Dr. Pasahow believes that counseling shouldn't be a financial burden or a never-ending project. This is why she has created a Three Month Program that includes a targeted approach to resolving the issues individuals and couples complain about the most: loss of passion in the relationship, lack of intimacy and understanding, poor communication patterns and low sexual desire and poor self-esteem.
The first step in the healing process is for couples or individuals to decide that something inside their relationship or themselves is not working as well as they would like. There's often a feeling of general malaise in their lives. In most cases, one or both individuals in a relationship can feel depressed. As a result, it adversely impacts the relationship in general. Daily pressures — work, family, children, and finances — may exacerbate theses issues and lead couples to drift apart. Couples will learn how to nurture their relationships — to protect fun and pleasure and not only cope better with daily stress, but create time together to bring back the passion and joy.
In this practical, short term therapy, patients are able to find greater emotional and sexual intimacy and remove the obstacles that prevent couples from enjoying a satisfying life in general in addition to revitalizing a passionate sex life. They quickly learn to optimize what works and eliminate what doesn't. Beginning with an initial 45 or 60 minute consultation, the program focuses on: setting sexual goals, pulling couples out of a sexual rut, developing effective communications skills, turning up the sexual "heat" in the relationship and a brief sexual encounter assignment. Dr. Pasahow helps couples remove the pressure they feel to have sex, which enables individuals to feel more emotional and physical intimacy and have a greater understanding of themselves and their partner's desires.
Regardless of gender and sexual orientation, couples and individuals come to Dr. Pasahow to achieve greater fulfillment and more joy in their lives and relationships. Dr. Pasahow will help couples understand the underlying issues and help them uncover the true problem(s) in their relationship. Couples in different stages of relationships — whether married, dating, divorced, separated or estranged — work with Dr. Pasahow to create more understanding, compassion, greater communication and intimacy in their relationships.