Psychological and sexological consultations
Going to see a psychologist is not always an easy or obvious thing to do. Today, however, many people - men and women, young and old - go to see a psychologist because of various difficulties, questions and "symptoms" that can arise during a lifetime.
Life is not a linear process, in other words a straight line with no dents or pits. On the contrary, it is strewn with little pebbles that we try to cope with as best we can. This is a perfectly normal aspect of our physical, personal, relational, emotional and sexual well-being.
The psychologists, psychotherapists and sexologists on duty work with different therapeutic orientations to better meet the diversified needs of patients (psychoanalytical approach, hypnosis and EMDR, trauma therapy, systemic and family approach, etc.).
- Consultations are open to everyone: individuals, couples, or families.
Consult a psychologist or sex therapist
Consultations are open to everyone without distinction of any kind or discrimination.
However, we only welcome teenagers from the age of 14, except for family therapy or on the advice of a professional.
You can come for a consultation: individually – as a couple – as a family.
The type, frequency and duration of the consultations vary according to the request.
This depends both on the wishes and feelings of the person suffering from a symptom, and on the best match between the type of problem and the consultation we can consider.
For example, a person suffering from vaginismus (involuntary tensing of the vagina for example when trying to insert a tampon, finger or a penis) who is in a positive relationship with her partner is more likely to be offered sex therapy with her partner to resolve this problem. Nonetheless, this same person may also wish to seek individual treatment to address this problem.
However, it is important to stress that both the patient and the psychologist must feel ‘at ease’ with the type of treatment considered. There is no such thing as a good or bad therapy, a good or bad psychologist or a good or bad patient, but it’s a question of finding what’s right for each person, in a spirit of mutual respect. Patients should allow themselves to experience a first session to see whether they feel comfortable, whether the working method or type of intervention offered by the psychologist is suitable or not, and to be able to change the healthcare provider if necessary.
Psychological, sexological and counselling services specialized to deal with a wide range of problems while respecting the patient’s pace and needs:
- Experience of violence: sexual assault and/or abuse, rape, post-traumatic stress, harassment, mobbing, bullying, discrimination in the broadest sense, cyber/harassment, violence in all its forms (physical, psychological, domestic, economic, administrative, etc.);
- Personal questions: sexual orientation, gender identity, intersexuality, crises linked to a stage in life, puberty, menopause or andropause, questions about parenthood, depression, anxiety, loneliness, conflicts linked to the past…;
- Relationship and emotional problems: conjugal problems, separation and divorce, social and family tensions, educational crises, emotional dependency, burn-out, etc;
- Sexual problems: both in women (lack of desire, anorgasmia, infertility, vaginismus, dyspareunia, etc.) and in men (premature ejaculation, erectile dysfunction, infertility, lack of desire, anorgasmia, anejaculation, etc.);
- Counselling and follow-up for wanted and unwanted pregnancies: pre-abortion interviews (compulsory for minors), post-abortion interviews, counselling and monitoring for wanted and unwanted pregnancies, questions about fertility, pregnancy, abortion, parenthood, respecting women’s free choice, etc.
One of our main concerns is the care provided by our psychologists and psychotherapists to people who have suffered sexual, physical or psychological violence.
The statute of limitations for sex crimes in Luxembourg is 10 years, which is far too short!
Victims often live in denial and bury their trauma, which sometimes only resurfaces decades later.
This is why Planning Familial is calling for all sexual crimes to have no statute of limitations.
Such a revision is not only in line with the Council of Europe’s Istanbul Convention, ratified in August 2018, but also in continuity with the recommendations of the recent resolution of the Parliamentary Assembly of the same Council.
Planning Familial is calling for all sexual crimes against minors and adults to be exempt from the statute of limitations, and for a plan to protect and care for victims.
This means revising the law with several immediate actions:
- Amend the law on the prescription of sexual crimes.
- Introduce terms such as feminicide, consent, sexual harassment, psychological violence, administrative violence and incest into the law.
- Launch national and sectoral campaigns to encourage victims to “self-diagnose”, including in the area of sexual harassment.
Put in place, as required by the Istanbul Convention:
- a centre with a coordinated and comprehensive victim-centred reception system.
- specific emergency units (acute care).
- promoting easy access to justice: offering specialist lawyers and financial aid to reduce the cost, or even guarantee free services throughout the procedure.
- giving the victims’ voices a real place by listening to them and ensuring their safety from the moment they first come to light (removal procedure).
- raising the awareness of stakeholders through moments of exchanges and personal work, supervision and training,
- upgrade the sector by increasing the resources available: more reception places, more professionals dedicated to psychological follow-up, more visibility for services such as UMEDO, etc.