Structural couple therapy in the treatment of inhibited sexual drive

Fish, Linda Stone; Busby, Dean M.; Killian, Kyle D.

doi:10.1080/01926189408251305

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“…sexual exchanges between intimates have a symbolic significance which transcends the literal meanings of the sexual acts themselves" (Bagarozzi, 1987, p. 283). Furthermore, Fish, Busby, and Killian (1994) and Fish, Fish, and Sprenkle (1984) discuss the use of structural couple therapy to treat inhibited sexual desire, but their approaches differ from the approach discussed in this article in that theirs deal explicitly with the desire problem and the couple is the unit of treatment. Moreover, the authors do not discuss the theoretical implications of how family structure (specifically regarding families with children) may affect sexual desire.…”

Section: Problems Of Sexual Desire and Intimacymentioning

confidence: 95%

Enhancing Sexual Desire and Intimacy via the Metaphor of a Problem Child: Utilizing Structural-Strategic Family Therapy

Young

Negash

Long

2009

Journal of Sex & Marital Therapy

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This article explores structural-strategic family therapy as a treatment modality for couples with problems of intimacy and sexual desire. Parents whose presenting problem involves a child with problematic behavior may also struggle with problems in their intimate relationship. Instead of speaking to these problems directly, however, the couple may communicate about their intimate problems via the metaphor of their "problem" child. Structural-strategic family therapy can then be utilized to strengthen the parental subsystem by establishing a parenting team, which in turn nourishes the partner subsystem. Success is then measured not only by improvements in the child's behavior, but also by the enhancement of intimacy and sexual desire between partners.

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Section: Problems Of Sexual Desire and Intimacymentioning

confidence: 95%