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ZiSMed center for interdisciplinary sexology and medicine, Minervastrasse 99, 8032 Zurich, Switzerland
 

Sexual Counseling and Therapy

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The sexological service of ZiSMed is based on the Sexocorporal approach by Jean-Yves Desjardins. It addresses men and women of all ages, adolescents, parents and professionals, and encompasses (in English):

  • Medical sexological examinations
  • Evaluation of your present sexuality with its strengths and its possibilities for enrichment
  • Sexual counseling and therapy for individuals and couples
  • Counseling of parents and professionals concerning the sexual development of children

We welcome men…

  • who want to improve their capacity for erection
    • Men who lose their erection during intercourse
    • Men whose erection isn’t firm enough for intercourse
    • Men who can’t reach orgasm during intercourse
    • Men who find they need increasingly extreme fantasies or stimuli to get aroused
    • Men who experience problems with their erectile function in course of illness, surgery or medication
  • who want to last longer
    • Men who can have intercourse only a few minutes before they ejaculate
    • Men who ejaculate before or right after of penetration
  • who want to enjoy their sex life more and increase their sexual desire
    • Men who just never cared that much about sex
    • Men who experience their current sexual relationship as boring or unsatisfying
    • Men who aren’t sexually attracted to their partner
    • Men who are generally too tired, busy, or distracted for sex
    • Men who can only get turned on through very particular sexual scenarios or practices
    • Men who experience sex as unpleasant, strenuous, or painful

We welcome women…

  • who want to improve their orgasmic abilities
    • Women who’ve never experienced an orgasm
    • Women who experience orgasms they don’t find particularly pleasurable
    • Women who can reach orgasm alone but not with a partner
    • Women who can’t reach orgasm during intercourse
  • who want to experience sexual intercourse without pain
    • Women with pain during or after intercourse
    • Women with painful intercourse for hormonal reasons (e.g. during lactation, after menopause, or during cancer therapy)
    • Women with painful intercourse with medical conditions (e.g. recurring yeast infections, chronic inflammatory diseases such as vestibulitis vulvae syndrome, vulvodynia, consequences of surgery)
    • Women who don’t lubricate enough even though they feel aroused
    • Women who have strong tension in their pelvic muscles during intercourse
    • Women who feel their vaginal opening is too small for intercourse
    • Women who can’t have intercourse due to vaginismus (involuntary spasm of pelvic floor muscles)
  • who want to enjoy their sexuality more and increase their sexual desire
    • Women who just never cared that much about sex
    • Women who experience their sexual relationship as boring or unsatisfying
    • Women who don’t find their partner sexually attractive
    • Women who are generally too tired, busy, or distracted for sex
    • Women who have a marked aversion against sexuality
    • Women who experience sex as unpleasant, strenuous, painful or unsatisfying

We welcome…

  • Couples who what to improve their sex life
  • Men and women who want to adjust their sexuality to new life phases (parenthood, illness, aging)
  • Men and women who want to reclaim their body and their sexuality after traumatic experiences
  • Men and women who are insecure in their feeling of gender identity and who want to reinforce their masculinity or femininity
  • Men and women with homosexual orientation who have sexual issues
  • Men and women with disabilities who have sexual issues
  • Parents with questions about the sexual behavior of their children (e.g. self stimulation, development of gender identity)

Our sexologists regularly fulfill requirements of continuing education and supervision of the respective professional associations and of the Institut Sexocorporel International Jean-Yves Desjardins.

medical sexological examinations

evaluation of your present sexuality

sexual therapy

sexual counseling

 

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