Sensate Focus in Sex Therapy

Weiner, Linda; Avery-Clark, Constance

doi:10.4324/9781315630038

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“…7. "Sexual life" measures the level of sexual satisfaction and features sessions on strengthening sexual desire, relieving performance anxiety, and communicating sexual preferences (McCarthy, 2015;Weiner & Avery, 2017). 8.…”

Section: The Icognito "Relationship" Appmentioning

confidence: 99%

Mobile application for couple relationships: Results of a pilot effectiveness study

Troitskaya

Batkhina

2021

Family Process

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Mobile apps in mental health have seen a significant growth in recent years. Most of them are aimed at treating depression, anxiety, and stress disorders using cognitive behavioural therapy methods and relatively few apps are being developed to address interpersonal issues. This study tested the effectiveness of the iCognito Relationship Program, a self‐help application for couple relationships based on the chatbot technology. A between‐group experimental study was conducted in Russia using the bibliotherapy as a control condition (N = 58, female sample), with results showing that, after 2 weeks, iCognito's users had increased satisfaction, tenderness, constructive communication, as well as commitment to the relationship. Also, indicators for relationship self‐efficacy, communicative skills in relationships, and self‐esteem regarding relationship skills had significantly increased, while level of conflicts had decreased. A medium effect size was reported for most indicators. The participants of an experimental group expressed a high level of satisfaction with the technology and a generally positive attitude towards the idea of working with a “virtual psychologist”‐chatbot on their personal issues. Despite the need to reproduce the research results, iCognito program demonstrates that both mobile application and chatbot technologies can be useful for training individuals’ relationship satisfaction and communication skills, and that they can be more efficient in increasing satisfaction and reducing conflict in relationships than self‐help books.

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Section: The Icognito "Relationship" Appmentioning

confidence: 99%

Mobile application for couple relationships: Results of a pilot effectiveness study

Troitskaya

Batkhina

2021

Family Process

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“…Weiner and Avery-Clark (2017), drawing on the original works of Masters and Johnson (1970) and the elaboration by Kaplan (1987), developed an illustrated manual for sensate focus in sex therapy. Weeks and Gambescia (2009) analyzed sensate focus exercises from a systemic perspective, simultaneously addressing sexual and marital/couple issues.…”

Section: Masters and Johnson Institute Approach To Sexual Desire Disomentioning

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“…Weiner and Avery-Clark (2017) ultimately advocated sensate focus as a means by which the clinician is able to focus on a whole person in the context of a changing relationship. Sensate focus overcomes scripts for sexual behavior and expectations that contribute to anxiety, frustration, avoidance, and disinterest.…”

Section: Masters and Johnson Institute Approach To Sexual Desire Disomentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Temperature, pressure, and texture are even more specifically defined as cool or warm, hard or soft (firm or light), and smooth or rough. (Weiner & Avery-Clark, 2017, p. 8)Sensate focus leads each member of the couple to return to the immediate experience of one’s body in the context of closeness to another person. Dr. Masters described the technique as sharing much with the child’s natural tendency to explore the world through the sense of touch.…”

Section: Masters and Johnson Institute Approach To Sexual Desire Disomentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Temperature, pressure, and texture are even more specifically defined as cool or warm, hard or soft (firm or light), and smooth or rough. (Weiner & Avery-Clark, 2017, p. 8)…”

Section: Masters and Johnson Institute Approach To Sexual Desire Disomentioning

confidence: 99%

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