Porn & Intimacy, is there a Connection?

Kate Chorley
Sep 4, 2018 · 8 min read

Melissa*, a client in my counselling practice, stated sheepishly that she had a problem with her husband watching porn.

“I don’t know what’s wrong with me but when my husband watches porn it makes me feel like I’m not good enough…

She was almost apologetic that she was bringing this to the session — “I know most men do it, so I don’t know why I have a problem with it….” Her sentence trailed off into that familiar grey zone where people question their feelings based on what is expected of them in regards to what is considered ‘a normal…

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