Sex Therapy Flashcards

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Sexual Dysfunction

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A physiological arousal or performance problem. This requires a MEDICAL referral

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Sexual Disorder

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A psychological arousal or performance problem. This can be treated by a sex therapist

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Spectatoring

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When sexually active, one focuses all mental attention on his or her own sexual behavior (or quality of performing that sexual behavior). This can either be a result of performance anxiety or result in experiencing performance anxiety.

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Coital alignment Technique (CAT)

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An intervention used to increase mutual stimulation through full body contact and variations of the “missonary position” that increases clitoral stimulation (male learns to position and maneuver on top of the woman)

Used to treat Female Orgasmic Disorder

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Sensate Focus

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This is an intervention that allows couples to ease into sex and overcome inhibition by becoming more familiar with one’s body through a series of touch, identifying pleasure responses, and connecting mind and body.

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Squeeze technique

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This intervention is used to work through pre-ejaculation. Prior to the male reaching orgasm, the partner squeezes the penis to disrupt the orgasmic process

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Stop-Start Technique

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To treat pre-ejaculation in men. Preferred source of stimulation would occur until the male reaches premonitory sensation, then stimulation stops. This process is repeated, allowing the male to build greater tolerance for pleasure as well as better control over his body. also build confidence extending the duration of sexual interaction

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Triphastic Sexual Response

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Kaplan included sexual desire, excitement, and orgasm to better explain sexual intercourse.

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Bridge Maneuver

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This intervention calls for the manual stimulation of the female in an effort to produce orgasm involving direct clitoral stimulation during intercourse. This would gradually decrease as treatment progresses and partner can begin to fill that role

Used to treat Female Orgasmic Disorder

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Directed Masturbation Training

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To treat anorgasmic women, this technique helps a woman touch herself, and then her partner, in various ways to trigger her orgasm

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