# Did your sex counseling work?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-your-sex-counseling-work/648944>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [January 31, 2013, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-your-sex-counseling-work/648944 "2013-01-31T19:58:06Z")\
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**Author:** ![Dog80](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/6bbea6/32.png) [@Dog80](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dog80)\
**Post date:** [January 31, 2013, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-your-sex-counseling-work/648944/1 "2013-01-31T19:58:06Z")

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I am looking for experiences from couples who went to sex/marriage counseling and whether it had any possitive outcome.

What was the reason you went to counseling? How does a typical session go? Did it improve in any way the situation?

Thank you!

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**Author:** ![Dog80](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/6bbea6/32.png) [@Dog80](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dog80)\
**Post date:** [February 2, 2013, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-your-sex-counseling-work/648944/2 "2013-02-02T14:00:42Z")

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Nobody has gone to counseling or are you reluctant to share your experiences?

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**Author:** ![rsat3acr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a3d4f5/32.png) [@rsat3acr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rsat3acr)\
**Post date:** [February 2, 2013, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-your-sex-counseling-work/648944/3 "2013-02-02T14:08:31Z")

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never did sex counseling but had so plain old marriage counseling that was very helpful.

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**Author:** ![Typo\_Knig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cdc98d/32.png) [@Typo\_Knig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Knig)\
**Post date:** [February 3, 2013, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-your-sex-counseling-work/648944/4 "2013-02-03T18:21:12Z")

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Both have helped, primarily with underlying communication issues. I strongly recommend getting the help you need in whatever area(s) you need help. My wife and I being willing to talk things over, including with a therapist, and to make changes as needed, are big reasons why we’re still happily married after 30 years.