title: Strategies and techniques for the treatment of inhibited sexual desire.
abstract: This paper, based on a clinical sample of 20 couples and 10 males without partners, presents a cognitive-behavioral model for conceptualizing and treating inhibited sexual desire. Tentative hypotheses and observations are made including: 1) there is a better prognosis if the desire dysfunction is not complicated by any other dysfunction; 2) females have a better prognosis than males; 3) it is crucial to break the self-defeating cycle of negative anticipation, aversive experience and avoidance; 4) therapeutic focus should be on quality and satisfaction of the broadly defined sexual relationship rather than the performance goal of intercourse frequency.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001521:Behavior Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D003071:Cognition; D005201:Fantasy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007266:Inhibition, Psychological; D007989:Libido; D008297:Male; D008393:Marriage; D008875:Middle Aged; D011379:Prognosis; D012649:Self Concept; D020018:Sexual Dysfunctions, Psychological / Q000628:therapy*