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Sex and SSRIs (Selective Serotonin Re-uptake Inhibitors)

Learning how to recognise the sexual side effects of SSRIs can be critical in order to overcome one of the major reasons why patients discontinue their medications.

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Courses for Desire and Mindfulness Sex now Available

Not everyone wants to access face to face sex therapy and online courses are suitable for many.

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Discover how nearly everything that you’ve been led to believe about female sexuality isn’t actually true.

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Short films for new parents

90% of new parents report concerns about their sex life. These short films from Natalie Rosen help open lines of communication between partners and health care providers.

Understanding your Conditions for Good Sex Exercise

A task to complete alone or with a partner, to increase self-understanding and build the foundations of good sex.

An Exercise in Revitalising your Relationship

A cornerstone technique in sex therapy used to remove pressure and increase communication.

Your Sex Life Reset Exercise

For this short exercise take 10 minutes to take stock of how your sex life is going, where you want it to go, and how to get there.

The Latest Research, Evidence and Guidelines in Sexual Function

Our selection of the most useful or cutting edge publications and guidance.

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Queer men and faking orgasms

Fascinating research from Val Wongsomboom et al (2023) highlights something we’ve not known before (in the research literature, anyway) which is that men who have sex with men fake orgasms at a much higher rate than men who have sex with women.

Resisting Trans Medicalisation

Sex research has for too long been over focused on the experience of cis people further marginalising the experiences of trans and non-binary people in society. Goldbach et al (2022) put the trans experience at the centre of their sexual satisfaction study.

The Sex Lives of Cis Hetero Feminist Men

Cis hetero men who describe themselves as feminists show up on measures of sexual attitude and function differently to men who don’t align themselves with feminist views (Silva et al, 2022)

Sexual Satisfaction for Trans and Non-Binary People

Too often sexual satisfaction for trans and non binary people has been viewed through a lens of the impact of medical transition. Lindley et al (2021) conclude this misses out vital parts of the picture.

First Sexual Experience Influences Women’s Future Sexual Desire

Peragine et al (2022) examine the relationship between the pleasure that people experience the first time they are sexual with another person and their feelings about sex long term

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The Sex Lives of Cis Hetero Feminist Men

Cis hetero men who describe themselves as feminists show up on measures of sexual attitude and function differently to men who don’t align themselves with feminist views (Silva et al, 2022)

Sex and SSRIs (Selective Serotonin Re-uptake Inhibitors)

Learning how to recognise the sexual side effects of SSRIs can be critical in order to overcome one of the major reasons why patients discontinue their medications.

Why Not to Ignore the Pelvic Floor

Despite the relationship between sexual function, pelvic floor function and pelvic pain being a complex one, there is some evidence to suggest a close relationship between the pelvic floor and sexual problems.

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Queer men and faking orgasms

Fascinating research from Val Wongsomboom et al (2023) highlights something we’ve not known before (in the research literature, anyway) which is that men who have sex with men fake orgasms at a much higher rate than men who have sex with women.

Resisting Trans Medicalisation

Sex research has for too long been over focused on the experience of cis people further marginalising the experiences of trans and non-binary people in society. Goldbach et al (2022) put the trans experience at the centre of their sexual satisfaction study.

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