Sexual Health

Take you and your partner's intimacy to next level!  Many times we get in our head and this of course works against us. Sensate Focus is one of the most well known techniques to develop mindfulness, a renewed focus on intimacy and sensations while reducing anxiety and pressure about the big O!

Low libido/low desire for sex in women can be due to many different things. It can be due to pain with sex, relationship problems, previous history of trauma, a negative association with sex, and/or negative body image/poor self-esteem and hormonal fluctuations. There are many treatments for desire beginning with education, behavioral modifications, and medications if needed. 

The orgasm gap is a term used to describe an orgasm inequality between heterosexual men and women in the number of orgasms they have. This gap also exists between heterosexual women and lesbian and bisexual women.  It has come to be understood that it is related to a lack of education in the understanding of how women are best stimulated to orgasm. Most men believe women orgasm with penetrative intercourse; however, more than half of women need clitoral stimulation to finish. There is also an allusive understanding of where the clitoris actually is. Both women and men understanding the female anatomy can be key to finding that special place!

This article has a list of sites with women viewers in mind. 

The attached article is from the ISSVD and goes into detail regarding the best practices for vulvar and vaginal hygiene.

This World Health Organization (WHO) discusses how to choose a safe water based lubricant.

Information on what ingredients you should avoid in a water based lubricant.