---
title: "About Paul Nelson, LMHC | FrankTalk Therapy"
url: https://franktalktherapy.com/about
description: "Paul R. Nelson, LMHC, CSE: licensed mental health counselor, AASECT Certified Sexuality Educator, and president of the Erectile Dysfunction Foundation."
lang: en
---

# About Paul R. Nelson, LMHC, CSE

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The story

## Why FrankTalk exists.

At 46, I was diagnosed with prostate cancer. The surgery saved my life. What nobody prepared me for was everything that came after. The sexual side effects, the identity questions, the silence from the same medical system that had just handed me a clean scan. I went looking for honest, non-commercial resources for men in the same spot. There weren't any.

So in 2008 I built one. FrankTalk.org started as a place where men could talk plainly about erectile dysfunction, recovery, and the parts of male sexual health the culture would rather not touch. It grew into the largest online community for men with ED, with thousands of members, no gatekeeping, no sales pitch.

That community made the next step obvious. The Erectile Dysfunction Foundation was created to carry the work further, and I serve as its president. This practice, FrankTalk Therapy, is the private, one-on-one side of the same mission: give men a real place to be honest, get better tools, and stop carrying it alone.

Credentials

## Trained, licensed, and in the work.

LMHC

### Licensed Mental Health Counselor

Licensed to provide psychotherapy, and trained to work with the whole person, not just a symptom.

CSE

### AASECT Certified Sexuality Educator

Certified by the American Association of Sexuality Educators, Counselors and Therapists, the field's leading credentialing body.

EDF

### President, Erectile Dysfunction Foundation

Leads the nonprofit that grew out of FrankTalk, advocating for honest information and better care for men with ED.

As featured in

## Cited by outlets that cover this seriously.

- ABC News
- BBC
- The New York Times
- The Guardian
- Chicago Tribune
- South China Morning Post

Paul's work on the FrankTalk community was analyzed in the Journal of Sexual Medicine.

Get Started

## Ready to talk frankly?

Book a 50-minute session with Paul that's direct, confidential, and built for how men actually show up.

Talk to Paul (https://franktalktherapy.com/contact)

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