If you feel less interested in sex than your partner, you are not alone. In heterosexual relationships, mismatched sexual desire is one of the most common presenting problems in sex therapy. Women’s sexual desires change often, especially as they approach menopause. They may feel disinterested in intimacy, rarely engage in sexual fantasies, or never think about having sexual intercourse. Low libido issues in women are not uncommon, but if left untreated, it can create barriers in your life and affect your relationships. Talking with a sex therapist can help you discover why you have a low desire for sex. 

Sexual desire is based on several emotional, physical, and psychological factors. If one of these factors is disrupted regularly, women may experience low sexual desire.

• Physical issues - Painful intercourse, medications, surgery, and fatigue can trigger low libido in women.
• Hormonal imbalance - Pregnancy, menopause, breastfeeding, or other hormonal imbalances will leave women disinterested in sex.
• Psychological factors - Anxiety, stress, finances, body image, low self-esteem, or past abuse in any form can prevent women from enjoying sex.
• Relationship connections - Trust issues, unresolved conflicts, and poor communication can affect your sex life. 

Although low sexual desire is a common issue in women, there is hope for recovery. Whether women struggle with body image, trust issues, mental health conditions, physical illness, or something else, sex therapy can help them recover. Talking about private, intimate struggles with a qualified sex therapist can help increase sexual desire and strengthen relationships. Women often see sexual desire as a mysterious experience they have to find, when sexual desire is actually the outcome of a lot of different aspects of mental, sexual, physical, and relational health functioning well. Once a woman understands what is causing low sexual desire, it can be treated quite effectively.