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Default Jan 14, 2019 at 05:04 AM
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I've never done sex therapy, but I think it's a legitimate thing for individuals or couples who struggle. If you are interested in seeing a dramatized version of a sex therapist which is really quite extreme and funny (or maybe not, hard to know), check out a new Netflix series called "Sex Education." One of the characters (Gillian Anderson, who I quite like) is a sex therapist who has her office in her home (!) and her 16 year old son is trying to emulate her at school as a therapist for teenagers with "problems." I've just seen the pilot and while it's not the best show I've ever watched, it was quite entertaining. I think it's set in Britain but I am not sure.
Woa! I need to watch this asap, not for the sex therapist part, but for the Gillian Anderson part Thanks for the info Joking aside, I went to a sex therapist once. I was worried about my libido being completely gone because of antidepressants and other medication. I was hoping she would reassure me and also give me some advice on how to manage with my girlfriend. She was nice but completely useless. She told me some super obvious stuff and then sent me on my way (at least she didn't tell me I had to come back for x sessions!).
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from the link: "As of 2012, all of my clients are men" NO ****. And this idea that men are the majority in crisis, lol please. They just want to see your boobs and jerk off, lady. This is clearly some cam girl/prostitution masquerading as therapy. The very fact that this is even a thing shows that if you have a good pitch, you can sell anything as "therapy". Says it all really.
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from the link: "As of 2012, all of my clients are men" NO ****. And this idea that men are the majority in crisis, lol please. They just want to see your boobs and jerk off, lady. This is clearly some cam girl/prostitution masquerading as therapy. The very fact that this is even a thing shows that if you have a good pitch, you can sell anything as "therapy". Says it all really.
Naked therapy helps overcome porn addiction?? Let's bring an alcoholic access to a bar and beer...yeah that will fix them.

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Naked therapy helps overcome pornaddiction?? Let's bring a an alcoholic access to a bar and beer...yeah that will fix them.
Exposure therapy...
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from the link: "As of 2012, all of my clients are men" NO ****. And this idea that men are the majority in crisis, lol please. They just want to see your boobs and jerk off, lady. This is clearly some cam girl/prostitution masquerading as therapy. The very fact that this is even a thing shows that if you have a good pitch, you can sell anything as "therapy". Says it all really.
Totally agree. And I read on her website that Dr John, owner of this site gave her a platform to talk about what she does. I would question the ethics of anyone who thinks it's appropriate to advertise (legitimise) and embolden someone claiming to offer therapy who openly admits she isn't a qualified therapist. And who essentially just
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All therapy is just made up ****. Sometimes some things help some people. For me, there is no difference in any of these. Some I might have have tried and some I would not. But I don't see any of them as being more or less legitimate therapy than any others.

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Totally agree. And I read on her website that Dr John, owner of this site gave her a platform to talk about what she does. I would question the ethics of anyone who thinks it's appropriate to advertise (legitimise) and embolden someone claiming to offer therapy who openly admits she isn't a qualified therapist. And who essentially just
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Since you’re concerned about this, why don’t you PM him and ask for clarification? He is open to questions from members.

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I have no problem with people doing what the find helpful, whether it be the services she offers or something different. What object to is the dishonesty inherent in labelling what she does talking therapy. I had to get deep into the small print to discover she's not qualified in any way.

Whatever you think of therapy, and I agree it's as made up as the next thing, there are definite expectations about what it is and isn't, in the minds of the consumers, and in the definitions provided by the APA. One such expectation is that there is somebody to complain to should harm occur, another is that the therapist will have a certain standard of training.

Whatever you think of therapy, therapy this ain't. And in my view to present it as such is misleading, dishonest and potentially harmful.
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Since you’re concerned about this, why don’t you PM him and ask for clarification? He is open to questions from members.
I have had interactions with him before and I don't have a particular desire to confront him on this. I am just expressing my opinion on what I read, not expressing my desire to become an investigative journalist.
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I have no problem with people doing what the find helpful, whether it be the services she offers or something different. What object to is the dishonesty inherent in labelling what she does talking therapy. I had to get deep into the small print to discover she's not qualified in any way.

Whatever you think of therapy, and I agree it's as made up as the next thing, there are definite expectations about what it is and isn't, in the minds of the consumers, and in the definitions provided by the APA. One such expectation is that there is somebody to complain to should harm occur, another is that the therapist will have a certain standard of training.

Whatever you think of therapy, therapy this ain't. And in my view to present it as such is misleading, dishonest and potentially harmful.
I disagree. I was a consumer and this sort of stuff was no more or less in my mind than anything else about therapy other than it is not the sort of therapy I would have used. My expectations about what it was or was not were certainly not what I ended up seeing in the ones I tried. I still don't know what the therapists thought they were doing or what they expected to be going on or what I was paying them for in their minds. I am pretty certain what I believed I was paying them for and what they thought they were getting paid for were two different things. I don't see the thing you find objectionable as not being a sort of therapy.

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She doesn't concern me the slightest as who would go to her for therapy and two she charges $400 an hour. More concerning are therapists who market for reparenting that reaches vulnerable populations, even the way attachment is framed as that can really mess people up.

I didn't mean to stir up controversy-it seemed to be a good addition to this thread. Maybe a new thread could be started if it's redirecting the focus.
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Anything called therapy can really mess people up it seems. A person sitting in an empty room who never speaks beyond "mmhmm" can mess some people up.

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I personally see much more potential harm behind many Ts that claim to be super ethical and professional (and they are not) than in what is obviously, openly outrageous.
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How about Captain Smek's bubble wrap therapy?

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I am reminded of "Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle-Stop Café," where Kathy Bates goes to a liberation-therapy-type class where women squat over mirrors looking at their nether regions.
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Anyone can call themselves a therapist and the sex therapy lady doesn't claim to be licensed, but she does claim she is focused on therapeutic healing for her clients, and claims they get better. I don't see any reason to doubt that she has helped these men and delivers what she promises, otherwise the clients would be chasing her and they seem like the kind of clients who can sue or otherwise engage the consumer fraud resources if they needed to. I would not see an unlicensed therapist but I don't see any problems if someone else does, and the argument that people might get hurt by her therapy doesn't seem any more compelling than people being hurt by licensed therapists. The possibility of harm doesn't overcome a person's right (in America) to run a business that is not against the law or fraudulent or holding themselves out to be something they are not. She can practice whatever it is she does and so can licensed therapists, and if people are harmed, they have options that may compensate them for that harm.
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There are also massage therapists of all kinds... or escorts who advertise to be the client's girlfriend, confidant, best friend, whatnot. Relaxation and pleasant company is pretty therapeutic after all.
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Hairdressers and Bartenders are also known for it.

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There are also what they call "sober companions" for recovering addicts and some are licensed counselors or therapists:
Sober companion - Wikipedia

So for sex addicts, perhaps such a sober companion would perhaps do the opposite of what the naked T does... somehow. I don't know about sex but when I was freshly sober, I would have paid quite a decent amount if someone could have just magically but reliably erased my cravings. People did not make it happen unfortunately.
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