Welcome to episode 21 of the Sexology Podcast, today my guest is Renelle E. Nelson who is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and an AASECT Certified Sex Therapist. She has been providing therapy for over 11 years. In this episode, she talks about what it means to have a low libido, how it’s not a one-person problem but a couple’s problem and recommendations for couples dealing with this issue. 

Renelle hails from the state of Milwaukee, Wisconsin and got indulged in the profession of Marriage and Family Therapy in Grad School. Renelle was able to attain the first-hand knowledge of the silenced suffering and agony of women specifically due to lack of education and self-awareness, while working at A Woman’s Touch Sexuality Resource Center. These experiences led her to transition her passion of working for the betterment of women and others into a profession as an AASECT Certified Sex Therapist.

Over the years, Renelle has worked exclusively with a large number of men and women and families who are in need of assistance, guidance, and counseling. Renelle has been able to work in tandem with a great number of her clients and has been able to successfully find the plausible solutions of their problems related family and sex life. Renelle is a self-proclaimed self-pleasuring advocate who is always on the lookout for opportunities to spread the knowledge regarding the many benefits and advantages of self-pleasuring, and self- love with the world. Renelle has spoken at a numerous renowned speaking events on topics regarding self-pleasuring and depression concerned to oppressed sexual life and problems.

Renelle is also an owner of Kaleidoscope Services LLC which is a platform specifically made for the purpose of enhancing common individual knowledge regarding these sexual aspects of life and their connection with the issues related to anxiety and depression. Renelle primary objective is to use her remarkable skills and natural talents to enhance, educate, and excite the people life in and out of the bedroom.

In this episode, you will hear:

• What it means to have a low libido
• The definitions of a low libido and what is defined as normal
• Why you shouldn’t compare your sex drive to what it was like when you were younger
• Struggles with desire
• How it’s not a one-person problem but a couple’s problem
• The need for good communication around this issue
• Unresolved issues around anger
• How high levels of stress can affect your sex life
• The controlling power dynamic
• How the ideas of being defective can produce feelings of shame
• The effects of getting sexual information from pornography
• The difference from having a low libido and being a-sexual
• Utilizing sexual novelties
• Recommendations for couples dealing with this issue

Resources

https://kaleidoscopeservicesllc.org

https://www.facebook.com/kaleidoscopeservices