sex therapy

noun

, Psychiatry.

1. treatment of sexual disorders that have psychological causes, employing psychiatric counseling, behavior modification, and education.

sex therapy

noun

1. treatment by counselling, behaviour modification, etc, for psychosexual and physical problems in sexual intercourse

Derived Forms

• sex therapist, noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of sex therapy¹

First recorded in 1970–75

Example Sentences

Berman, who runs her own sex therapy institute in Chicago, agreed that Westheimer generally skimmed the surface when she addressed the hows and whys of sex.

From Los Angeles Times

The three became friends, and Harris took inspiration from the friendship of the other two as he developed the characters of Gary and Dustin, one of three interracial couples undergoing dubious sex therapy in “Slave Play.”

From New York Times

Barely a decade after landing in America, Mr. Etzioni was famous, writing books and articles far afield from the turgid corners of sociology — provocative commentaries on the nuclear arms race, European security, the Vietnam War, America’s racial and educational problems, energy and inflation policies and popular worries over pornography, student unrest and topics ranging from sex therapy to Hollywood hoopla.

From New York Times

“She is one of the few people to combine training in couples therapy, which is about intimacy and sharing and openness, with sex therapy, which says that creative tension is required for eroticism,” said the couples therapist Terry Real.

From New York Times

“She is one of the few people to combine training in couples therapy, which is about intimacy and sharing and openness, with sex therapy, which says that creative tension is required for eroticism,” said the couples therapist Terry Real.

From New York Times