The Quiet Problem grew from an interest in what happens when anxiety, expectation and automatic responses collide.
Why this subject matters.
Erectile difficulties can carry a disproportionate amount of shame. A person may be functioning perfectly well in every other part of life and still experience one sexual difficulty as evidence that something fundamental has gone wrong.
My aim is to make that process understandable, remove unnecessary shame, and offer practical ways of working with pressure, monitoring and learned patterns.
Background.
Psychotherapeutic Counsellorpsychological formulation and talking therapy
Clinical Hypnotherapistattention, imagery and automatic response
12+ yearsprivate clinical practice
What you can expect here.
- Plain language rather than euphemism.
- No promise of a fixed clinical outcome.
- No implication that erectile difficulty makes somebody inadequate or less masculine.
- Recognition that physical and psychological contributors can overlap.
- A practical focus on reducing pressure, monitoring and fear of recurrence.