Doctor of Psychology in Counseling Psychology Program, Saint Mary's University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.
Department of Psychology, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon, USA.
J Sex Marital Ther. 2023;49(6):700-713. doi: 10.1080/0092623X.2022.2148592. Epub 2022 Nov 21.
The fields of couple therapy and sex therapy have historically been divided, with sex therapists focusing on sexual problems as fuel for relationship distress and couple therapists conceptualizing relationship distress as the root of sexual problems. Various researchers and clinicians have worked to integrate the two worlds by offering strategies for integrating sex therapy interventions into couple therapy, either by providing just the information necessary to address the sexual difficulty or by articulating how to utilize a sex therapy intervention within a specific couple therapy modality. However, limited literature exists that truly integrates sex therapy with specific couple therapies, actively accounting for the theoretical lenses held by both. This paper explores the conceptual fit between Integrative Behavioral Couple Therapy (IBCT; Christensen, Doss, & Jacobson, . Norton Professional Books, 2020) and modern sex therapy. To highlight this fit, we first review IBCT's theory, process, and primary interventions and then summarize the current trends in the field of sex therapy. We outline the conceptual fit between IBCT and modern sex therapy, then provide a pragmatic model for how a therapist might integrate the two in practice, highlighted with a case example.
夫妻治疗和性治疗领域历史上一直是分开的，性治疗师专注于性问题作为关系困扰的根源，而夫妻治疗师则将关系困扰概念化为性问题的根源。各种研究人员和临床医生通过提供将性治疗干预措施融入夫妻治疗的策略来努力将这两个世界整合在一起，这些策略要么提供解决性困难所需的信息，要么阐明如何在特定的夫妻治疗模式中利用性治疗干预措施。然而，真正将性治疗与特定的夫妻治疗相结合的文献有限，积极考虑了两者的理论视角。本文探讨了综合行为夫妻治疗（IBCT；Christensen、Doss 和 Jacobson，2020 年，诺顿专业书籍）与现代性治疗之间的概念契合度。为了突出这种契合度，我们首先回顾了 IBCT 的理论、过程和主要干预措施，然后总结了性治疗领域的当前趋势。我们概述了 IBCT 和现代性治疗之间的概念契合度，然后提供了一个实用的模型，说明治疗师如何在实践中整合这两者，并通过一个案例示例加以强调。
