P0077 - Sexual disfunction treated by using behaviour psychotherapy

Abstract

Fear, together with bad communication between partners, is the most important factor that can change our sexual behaviour and bring about unsuccessful sexual functioning. Today, the most famous and most popular programmes for treating sexual disfunctions with sexual therapy is Masters and Johnson, and it has been in use since 1970. The basic principle is reestablishing communication between partners, both verbal and sexual, by means of education, information, stimulation with the process of systematic desensitization (progressive exposing the patient to more and more demanding sexual tasks).

Sexual behaviour, as well as any other behaviour, is the result of a complex learning system, according to the authors of Learning Theory. Psychosexual disfunctions appear as the consequence of inadequate influence of psychological factors on one of the phases of sexual response. Frigidity, as a psychological disfunction, can occur within the range of complete non-responsiveness to sexual stimulations and situations, to inability of achieving orgasm although the woman is sexually aroused. Disfunction of sexual response can occur at the level of sexual desire, sexual excitement (impotence, frigidity), at the level of orgasm (anorgasmy, retarded ejaculation).

Cognitive Behaviour Therapy

Master and Johnson Method

Overall improvement of sexual behaviour, and successful sexual functioning.

These methods enable a rapid treatment of psychosexual disfunctions without medications, resulting in a hogh success rate.