Sexual and relationship therapy is an important clinical discipline, which requires specific training. It is far more than an extension of general counseling. Practices that do not have such a therapist available ‘inhouse’ will have to refer appropriate individuals or couple to an accredited sexual and relationship therapist.
Sexual and relationship therapy may be considered a specialized branch of psychotherapy. It usually involves the use of cognitive behavioral techniques aimed at the relief of the individual’s (or couple’s) sexual dysfunction, involving sex education and the practice of sexual and communication tasks as a part of the treatment process, with regular feedback sessions with the therapist. Read the rest of this entry »

ED is frequently described by its presumed etiology; for example, ‘vasculogenic’, ‘diabetogenic’, and’psychogenic’. Thesedescrip’ tions can be very misleading and it is better always to think of ED as a health problem with multifactorial etiology. This is illustrated in the following two examples.
Originally, psychological factors were considered to be the most common cause of ED. However, it is now apparent that psychological factors alone account for a minority of cases of ED, particularly in older men. It is far more common for psychological and organic factors to co-exist. Read the rest of this entry »