by Stephanie Buehler | Oct 27, 2015 | Sex Therapy in Newport Beach, Sex Therapy in Orange County, Sexual Pain Disorders, Women's Sexual Problems
Pain is a human experience that is not completely understood. So I learned at the International Pelvic Pain Society meeting in San Diego last weekend. What is known is that pain comes from the brain. An injured area sends signals to the brain, and the brain makes...
by Stephanie Buehler | Oct 21, 2015 | Marriage and Relationships, Recovery from Affairs, Uncategorized
People, even therapists, are surprised that I have had a fair number of clients in my office seeking answers about themselves. Specifically, they want to know why they are having an affair, or affairs. Obviously, they realize that they are unhappy, but often they...
by Stephanie Buehler | Oct 8, 2015 | About Sex Therapy, Relationships, Sex Therapy in Newport Beach
I just had an interesting call, though one that is not unique to our practice. It could have been a man or a woman, but let’s make it a female caller with a male partner who asks, “My partner is curious about having sex with (fill in the blank). Should I...
by Stephanie Buehler | Oct 6, 2015 | Orgasms, Uncategorized, Women's Sexual Problems
Women sometimes have problems having an orgasm. When it happens occasionally, it can be frustrating but usually the reason is easily identified–the person was tired or distracted, perhaps. But when a woman or man don’t have orgasms at all, that’s...
by Stephanie Buehler | Jun 23, 2015 | Sex Addiction / Compulsive Sexual Behavior, Sex Therapy in Newport Beach, Sex Therapy in Orange County, Uncategorized
A growing group of psychotherapists are questioning the idea that sex can be addictive. I, too, have struggled with the concept of addiction when it comes to sex. Some men (and it is mainly men, so I’ll use male pronouns) do seem truly out of control when it...
