Psychotherapy of sexual dysfunction

Sexual dysfunction is a very common problem. The causes of sexual dysfunction can be roughly divided into three categories: biological, psychological and cultural factors. Sexual psychotherapy can effectively treat sexual dysfunction. Let's take a look at the psychotherapy of sexual dysfunction.

1. Sex education

If a person has not received formal anatomical and physiological learning in adolescence, and after adulthood, because the society cannot provide correct information about sexual anatomical and physiological knowledge or has received wrong information, it is easy to produce sexual dysfunction. Sex education is to make patients have a complete and correct concept of the anatomy and physiology of sex through concise and frank conversation, introducing some books about sex knowledge, or with the help of slides, videos, and movies, so that they can eliminate their worries and understand that their sexual function is not the situation they imagined.

Patients with sexual dysfunction due to lack of sexual knowledge may be cured after sex education without other special treatment. However, it should be noted that although sexual knowledge problems are easy to change, the resulting sexual behavior abnormalities can often not be corrected quickly. Other obvious problems (such as marital barriers) found at this stage need to be dealt with separately.

2. Correct sexual attitude

The fear and anxiety of sexual behavior is the main cause of sexual dysfunction. It can reduce sexual desire, lose self-confidence, and directly cause impotence and frigidity. For example, some patients, because of anxiety and fear of failure, always pay attention to whether their methods are correct and their reactions are normal during sexual intercourse, and inadvertently put themselves in the position of "bystander", thus destroying the harmonious and harmonious intimacy of the couple and causing sexual dysfunction.

Sexual dysfunction in turn aggravates anxiety and fear, forming a vicious circle. The treatment at this stage is to correct the patients' incorrect understanding and attitude, and eliminate the anxiety and fear caused by it.

3. Study of sexual technology

One of the reasons for sexual dysfunction is that both sexual partners fail to master the necessary sexual skills. The task of treatment at this stage is to teach patients the necessary sexual skills. Sex technology mainly includes two aspects:

(1) Communication technology. Due to the influence of traditional Chinese culture, couples rarely communicate with each other about many matters related to sex, and their feelings, needs and fears about sex are often avoided or expressed in vague ways, which creates obstacles in this regard. The patient should be told to pay attention to the verbal and nonverbal communication between the husband and wife, avoid the emotions that are not suitable for sexual life, reasonably arrange the number and time of sexual life, pay attention to the sexual requirements and expression methods of the other party, and deepen the mutual understanding between the two parties.

(2) Sexual intercourse techniques. There can be different positions and ways in the process of sexual intercourse, which can be taken in any way that both parties think is appropriate, or transferred from one position to another. The learning of sexual technology is to strengthen the degree of communication between the two sides, eliminate the boredom caused by monotonous and fixed sexual intercourse, and solve the failure of sexual behavior caused by lack of effective technology. The way of learning can be books, videos, slides, movies, etc. The role of a psychologist is to introduce the techniques of sexual intercourse, let both patients choose and practice without interference, and understand the improvement of sexual life.