Why sexology?

After completing my master's degree in clinical psychology, I kept feeling the need to deepen my knowledge in the field of sex, sexuality and gender identity. I searched all over Romania for master's programs, trainings, courses or workshops. Eventually I found advanced training in sex therapy and sexology.

After looking at the topics included in this training, I found it very interesting and became quite curious to learn more. Without hesitation I decided to sign up and gladly I did.

Before the first date I had few emotions, and on the first date my anxiety skyrocketed when I saw what kind of colleagues I would have. A psychologist with 20 years of experience, a psychiatrist of 50 years, a psychotherapist with 3 psychological trainings and many other specialists. I was sitting there thinking "why did I put myself in this position, what am I doing here, how can I escape?".

After a year, all my colleagues were invited to a sexology workshop during the summer. We had lots of homework, activities, practice, patients and role plays. At the end of the workshop, each colleague received a feedback and then the teacher declared  the best three colleagues from his professional point of view. On the 3rd place was a psychotherapist with over 20 years of rich experience, on the 2nd place was a 50-year-old clinical psychologist, and on the first place, he said: "the one who surprised me the most today is Rawi, he is in first place among all and I congratulate him!". I was speechless, I thought it was a joke, but the sound of applause was my confirmation. At that moment I felt the greatest joy and I was so happy and proud of myself and of my abilities.

I wanted to learn about sexual dysfunctions from a professional perspective, which is why I wanted to study sexology and sex therapy. I found out that most of my friends were having a lot of sexual issues. We almost always end up talking about sex and sexuality at get-togethers with friends or on Friday night hangouts with coworkers. Although it's a topic of great importance, there isn't much open, honest, and concrete discussion about sexuality. This was the driving force behind my desire to continue studying this subject in greater depth.