Therapy for Premature Ejaculation

The options for treating premature ejaculation are generally classified under three areas: medication, psychological treatment, and behavior modification techniques. The physician may prescribe one or a mix of these modalities. Should you find yourself feeling uneasy by any stage in the treatment process, it is best to voice out your concerns to the sexologist.

Psychological Therapy

Premature ejaculation counseling concerns emotional issues and relationship concerns regarding sex that might be an ongoing concern for the couple. The premise is to cure early ejaculation and address the fundamental concerns. They further give couples a chance to work together and support each other through the treatment process. The psychologist may use this technique alone against medications or behavioral therapy.

Self-Care Practices for Premature Ejaculation (PE)

Behavior Therapy

Positive behavioral techniques can help improve control and delay ejaculation, which will promote improved sexual health. Behavioral techniques usually use a focus or concentration technique and can include the stop-start technique and the squeeze technique.

Squeeze Technique

During the squeeze method of practice, you or your partner provides continued stimulation until almost reaching orgasm. At that point, you or your partner squeezes the penis firmly to either decrease arousal or completely lose the erection.

The purpose of this method is to get to learn the feeling of preparing for an orgasm and decrease your amount of arousal. Over time, you will improve your control on delaying the process of ejaculation without the use of medication.

Stop-Start Technique

The stop/start technique requires you or your partner to stimulate the penis until the point of ejaculation. Just before climax, stimulation is stopped so ejaculation does not occur. After control is regained over the urge, stimulation is started again until sensation is built up again.

This cycle of stopping and starting should be completed three times. On the fourth time, a healthy ejaculation is allowed to occur. Doing these techniques about three times a week will gradually help to gain better control over the ejaculation process.

Exercises to treat Premature Ejaculation

The stop-start approach involves either you or your partner stimulating the penis until you feel as if you are about to ejaculate. At that moment, you stop stimulation so you do not ejaculate. Once you have regained control of that urge, you begin stimulating again until you feel you are near ejaculation.

You will repeat this process three times. The fourth time you will allow yourself to ejaculate. Do this exercise about three times per week until you gradually feel like you have improved control over your ejaculation.

Exercises to Combat Premature Ejaculation

Premature ejaculation is frequently attributed to weak pelvic floor muscles that are located underneath the urethra.

The stop-start method consists of having you or your partner stimulate the penis until the point where ejaculation feels imminent. When that feels like it might occur, stimulation is stopped so that you will not climax. When you feel like you regain sensation, stimulation is started again until feeling is imminent once again.

When to Consult a Medical Practitioner (Sexologist)

If you have tried lifestyle changes (such as diet changes, certain foods, and doing exercises) and are still experiencing premature ejaculation, it would be wise to seek professional help. At this point, your endpoint is to see a qualified sexologist to determine safe medical treatments that do not provide side effects. The sooner you begin treatment for premature ejaculation, the lesser chances that it will get worse.

Our sexologist evaluates all clients' conditions and provides a tailored treatment plan, with proposed medication if required. Instead of looking for similarities in diagnoses and prescribing every patient the same remedy, we try to discover the cause of premature ejaculation. Since every individual may have a unique trigger to their premature ejaculation we do not simply give a standard prescription of pills, rather we try to conture recommendations as much to suit the individual. We have had great success through this method and have one of the highest recovery rates. We have had clients who have struggled with premature ejaculation for over 10 years who had practically given up hope of improvement.