

In the field of Reproductive Health,the emotional impact of the difficulty in realizing the desire to have children can generate frustration, anxiety, depression and even a potentially traumatic experience. This is why the accompaniment during the process, the necessary psychotherapeutic intervention and the work with the treating team become an aspect of great importance in the different moments and stages of infertility treatment.
When we speak of sexual health, we refer to the physical, psychological, social and relational well-being of human sexuality, reproduction and the ability of people to enjoy sexual activity.
If this well-being is temporarily or permanently affected, we must make a differential diagnosis to adjust interventions and appropriate treatments in an interdisciplinary fashion. These psychological and emotional components invite the psychosexologist to intervene and contribute to the treating team.
There are multiple aspects in a person's life that can generate problems and disturbances in the sexual response and affect the ability to respond sexually and experience pleasure.
Sexual history, affective learning, self-confidence and self-esteem, learned experiences and conditioning, traumas, psychic and emotional vulnerability (depression, anxiety, fears, phobias, acute and chronic stress), sexual identity and diversity, are important aspects to evaluate and intervene due to their frequency and impact on vital and erotic pleasure and on life satisfaction and quality of life.




If this well-being is temporarily or permanently affected, we must make a differential diagnosis to adjust interventions and appropriate treatments in an interdisciplinary fashion. These psychological and emotional components invite the psychosexologist to intervene and contribute to the treating team.
There are multiple aspects in a person's life that can generate problems and disturbances in the sexual response and affect the ability to respond sexually and experience pleasure.
Sexual history, affective learning, self-confidence and self-esteem, learned experiences and conditioning, traumas, psychic and emotional vulnerability (depression, anxiety, fears, phobias, acute and chronic stress), sexual identity and diversity, are important aspects to evaluate and intervene due to their frequency and impact on vital and erotic pleasure and on life satisfaction and quality of life.
Sexual dysfunctions refers to those problems that are present from the beginning of sexual activity, as well as to those that have been acquired throughout life, either due to stress factors, relationship and bonding problems, or life crises as well.
Examples are: maternity/paternity; family planning and fertility problems; medical and oncological diseases that affect the sexual response and the body scheme, chronic pain, pelvic floor dysfunctions, just to mention some of the situations that may require the accompaniment, prevention and treatment of the psychosexologist.