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Therapy for Sexual Minorities
Sexual Minorities
Mental Help for Sexual Minority Groups
The fist question that our gay, lesbian or other sexual minority clients ask us is “Do you treat
lesbian (gay, etc.) couple’s sexual problems?”. We want to take a moment and talk about this
issue.
It is true that sexual minorities (or special subgroups) are viewed and sometimes treated with
prejudice (fortunately to the lesser extent recently) by rest of the population. Gay, lesbians or
people, belonging to other special subgroups, often feel that they are different and form tightly
knit communities. But, as we know, population's minorities (religious, racial) in general often
feel as well as are viewed and treated in similar unfair ways.
In reality sexual problems of a couple have little to do with its sexual orientation. If a person
has psychological or psychiatric problems (depression, anxiety, low sex desire, etc.), these
problems affect the person’s well being, his/her relationships and sex life regardless of
whether he/she is heterosexual or homosexual. Sociological environment, religion, sex
techniques, sexual orientation, etc. reflected of course to a certain degree in a couple’s sexual
relationships, but the major aspect, from our point of view, is a communication between
partners. Very often people cannot (or do not want) to communicate on a personal level. They
do not talk about their problems, feelings and sex for years. It profoundly affects their sexual
life, because sex itself is one of the major ways of communication.
In short, we strongly believe that members of sexual minorities suffer from the same problems
that the rest of the population, and that the treatment of psychiatric, psychological and sexual
problems is the same for gay/lesbian as well as for heterosexual couples.
The fist question that our gay, lesbian or other sexual minority clients ask us is “Do you treat
lesbian (gay, etc.) couple’s sexual problems?”. We want to take a moment and talk about this
issue.
It is true that sexual minorities (or special subgroups) are viewed and sometimes treated with
prejudice (fortunately to the lesser extent recently) by rest of the population. Gay, lesbians or
people, belonging to other special subgroups, often feel that they are different and form tightly
knit communities. But, as we know, population's minorities (religious, racial) in general often
feel as well as are viewed and treated in similar unfair ways.
In reality sexual problems of a couple have little to do with its sexual orientation. If a person
has psychological or psychiatric problems (depression, anxiety, low sex desire, etc.), these
problems affect the person’s well being, his/her relationships and sex life regardless of
whether he/she is heterosexual or homosexual. Sociological environment, religion, sex
techniques, sexual orientation, etc. reflected of course to a certain degree in a couple’s sexual
relationships, but the major aspect, from our point of view, is a communication between
partners. Very often people cannot (or do not want) to communicate on a personal level. They
do not talk about their problems, feelings and sex for years. It profoundly affects their sexual
life, because sex itself is one of the major ways of communication.
In short, we strongly believe that members of sexual minorities suffer from the same problems
that the rest of the population, and that the treatment of psychiatric, psychological and sexual
problems is the same for gay/lesbian as well as for heterosexual couples.