title: Strategies and techniques for revitalizing a nonsexual marriage.
abstract: If one adopts an arbitrary criterion of being sexual less than 10 times a year, approximately 20% of married couples have a nonsexual relationship. This is a major mental health problem that poses a threat to marital satisfaction and viability. The strategy in confronting a nonsexual marriage is to treat it as a couple issue. The prescription for change is to take personal responsibility for sexuality, rebuild intimacy, reintroduce nondemand pleasuring, and add erotic stimulation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, American University, Washington, DC 20016-8062, USA.
authors.forename: B W
authors.initials: BW
authors.lastname: McCarthy
mesh_terms: D015928:Cognitive Behavioral Therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008388:Marital Therapy; D008393:Marriage / Q000523:psychology*; D010549:Personal Satisfaction; D012735:Sexual Dysfunction, Physiological / Q000628:therapy*