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sex therapy
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sex therapy, treatment of sexual disorders and dysfunction, including impotence impotence (im`pətəns), inhibited sexual excitement in a man during sexual activity that, despite an unaffected desire for sex,
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, orgasmic dysfunction, vaginismus (spasm of the muscles of the vagina), premature ejaculation, and lack of sexual responsiveness, not caused by a physical problem. Pioneered by Masters and Johnson William Howell Masters, 1915–2001, b. Cleveland, and the psychologist

Virginia Eshelman Johnson, 1925–, b. Springfield, Mo. Authors of Human Sexual Response (1966), Human Sexual Inadequacy (1970), The Pleasure Bond (1975),
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 in the early 1970s, sex therapy is based on the premise that sexual behavior is learned and that problems can be alleviated through sex education, sensitization exercises, and improved communication between sexual partners. Treatment is generally short-term and focused on the sexual problem, although in some cases sex therapists also address underlying problems in the relationship. It is most successful when it includes the patient's sexual partner.


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It follows six young New Yorkers: the aforementioned gay male couple and their young partner in crime; another young man who lives across the street from the couple and often spies them having sex; a dominatrix whose primary human interaction occurs with her clients; and a sex therapist who's never had an orgasm.
Therapists need to be prepared to help clients deal with sexual concerns even if they are not sex therapists.
Sex therapist Westheimer discusses romance and passion as well as these changes, providing a focus on how passion can be retained through the years.
 
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