Sex Therapy for Sexual Dysfunction and Intimacy Concerns in Minneapolis & Plymouth

​Have you recently discovered that your partner or spouse has been having an affair and want to start counseling?
Are you experiencing sexual pain, gender identity concerns, erectile dysfunction, low desire or other sexual dysfunction concerns and could use guidance?
Perhaps you wonder whether your partner or yourself could have sexual addiction or be addicted to porn, and would like more? We can help! 

At Sexual Wellness Institute, we specialize in helping individuals and couples navigate a wide range of sex and relationship concerns. Based in Minneapolis and Plymouth, we offer compassionate, expert care for those experiencing sexual dysfunction, intimacy issues, or relationship strain.
Whether you're dealing with low desire, arousal difficulties, painful sex, or challenges reaching orgasm, you're not alone. Our experienced sex therapists are here to help you move toward healing, connection, and confidence.
​We welcome people of all genders, orientations, cultural backgrounds, and relationship structures.

Sexual Concerns We Commonly Work With

Low Desire & Mismatched Desire

Many couples find themselves not having the kind of intimacy they’d like. One person may have low libido or low desire or simply have less desire than their partner. Our therapists can help you figure out why, and develop a plan to enjoy your sex love more.

Problematic Sexual Behaviors ("sex addiction")

You suspect that your sexual desire is more than the average person. Or, your sexual behaviors are causing problems in your relationship. But you're not sure it's a "problem" exactly. Take our quiz to find out if your behaviors might benefit from therapy.

Signs your sexual behaviors are becoming "problematic"

​Your sexual behaviors are likely problematic if they involve:
  • Deep shame/guilt
  • Using them to cope with other problems
  • Spending more time than you want using them or if you would rather use the behaviors than be with friends or family
  • Upsetting your partner
  • Using them as a replacement for intimacy with your partner
Traditional sex addiction treatment often doesn't leave a lot of room for you to decide your values around sex. However, we offer counseling that allows diverse couples to consider their own beliefs to find the best solution for them. We offer services tailored to your values to help you with your problematic sexual behaviors. In Sex Addiction Therapy at Sexual Wellness Institute, we work with you to stop the behaviors that you are finding problematic. We work through addressing the shame and guilt that comes with these behaviors, as well. We also offer couple therapy to help address these issues with your partner.

Non-monogamy/ Other relationships

Not every couple or individual looks like same. We are happy to work with concerns related to: swinging, polyamory, open relationships, kink/fetishes, and LGBT.
Some concerns you may have related to this:
  • Wanting to explore a new kink/relationship structure individually or in a relationship
  • Interest discrepancy in a relationship (one of you wants to explore a kink and the other doesn't)
  • Wanting to learn how to best navigate a new relationship structure like swinging, poly, open relationships, etc.
  • Wanting to explore a kink that feels concerning to you.
  • Wanting to explore new sexual desires of any kind
We also realize you may not be experiencing any concerns related to these things but simply want a therapist competent in these relationship structures to help you navigate other concerns in your relationship - we are happy to help there too! We offer affirming LGBT counseling and polyamory counseling to help promote the mental health and wellness of all couples.

Gender Health Services

We are happy to help clients explore gender related concerns and help with letters of support related to this. Our therapists are trained in working with these issues and enjoy helping clients who may find this a confusing or difficult to navigate topic.

Infidelity

Are you just finding out about an affair or been trying to work past betryal in your marriage for awhile now? When an affair or betrayal of any type occurs in a relationship It can be difficult to cope. Whether individually or in a couple, we have therapists that specialize in helping people work past affairs. And we can help you and your partner reconnect, get back into a healthy place and become stronger than before. Click here to learn more about how we work with this.

Sexual Pain

Many women experience sexual/genital pain for various reasons. There are both medical and psychological reasons for this. We can help you figure out what kind of pain you're having and help to make a plan to manage it. Often this will involve referrals to other trusted providers. We want every client to know that they don't have to experience pain with sexual intimacy and there is hope!

Erectile Dysfunction Premature Ejaculation Delayed Ejaculation

Whether it be erection issues or orgasmic issues (ejaculating too quickly or not at all), we can help. For men under the age of 40 these issues are more than likely psychologically based concerns. Fortunately, they can often be helped through cognitive-behavioral therapy. However, for any man its good to rule out medical concerns first, and then explore psychological factors through therapy.

Sexual Enhancement

Maybe you don't have a specific sexual concern to resolve, but want to increase overall sexual enhancement in your relationship. This can include:

Sexual Dysfunction While Trying to Conceive

Research has found that couples trying to get pregnant are more likely to experience sexual dysfunction. This can be struggles with desire, arousal, or ejaculation. We can help you explore options for treatment including specific coping techniques. We want to help take the stress and pressure out of sex at the time in your life where you need it to "work" the most!

What to Expect in Sex Therapy

A Plan of Action: ​First we meet with you and gather your history and goals, as well as expected outcomes for therapy. Next, we make a plan of action tailored to your specific needs. Whether you're hoping to reduce stress, improve pleasure, or strengthen emotional and sexual connection, we'll work to help you get there. 

Feedback: We want you to leave our sessions feeling like you were heard. But we'll also provide feedback on how to proceed in the most healthy way for yourself or in your relationship.

Homework: We believe your work will be more effective and efficient if you can follow specific action steps outside of therapy. These action steps and behavioral exercises are provided to you by your therapist to complete outside of the therapy room. These are tailored to your comfort level, and always optional. 

Fun: Can therapy be fun? It can't always be but we hope we can add a little humor and lightness when appropriate as well.
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Research Based Couples Therapy: Learn more here.

Why Choose Sexual Wellness Institute

  • A team of highly trained, affirming sex therapy specialists
  • Deep experience with sexual dysfunction, arousal issues, and performance concerns
  • Inclusive, trauma-aware, and pleasure-informed care
  • In-person and virtual sessions for clients across Minnesota

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Starting Sex Therapy in Plymouth, Minnesota is Easy!

Don’t wait any longer to get the couples counseling or sex therapy you deserve. Our sex therapists want to help you address sexual concerns in your relationship and connect with your partner in new ways. You can begin t0 overcome problematic sexual behaviors, heal, reconnect and thrive in your relationship through these simple steps:
  1. Get in touch with the Sexual Wellness Institute to set up your first appointment.
  2. Meet with one of our skilled sex therapists for an intake appointment.
  3. Begin building better communication with your partner, overcome sexual concerns and experience new fun and intimacy in your relationship!

Explore Our Full Range of Services at Sexual Wellness Institute

In addition to sex therapy, our LGBT & polyamory friendly sex therapists provide a wide range of mental health services at our Plymouth, MN counseling office. Other services include couples therapy & marriage counseling, EFT, evidence-based, couples therapy, EMDR & sexual trauma therapy, as well as, teen therapy. In order to help serve the mental health needs of all those living in Minnesota, we also offer online counseling. We also provide relationship tips on our mental health blog. Please feel free to reach out if you have questions or if you would like to schedule an appointment to begin working with a skilled sex therapist! Things can get better, and counseling can be part of that process.