Many of the self-help organisations that offer counselling services are listed at the back of the book. You will see that many of these specialise in specific areas; so be careful which one you contact so as to be sure of getting the best possible help. Many such organisations have trained psychologists (who are not doctors but are trained in the normal workings of the mind) on hand. Psychologists can actually be more helpful than doctors in many cases because more often than not individuals with sexual or relationship problems are not ill and do not need a medical mind to sort them out. The strength of the nonmedical specialist is that the individual does not go along thinking that there is a magic operation or bottle of pills to answer his problems.
Your general practitioner-He or she will probably have no specialist training in this field but should be quite helpful as a result of dealing with similar problems time and time again. A general practitioner can rarely spare much time but can sometimes refer you to other people who are more expert and have more time.
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