/Conditions
No requirements
Expert
Eva Bonnefoy
