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Couple Therapy as a Method for Treating Male Exhibitionism: “Flashing”
Author(s) -
Johnson Thomas F.
Publication year - 1977
Publication title -
journal of marital and family therapy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.868
H-Index - 68
eISSN - 1752-0606
pISSN - 0194-472X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1752-0606.1977.tb00482.x
Subject(s) - exhibitionism , narcissism , human sexuality , psychology , psychotherapist , focus (optics) , developmental psychology , medicine , social psychology , sociology , gender studies , physics , optics
The exhibiting of the genitals by males has previously been defined as symptomatic of narcissism and infantile sexuality. Viewed as a developmental anomaly of emotional life, treatment has been focused upon stimulating personal development by working out the problems which have inhibited maturation. Results have been discouraging. As an alternative, defining the problem as symptomatic of disturbances in basic relationships and treating the current central relationships as the focus offers a strong opportunity for inducing satisfactory changes.