Sex Therapy vs Couples Therapy: What's the Difference?

Most people don't know the difference between a sex therapist and a couples therapist, or which one they actually need. In this episode, Tania Wellby, an Accredited Mental Health Social Worker and Sex Therapist, joins Marie to talk about sexual scripts, mismatched desire and why your partner turning you down is almost never about you. It's a direct conversation about the stuff most of us only type into Google late at night and never say out loud. Things Discussed The difference between a sex therapist and a couples therapist, and how to know which one you need What actually brings people to sex therapy, from mismatched desire to sexual trauma to dating anxiety Sexual scripts, the unspoken rules about sex and gender we absorb from culture and never actually chose Why one partner's low desire so often gets misread as rejection The vulnerability cycle, and how it shows up around sex as much as it does around conflict How to say what you actually feel instead of the thing that starts a fight Why nothing shocks a good sex therapist, and what that means for the rest of us Timestamps 0:00 What actually brings someone to sex therapy 2:00 Welcome to This Complex Life with Tania Wellby 5:00 Why sex is still taboo, even among social workers 8:00 What actually brings people through the door 13:00 Sex therapy or couples therapy, how to know which one you need 14:00 Sexual scripts, the blueprint nobody signs up for 17:00 The vulnerability cycle and why low desire gets read as rejection 23:00 Is there anything that could still shock her Resources and Links Tania Wellby https://www.yestherapy.com.au/meet-tania Free sex and intimacy guide https://marievakakis.com.au/time-to-talk-a-guide-to-talking-about-sex-and-intimacy/ Keep the Conversation Going forms.gle/ExJAeBTXAfn8xGkQ9 Guest Info Tania Wellby is an Accredited Mental Health Social Worker and Sex Therapist. She's dual trained, which means she works across both the mental health side and the sex therapy side of what people bring into the room, including desire, sexual trauma, sexuality and relationships.