Are you feeling anxious, jealous, or hurt while your primary romantic partner is out on a date with someone else they are dating?
Have you and your spouse been in a monogamous relationship and are looking to open your marriage, but needing guidance?
Are you looking for a sex positive, kink affirming, poly affirming, holistic, and ethically non monogamous counselor?
Have you and your partner been having low libido or low desire issues, sexual dissatisfaction, painful sex, or sexual problems?
Understanding consent is a great part of working with an ethically non monogamous therapist in Florida at Wisdom Within Counseling.
Consent is the most important part in a polyamorous, open marriage, and ethically non monogamous relationship. What is consent when it comes to communication in an open marriage? Essentially, consent is getting permission from all parties and all partners. Talking openly is important when embarking on or current in an open marriage. At times, negative behaviors of lying can lead to conflicts and massive issues in your marriage and relationship. Learning to be honest is a skill that couples therapy in Florida teaches.
At Wisdom Within Counseling in Florida, we are a group of sex positive, kink affirming, poly affirming, holistic, and ethically non monogamous therapists.
Communicating clearly and calmly is one of the many benefits from working with an ethically non monogamous therapist for poly couples.
In general, ethical non-monogamy requires the consent of all partners entering in to the relationship. Wisdom Within Counseling can be a support as you and your partner navigate your open relationship. A non-monogamous relationship can be healthy, positive, comforting, and connecting, but it is based on principles of honesty.
Polyamory and open relationship jealousy and anxiety get in the way
Many couples who open their relationship experiences anxiety and jealousy. Anxiety and jealousy can lead to overwhelm and obsessive thoughts. As well, when you or your partner have jealousy, it can turn to anger. Unresolved anger, jealousy, or anxiety can cause major relationship challenges and make fights worse.
To begin, click the button below to book your phone consult to work with an ethically non monogamous therapist for couples.
Angry fights causing hopelessness and tension?
Yelling and arguments can be very problematic for building an emotional bond. Angry words, yelling, conflict, and lack of communication skills can lead to major relationship issues. At times, feeling passionate about someone or something can turn into anger.
If you are looking to build emotional security, yelling, belittling, or avoiding conversations will hurt your realtionships. You want good communication skills to talk about all problems, big or small. Couples therapy can support calm, effective, lifelong communication skills. At Wisdom Within Counseling, you can work with an ethically non monogamous therapist for couples.
To begin, click the button below to book your phone consult to work with an ethically non monogamous therapist for couples.
Anxiety ruling your mind?
If you partner is out of the house on a date, you may feel obsessed with wanting to call them.
At times, with anxiety the gets worse, you can have troubles with concentrating at work or at school. Concentrating and being present in other areas of your life can be difficult with anxiety.
Even if your partner brings another partner over to your home, you may feel insecure about you place, importance, hierarchy, or role.
You might feel like you are less than your partners other partners. Feeling anxious, angry, jealous, and unimportant can be great topics to talk about at Wisdom Within Counseling with your therapist.
Are you opening your relationship for the first time and looking for an ethically non monogamous therapist for couples in Florida?
Opening a monogamous relationship is not impossible, but can be challenging. Opening your marriage is something some couples try to do unsuccessfully on their own. Having the help of a poly affirming couples therapist in Florida can support a safe, secure open marriage. With the help of a couples therapist, you and your partner can create a strong foundation to then open your marriage.
Why do couples choose an ethically non monogamous therapist to help them open their marriage?
An ethically non monogamous therapist can help couples feel accepted in creating their ideal relationship. Many times, a more traditional therapist may impose shame or think of couples who want an open marriage as annoying. Commonly, a non affirming couples therapist may blame a polyamorous lifestyle for anger, anxiety, and relationship conflict. In fact, monogamous couples experience anger, jealousy, and anxiety just as frequently as polyamorous couples.
Learning how to cope, deal, and find outlets for these intense feelings are essential for a healthy open marriage.
Therefore, healthy coping tools from counseling can help polyamorous couples communicate feelings in calm ways. Learning how to handle jealousy or communicate anxiety are key factors in a healthy open marriage. As well, the team at Wisdom Within Counseling help couples in alternative relationships create the best, most honest, meaningful open relationships possible.
To begin, click the button below to book your phone consult to work with an ethically non monogamous therapist for couples.
Couples open their relationship for many reasons
Some couples open their marriage due to one person having kinks or fetiches that can not be fulfilled by their primary partner or spouse. Other times, couples open their relationship and start dating other couples.
Having an open marriage can look different for each couple.
Some couples will go on vacations and only open their marriage on those vacations. As well, some couples choose to have an open marriage due to evolving sexual orientation needs. Additionally, some people enjoy a polyamorous relationship because they can express their sexuality in different ways. Working with an ethically non monogamous therapist for couples in Florida can help you open your marriage and stay close in the process.
Opening your marriage that was monogamous is an adjustment for all parties.
This transition into an open relationship and polyamory can bring up sadness and loss, as well as joy and happiness. At Wisdom Within Counseling in Florida, you can have a safe place to process fears that arise when opening your marriage.
Worries, fears, jealousies, and insecurities can be topics for therapy. Starting a polyamorous lifestyle can look different for each couple. Most importantly, communication, talking about emotions, and building security are important couples therapy skills.
To begin, click the button below to book your phone consult to work with an ethically non monogamous therapist for couples in Florida.
When opening your marriage, you may be running into some other issues.
Another issue you may be dealing with is navigating scheduling with an ethically non monogamous relationship. One partner may feel jealousy that they don’t have enough time with you. Working with a therapist at Wisdom Within Counseling can help you understand time needs with your primary partner.
From marriage counseling in Florida, you can prioritize your primary partner and learn to manage and organize schedules with your other painters.
Families and children
As well, you can navigate how to set aside quality time with your primary partner and children. Some poly couples want their children and multiple partners to meet and have relationships. When all parties are on the same page, this can be referred to as kitchen table polyamory. One partner may be helpful by watching another couple’s children while another couple is out of town. However, some poly couples want to keep children out of their relationships. Oftentimes, children take priority when it comes to free time. As well, children may have emergencies that cause you to have to end a date early and get your sick child. In counseling, you can talk about certain days of the week and how to use free time with other partners.
Many couples tend to fight over which days of the week and how many hours a week they spend together.
There can be many issues related to time together. For instance, one of your partners may be long-distance and this creates challenges regarding time together.
Additionally, you may have anxiety about dating someone new. Perhaps, you realized you don’t like them that much, and blow them off on a date.
One partner may want more time with you, but you may want more time with a different romantic partner on that day.
As well, you might want to stay out longer, but your primary partner is asking you to leave the date and come home.
Or, you may want time alone by yourself, and one of your partners may be pressuring you for time with you. Feeling pressure to please all of your loved ones can be overwhelming and stressful.
As well, one of your romantic partners may want you to sleep over as a form of quality time together, but you may not want to sleep over.
You may want time with your children and one of your partners may be distressed they feel they don’t have enough time with you.
Consensual non-monogamy can bring up different, intense emotions for each person.
In your relationship, you may notice triggers that come up such as when plans change. It is normal to feel disappointed when plans change, especially when you were looking forward to seeing one of your romantic partners or doing something.
However, in a poly relationship, it can be challenging to deal with scheduling, and changed plans with multiple partners. One person may feel more frustrated because they are organizing all the group’s plans.
If you have put in effort to organize plans, and all other members of your poly group want to change plans, it can be emotionally draining. Learning to think flexibly and go with the flow of the poly group are great topics to bring to marriage therapy. When plans change, dealing with the changes with mental flexibility is so key in having multiple romantic relationships.
At Wisdom Within Counseling in Florida, you can receive specialized open marriage counseling for alternative relationships and polyamory.
To begin, click the button below to book your phone consult to work with an ethically non monogamous therapist for couples.
The team of therapists at Wisdom Within Counseling are sensitive to the unique needs of polyamorous families and couples.
Can couples therapy in Florida help my partner and I with a better sex life overall? Yes!
Learning about the female orgasmic system, multiple orgasms, and improving your sex life through marriage counseling
You can gain sexual education from working with the team of therapists at Wisdom Within Counseling in Florida.
Likewise, learning about female sexual pleasure, how females can have multiple orgasms, and the erogenous zones can spice up your sex life. A female’s body works different sexually than a male’s body. Couples counseling in Florida can help couples better understand one another’s bodies sexually.
Understanding the female orgasmic system, from self-pleasure to sexual pleasure with a partner, are parts of sex positive marriage counseling.
If a female is not satisfied in her sex life, couples counseling can open the conversation about sexual play, foreplay, and multiple orgasms for females.
Painful intercourse can be a topic in Florida marriage counseling sessions
A female may experience painful sexual intercourse when there is not enough foreplay in the sex life experience. We are often not educated on female sexual health, how to build a satisfying sex life, and the connection to emotional inimtacy.
Low sexual desire issues in females can be helped through sex therapy
A female may experience low sexual desire or a low libido for many reasons. At Wisdom Within Counseling in Florida, we help females and their sexual partners talk about the female body.
Talking about low sexual desire issues can bring intimate connection that you have never had before. Your therapist can help you sort through your unique challenges related to improving your sex drive and having a more regular, passionate, positive, and pleasurable sex life.
Additionally, talking with a sex positive therapist in Florida and marriage counselor can relieve uncomfortable feelings any insecurities.
There may be body image issues, pressure from diet culture, and self-image issues that contribute to a low libido and low sex drive.
As well, anti-depressants and SSRI medications can lead to low libido and low sexual desire issues.
Other mental health issues like depression can lead to a low sex drive and low libido.
To begin, click the button below to book your phone consult to work with an ethically non monogamous therapist for couples.
Bringing passion, connection, and sexual intention back into your relationship can improve your sex life.
Talking with your sex positive therapist at Wisdom Within can give you a safe place to talk about sexual pleasure.
Shame and guilt about wanting sexual pleasure
Maybe, as a female, you want to try new sex toys or vibrators, but you feel shame or guilt about exploring your sexual orientation. Developing a sense of sexuality and confidence in yourself as a female means knowing what you like sexually.
Sex therapy sessions at Wisdom Within Counseling can bring empowerment, body confidence, and self-care.
At Wisdom Within Counseling, you have a safe place to talk about sex life, sexual pleasure, and being a sexually expressive being.
Often, if a female partner feels unsafe or criticized, her physical body will not preform sexually. Furthermore, talking about kissing, making out, touching ears, back scratches, and foot rubs can be forms of non-sexual intimate touch. The female body needs about 45-90 minutes of foreplay to feel safe opening up sexually.
As well, during foreplay, the female’s vagina becomes wetter. So, if there isn’t enough time for foreplay, a female may experience painful vaginal intercourse.
Sexual dysfunctions and challenges can impact male partners as well as female partners. A male partner may experience erectile dysfunction, premature ejaculation, as well as pressure to fulfill unrealistic sexual expectations set by the pornography industry.
The non-monogamy, kink, and polyamory-friendly therapists at Wisdom Within Counseling can help you and your partners explore BDSM
At Wisdom Within Counseling, we help couples who are exploring BDSM, power play dynamics, and submissive and dominant roles. Playing around with BDSM can heighten sexual experiences, support sexual expressiveness, and sexual safety.
To begin, click the button below to book your phone consult to work with an ethically non monogamous therapist for couples.
Consent is essential when playing around in the BDSM world. When you are doing role play, it all has to happen with consensual, sexual power dynamics.
Meeting with a therapist when exploring BDSM can help you feel safe talking about things you like and don’t like. Wisdom Within Counseling is a group of LGBTQIA+, queer, kink, and poly friendly relationship therapists.
When couples take on BDSM roles, there is a sense of lightness, playfulness, and fun.
There is a level of playfulness, anticipation, suspense, and mystery that can come from dominant and submissive roles sexually. Improving your sex life doesn’t have to be done through BDSM.
But, if you are already exploring the world of submissive and dominant roles and BDSM in your sex life, Wisdom Within Counseling supports you.
Open relationship therapy and polyamory counseling is a speciality at Wisdom Within Counseling in Florida.
We Are Kink, Polyamorous, Transgender and LGBQIA+ Affirmative.
If you are looking to have skills to overcome disagreements, marriage counseling in Florida can help. Learning how to stay calm in a tense situations takes the help of a marriage counselor. Therapy can help you learning to no longer say hurtful things you don’t mean in a fight.
Learning to emotional validation skills can help repair and heal after a disagreement.
How can trauma and loss play a role in conflicts in marriages?
Marriage therapy in Florida can be a safe place to understand trauma, trauma cycles, and trauma bonds couples get stuck in.
Taking time to understand your partner’s trauma history can help you be more informed on their triggers too. Understanding your own trauma and loss history can help you gain self-awareness and self-reflection. For instance, if your parents were abusive, yelled a lot, or neglected you, you may have residual symptoms of trauma and fear from these childhood traumas. Attachment trauma and fears of abandonment can lead couples to have high conflict fights.
Childhood trauma experiences mold and shape us into the adult humans we are today.
If you grew up in a tense, militant home in childhood, you may have fears about making a mistake in you remarriage due to severe punishments in childhood.
As well, if your partner has parents who were an alcoholic, they may be more sensitive around alcohol.
As well, if your parents yelled a lot or were domestically violent in childhood, you may be more sensitive to yelling in your romantic relationship.
If you have a history of sexual abuse, you may feel more afraid or numb when a person touches your body sexually, even if they are your trusted partner.
Trauma and loss experiences from childhood can lead to fears of abandonment and attachment traumas in romantic relationships. When people in realtionships fight, attachment traumas can cause more intense conflicts.
To begin, click the button below to book your phone consult to work with an ethically non monogamous therapist for couples.
Being in a healthy, loving open marriage means leanring how to repair and recover after arguments and conflicts.
By learning how to communicate, heal, and build coping tools for trauma and loss.
Feeling extreme emotional pain due to multiple romantic relationships
Breaks ups within a polyamorous relationship can be devastating and depressing. Also, once you are in love with one of your romantic partners, you realize you don’t want to lose them. However, they make a choice that they no longer want you in their life, and that is heartbreaking.
Being broken up with is not easy.
After a break up with one of your multiple partners, you may find it challenging to stay present with your other partners. In a break up, it might be difficult to have fun, be sexually expressive, or playful during this grief and loss break up process. It can feel difficult to stay upbeat and happy when you are sad about an unforeseen break up with another romantic partner.
As well, break ups within a polyamorous relationship can trigger trauma and loss from childhood. Fears of abandonment become very real. Going through a break up can trigger past loss, heartbreak, and memories of grief. To note, with out the guidance of an open marriage and poly affirming therapist, you may be coping with loss in unhealthy ways.
Do you need positive coping skills for dealign with break ups and extreme painful emotions?
When triggered, you may choose unhealthy, negative ways to numb out the emotional pain. For instance, when avoiding emotions in unhealthy ways, you may start drinking too much alcohol, using drugs, sleeping around and reckless sex, and becoming a work-a-holic.
Instead, from LGBTQIA+ affirming marriage counseling, you can learn self-care skills to nature yourself.
A break up can trigger losses and trauma memories from childhood. So, learning to deal and overcome these feelings of loss is a positive part of couples therapy.
Even extreme anger, obsessive thoughts, jealousy, anger, and lack of motivation are all side effects of getting broken up with. Going through emotional pain in multiple romantic relationships can be so painful.
From counseling, you can feel emotionally supported by your therapist. LGBTQIA+ Marital therapy in Florida at Wisdom Within Counseling can help you on an individual level process breaks ups and loss.
Wisdom Within Counseling in Florida specializes in helping couples in alternative relationships, polyamory, and open marriages.
Whether you are looking to break down protective walls, heal after a fight, or improve communication, Wisdom Within Counseling can help. Skills like emotional validation, using “I feel,” statements, and timing of important topics are all parts of Florida couples therapy.
