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Integrating Sex and Couples Therapy: A Multifaceted Case History
Author(s) -
SHOSHANA BULOW LCSW
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
family process
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.011
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1545-5300
pISSN - 0014-7370
DOI - 10.1111/j.1545-5300.2009.01289.x
Subject(s) - sex therapy , family therapy , psychotherapist , psychology , human sexuality , psychological intervention , postmodernism , value (mathematics) , developmental psychology , psychoanalysis , sociology , epistemology , gender studies , psychiatry , sexual dysfunction , computer science , philosophy , machine learning
Traditionally, sexuality has not been a focus in couples therapy training, research, or practice, although it is an important, often complex issue for many couples. This article tells the story of a couple presenting for sex therapy due to their unconsummated marriage, and is told to exemplify how sex therapy and couples therapy can be integrated in order to best meet the needs of couples. As the story unfolds, the multilayered facets of the presenting issue are revealed. The therapy incorporates and weaves together family of origin history, intrapsychic and cognitive issues, relational dynamics, patterns of interaction, and physiological/medical concerns into a postmodern couples therapy with behavioral interventions. This combined approach recognizes the value of each method on its own and their greater usefulness when blended together.