Existential Couples Sex Therapy
Genevieve Marcel Genevieve Marcel

Existential Couples Sex Therapy

This blog post explores how couples therapy, when grounded in sex therapy, attachment theory, and existential philosophy, helps partners reconnect emotionally and sexually. Many couples struggle with emotional distance, fading desire, or unresolved conflict—but beneath these issues lie deeper patterns shaped by attachment wounds and existential fears.

An experienced sex therapist helps couples identify these dynamics, rebuild emotional safety, and explore how vulnerability, freedom, and honesty impact their intimacy. Rather than focusing only on communication or technique, this integrated approach helps partners reconnect with themselves and each other—creating space for a more authentic, meaningful relationship.

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Sex Therapy and Existential Freedom
Genevieve Marcel Genevieve Marcel

Sex Therapy and Existential Freedom

This blog post explores how sex therapy can serve as a path to existential freedom—the ability to define one’s own identity, desires, and values beyond societal scripts. It argues that sexual concerns often reflect deeper struggles with shame, authenticity, and personal meaning. Drawing from existential philosophy, the post frames sex therapy as more than clinical treatment; it’s a space where individuals confront limiting beliefs, unlearn cultural conditioning, and reclaim authorship of their erotic lives. The ultimate goal is erotic integrity—living a sexual life that is chosen, conscious, and aligned with one’s true self. Sex, in this view, becomes an act of becoming rather than just doing.

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Why Sex Therapy & Couples Therapy Aren’t Covered by Insurance—and Why That Might Be a Good Thing
Genevieve Marcel Genevieve Marcel

Why Sex Therapy & Couples Therapy Aren’t Covered by Insurance—and Why That Might Be a Good Thing

Most insurance plans don’t cover sex therapy or couples therapy because they only reimburse for treatment of a mental health diagnosis in an individual—not relationship or intimacy issues.

By paying privately, you protect your privacy and autonomy. You also gain:

  • Therapy free of diagnostic labels

  • Full confidentiality

  • Honest, ethical, and relationship-centered care

  • Freedom from insurance restrictions and session limits

Ultimately, private-pay therapy allows couples to engage in meaningful, non-pathologizing work that honors their relationship—not because it’s broken, but because it matters.

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The Vulva Speaks: Vaginismus, Authenticity and the Body’s Refusal to Pretend
Genevieve Marcel Genevieve Marcel

The Vulva Speaks: Vaginismus, Authenticity and the Body’s Refusal to Pretend

This blog post, written from the perspective of an existential sex therapist, explores vaginismus as more than just a physical issue—framing it instead as a profound, embodied expression of authenticity.

Rather than treating the body as broken, the therapist suggests that vaginismus may reflect the body’s attempt to protect itself from emotional disconnection, pressure, or past trauma. The post challenges conventional, fix-it approaches to treatment, emphasizing that healing begins not with forcing openness, but by listening to the body’s “no.”

Through sex therapy, clients are invited to explore the deeper existential questions behind their pain: autonomy, desire, safety, and truth. This existential sex therapist emphasizes that vaginismus is not failure, but a form of embodied truth—and that real healing comes through compassion, presence, and authenticity.

The post is an invitation to approach sex therapy as a space to reclaim agency, stop performing, and reconnect with the body in a way that honors what is real.

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Understanding Narcissistic Patterns in Sex Therapy
Genevieve Marcel Genevieve Marcel

Understanding Narcissistic Patterns in Sex Therapy

This post explores narcissistic patterns in intimate relationships through the lens of existential sex therapy, highlighting how individuals exhibiting narcissistic behaviors often appear charming and successful, which can make these patterns hard to recognize. It outlines key phases—love bombing, devaluation, and discard—and traits like lack of empathy and manipulation that disrupt emotional and sexual intimacy. The post also offers an existential perspective, viewing narcissism as a defense against deep fears like vulnerability and isolation. Understanding this helps survivors heal by reclaiming their sense of self, trust, and healthy sexual connection. Ultimately, it encourages seeking relationships based on mutual respect, emotional reciprocity, and authentic intimacy.

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