This Article Full Text (PDF) References Alert me when this article is cited Alert me if a correction is posted Services Email this article to a friend Similar articles in this journal Alert me to new issues of the journal Add to Saved Citations Download to citation manager Request Permissions Request Reprints Add to My Marked Citations Citing Articles Citing Articles via Google Scholar Citing Articles via Scopus Google Scholar Articles by Snyder, M. Search for Related Content Social Bookmarking                         What's this?

The Loss and Recovery of Erotic Intimacy in Primary Relationships: Narrative Therapy and Relationship Enhancement Therapy

New Mexico Relationship Enhancement Institute

The erotic and sexual aspects of intimate relationships are embedded in pervasive cultural assumptions. Therapists working with intimate relationships are frequently confronted with issues regarding the loss of erotic intimacy, differences in levels of sexual desire and responsiveness, and the existence of intimate relationships outside the primary one in which erotic intensity is experienced more fully. These issues and others related to erotic intimacy cannot be addressed without having the tools for deconstructing the dominant and pervasive discourses within which these problems exist and are perpetuated. An approach derived from an integration of narrative therapy and relationship enhancement therapy can be helpful to couples in developing a shared understanding of erotic experience that is experientially true for each person. This approach is described in the context of its theoretical rationale, and two case examples are given.

The Family Journal, Vol. 8, No. 1, 37-46 (2000)
DOI: 10.1177/1066480700081006


CiteULike    Complore    Connotea    Del.icio.us    Digg    Reddit    Technorati    Twitter    What's this?