::Passion Fix::

CLINICAL SERVICES

Dr. Pasahow, developed the 21-Day Passion Fix Program as a response to the needs of her patients whose number one complaint was no time/no energy for sex. The program's success rate of over 90% has been astounding and gratifying to her. She is the only therapist nationwide using this particular form of treatment.

What’s the first thing to go when you’re busy, tired, and stressed? If you said sex, you’re not alone. An estimated 24 million American women say they don’t have time, are too exhausted, or just aren’t in the mood for sex, and more than a third of Redbook readers say that being too tired is their number one excuse for not having sex. So we put it off for later-but later can easily become never. In case you haven’t noticed, abstinence doesn’t make the loins grow hotter, it just begets more abstinence...

Get ready to recharge your batteries. Carole Pasahow, a Fair Lawn, NJ, sex and marital therapist, has designed a program especially for overworked, overstressed couples. These couples have no sexual dysfunction; their only problem is that they have no time.

Dr. Pasahow’s “21-Day Passion Fix Program” led to a feature article,“The Sex Trick Busy Couples Swear By”, in the March, 2001 issue of Redbook magazine.

Individual • Couple • Asdolescent • Family

Human Sexuality and Counseling

Desire Problems

• Patients describe this problem as having no or little interest in sexual contact with their partner. Often there is a difference in sexual interest between partners and this discrepancy causes stress on the relationship in general.

Arousal Problems

• Women describe this problem as not being turned on mentally or even feeling distracted during sexual activity. Some women even experience physical pain (dyspareunia) during intercourse because they lack sufficient vaginal lubrication.

• Men complain about distracting thoughts during sexual contact and concern about their sexual adequacy. The physical symptoms commonly presented are difficulty in obtaining or maintaining an erection sufficient for vaginal penetration.

Orgasm Problems

• Women describe this problem as either an inability or difficulty in climaxing with any type of sexual genital stimulation, including intercourse.

• Men commonly describe this problem during sexual contact as either climaxing before they are ready to (premature ejaculation) or the inability or difficulty in climaxing during sexual stimulation, including intercourse (delayed ejaculation).

Pelvic Floor Dysfunction

• In women this problem refers to muscle spasms surrounding the vagina and rectum resulting in pain.

Pain Disorders

• In women these problems are described as either a burning sensation or knife like pain which makes vaginal penetration difficult or impossible (vaginismus).

• In men these problems are described as discomfort or a burning sensation during sexual intercourse or ejaculation.

Vestibulodynia / Vulvodynia

• Women describe this problem as vulvar discomfort or pain that is experienced as burning, stinging or a rawness of the female genitalia. This pain can be spontaneous or precipitated by direct vaginal penetration.

General Sexual Problems

• Sexual Abuse

• Sexual Addictions or Compulsive Behavior

• Gender Identity Disorders

Psychotherapy and Counseling

• Anxiety

• Depression

• Phobias

• Eating and Weight Problems

• Addictions and Compulsive Behavior

• Premarital and Couple Therapy

• Marital and Divorce Mediation

• Family Therapy

• Infertility Counseling

• Post Traumatic Stress Therapy

• Hypnotherapy Techniques

• EMDR Therapy

• Behavioral Therapy (CBT, DBT)

• Anger Management

• Stress Management

• Grief Therapy