Author Archives: Matty Silver (blogger from the wellbeing community)

About Matty Silver (blogger from the wellbeing community)

Matty Silver is a Relationship Counsellor and Sexual Health Therapist with a private practice in Sydney, who works with people to identify and overcome a range of physical and mental sexual health problems. She specialises in telephone counselling all over Australia as another option to access advice or therapy. Telephone counselling provides a safe, supportive and confidential environment. It is anonymous and gives clients the freedom to talk about sexual issues without feeling embarrassed. For more information check out her website:

SEX AND LAUGHTER

“Laughter is the best Medicine” and “Sex is wonderful too”. Both raise all the feel-good chemicals and emotions and lots of research has been done on the benefits of “Sex and Laughter”. Continue reading

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WHEN SEX IS IMPOSSIBLE!

Over the years I have seen many women and couples who have not been able to have penetrative sex which made them extremely distressed. They could not comprehend what was happening. Some couples were virgins and waited until they got … Continue reading

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IS “SEXERCISE” A MYTH?

Some weeks ago I was asked to give some input for an article freelance writer Luke Malone was writing called: “SEXERCISE: Science suggests you might have your next orgasm at the gym”. He wrote about the results of a recent … Continue reading

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SEX THERAPY BY PHONE

In my practice I experience that couples not always realise that sexual issues often are the main problem for their unhappiness. We are all taught reading, writing and math at school but very few people have received relationship advice or … Continue reading

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BORED IN THE BEDROOM

As a relationship counsellor I often have couples complain that their sex life has become boring and they don‘t feel the same buzz or magic that they had at the start of their relationship. It was romantic, hot, and full of desire and passion. Continue reading

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SEX IS GOOD MEDICINE

It is said that laughter is the best medicine.

What can be said about sex? Just like laughter it produces feel good endorphins amongst all the other benefits. Endorphins are defined as hormone-like substances that are produced in the brain and naturally relieve pain.
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HOW TO IMPROVE SEXUAL CONFIDENCE

It is easy to imagine that most people are sexually confident, why wouldn’t they be? The media is full of people, famous and otherwise confidently talking about their sexual lives and exploits. Continue reading

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MY HUSBAND IS A CROSS DRESSER

Some months ago I had a telephone counselling call from a woman in the country. Her husband is a shift worker and when she arrived home unexpectedly one day he was dressed up in women’s clothes, he was wearing a wig and had make-up on. She was devastated because they have been married for three years and she was totally unaware of his habit. Continue reading

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LASTING LONGER

Some weeks ago I received an envelope in the post with advertisements for local restaurants, hair dressing salons, beauty salons etc. Also inside was a little black sealed envelope with “Adults Only” written on it.

It had some small flyers inside, one of them stating Want Longer Lasting Sex? We will give you the confidence you need and the satisfaction she craves!. Lasting Longer has become a catch phrase which we see on bill boards and hear on the radio.
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REMEMBERING SEX

There is this erroneous belief that when one turns sixty-five or thereabouts
sex becomes a memory and as memories become blurred with time so does
any notion of sex. Mobility becomes limited, agility becomes fragility and sex is often put so far back on the back burner that for many it loses its flame altogether. Continue reading

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