Goldstein moved from Boston to San Diego in 2007 to establish San Diego Sexual Medicine, a 6, 000-square-foot facility with a sex therapist, physical therapist and a full clinical research facility where scientists study sexual dysfunction.
About 80 percent of sex addiction cases have sexual abuse or emotional trauma in their backgrounds, said Doug Weiss, therapist and executive director of the Heart to Heart Counseling Center.
"Premarital counseling provides a safe space for couples to discuss their sexual hopes, fears and expectations, " says Ami Bhalodkar, a New York marriage and family therapist.