Lets Play Sex therapist! pg 343 help John (p. 336) or Jane (p. 337)

Question 1

Steps of Sex therapy (8)

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Answer 1

1. Assessment and conceptualization of the problem
2. Mutual responsibility
3. Education about sexuality
4. Attitude Change
5. Elimination of performance anxiety and the spectator role
6. Increasing sexual and general communication skills
7. Changing destructive lifestyles and marital interactions
8. Addressing physical and medical factors

Question 2

Using Steps 1-8 on page 343 (But starting with Step 8!) help Jane (p. 337). What might be her issue and what might be helpful for her.

Answer 2

• Married for 3 years
• Faked orgasms
• Raised in strict religious family/
• Never witnessed parents being affectionate towards each other
• Received no sex ed at home
• Mother told her she must never kiss a boy or let one touch her
• They were loving but strict

Question 3

Using Steps 1-8 on page 343 (But starting with Step 8!) help John (p. 336). What might be his issue and what might be helpful for him?

Answer 3

• 38, married for 9 years
• Inability to ejactulate during intercourse
• Initially wife had trouble reaching orgasm until he learned to delay his ejaculation for a long period of time by smoking weed and mental distraction
• After only child he found he lost his erection before he could ejaculate
• The harder he tried the more difficulty he experienced
• Increasing performance anxiety with each failure