EP146 - Sex & Disability

Welcome to episode 146 of the Sexology Podcast! Today I’m excited to welcome Jose Luis Tapia-Fuselier Jr to the podcast. In this episode he speaks to me about sex and disability, the effect a chronic illness or physical disability will have on a person's sex life, and sex tips for individuals and couples.  

 

Jose Luis Tapia-Fuselier Jr. (pronouns: he, him, his) is currently a third-year doctoral student in counseling education and supervision at the University of North Texas. Jose’s research is focused on clinical interventions for interabled couples in couples’ and sex therapy. Specifically, Jose focuses on the adjustment process after one partner acquires a disability. Jose provides individual, couples, play, and family therapy with a special focus in working with disabled people in three languages (English, Spanish, and American Sign Language) at a private practice.  

 

Jose has spent time working with interabled couples at a private rehabilitation setting for people with brain injuries (TBI and Stroke). He has also presented at the national, regional, state, and local level on topics related to counseling disabled clients, interabled couples and sex therapy, and bilingual counseling and supervision. 

 

Questions Asked & Topics Talked About: 

 

• Does having a physical disability change one’s sexuality? Is it possible for individuals with disability to have fulfilling sex lives? 
• How does chronic illness or disability affect couples’ relationship and sexual dynamics? 
• The research that Jose has done in this area  
• Taking a look at the different relationship dynamics  
• How couples can learn to enrich the emotional quality of their relationship after experiencing these changes? 
• Overcoming the challenges people face through therapy  
• What are some of sex tips that you have for these individuals and couples? 

 

Find Jose here:  

JoseTapia@my.unt.edu  

 

Find me on social media: 

https://www.instagram.com/oasis2care 

https://www.facebook.com/oasis2care  

  

Work with me: 

https://oasis2care.com/contact-nazanin-moali-psychologist/ 

 

Extra Content:

 

Bonus episode, Sex & Anorexia Nervosa: https://oasis2care.com/bonus-episode-anorexia-nervosa-sex/ 

Bonus Episode, Sex & OCD: https://oasis2care.com/bonus-episode-ocd-and-sex/ 

Bonus Episode, Sex & Depression: https://oasis2care.com/bonus-depression-sex/  

 

Podcast Produced by Pete Bailey - http://petebailey.net/audio