The concept of sexual narcissism by Silvana Gasar

“…David Farley Hurlbert, a marriage and sex therapist in Belton, Texas, and Carol Apt, a therapist in private practice in Lexington, Kentucky, developed the concept of sexual narcissism after they studied the characteristics of nonalcoholic abusive males. …”
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Sex Massage Therapy at Spa: A New Form of Prostitution by Wiryawan I Wayan Gde, Bunga Dewi

“…Lack of law enforcement because many women who want to work as a sex therapist and men who want sex services, while according to Article 296 and 506 of the Penal Code they can not be punished. …”
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Biopsychosocial Management of Female Sexual Dysfunction: A Pilot Study of Patient Perceptions From 2 Multi-Disciplinary Clinics by Jordan Rullo, PhD, LP, Stephanie S. Faubion, MD, FACP, NCPM, IF, Rose Hartzell, PhD, EdS, LMFT, Sue Goldstein, BA, CCRC, CSE, IF, Deborah Cohen, PT, MS, CSCS, COMT, WCS, Karla Frohmader, PhD, Ashley G. Winter, MD, Kristin Mara, MS, Darrell Schroeder, MSc, Irwin Goldstein, MD, IF

“…A multi-disciplinary team may consist of a medical provider, pelvic floor physical therapist, and sex therapist. Aim: The aim was to explore the patient perceptions of benefit from management of their sexual dysfunction by a biopsychosocial multi-disciplinary team. …”
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Experience of Primary Care Nurses of Sexuality Care for Persons with Disabilities: A Qualitative Study by Karim El-Marbouhe-El-Faqyr, María del Mar Jiménez-Lasserrotte, Isabel María Fernández-Medina, Cayetano Fernández-Sola, José Manuel Hernández-Padilla, Laura Helena Antequera-Raynal

“…Sex counselling is essential to promote autonomy, with the figure of the sex therapist emerging for this purpose.…”
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Successful Multidisciplinary Management of Foot Pain With Orgasm: A Case Report by Kelly Meddings, DPhty, BBiomedSc, Carolin Klein, PhD, Stacy Elliott, MD

“…Methods: A 34-year-old cis-female presented to a Physiotherapist, Sexual Medicine Physician, and Sex Therapist with a rare case of new insidious onset right foot pain with orgasm. …”
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Psychosexual Symptoms and Treatment of Peyronie's Disease Within a Collaborative Care Model by Rose Hartzell, PhD, EdS, CHES, LMFT

“…Conclusions: Men with PD are more likely now than in the past to see both a sexual medicine physician and a mental health practitioner or sex therapist, and the integration of assessments and treatment planning is essential for optimal patient outcomes. …”
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Patients’ and relatives’ perspectives on best possible care in the context of developing a multidisciplinary center for endometriosis and adenomyosis: findings from a national surv... by Marianne Omtvedt, Elisabeth Bean, Kirsten Hald, Elisabeth Raasholm Larby, Guri B. Majak, Tina Tellum

“…Multidisciplinary care was a key issue for the majority, with (n = 775) 89% stating a need for a consultation with a psychologist, (n = 744) 86% at least one consultation with a nutritionist, (n = 733) 85% a physiotherapist, and (n = 676) 78% needing a sex therapist and (n = 935) 99,7% consider research and (n = 934) 99,8% consider quality assurance initiated by the endometriosis center to be important. …”
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Women and Men’s Perspectives on the Factors Related to Women’s Dyadic Sexual Desire, and on the Treatment of Hypoactive Sexual Desire Disorder by Enav Friedmann, Julie Cwikel

“…Women more than men endorsed psychological help such as a sex therapist or psychologist as a more appropriate treatment for HSDD, while both men and women viewed the internet as a reasonable way to gain treatment information. …”
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Strategies to meet marital intimacy needs in women infected with coronavirus 2019: A framework qualitative content analysis research by Tahmineh Farajkhoda, Mahmood Kamali Zarch, Saeedeh Najafihedeshi

“…Materials and Methods: Framework qualitative content analysis was conducted through participation of 13 key informants (sex therapist, couple therapist, psychologist, and midwifery counselor) and 18 infected women from Yazd, Iran in July 2020 who were selected purposefully and interviewed through the semi-structured in-depth interviews. …”
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Neurosensory Re-education following Gender-affirming Phalloplasty: A Novel Treatment Protocol by Blair R. Peters, MD, Alvin A. Annen, MD, Jens U. Berli, MD, Sandra Gallagher, PT, Caitlin Smigelski, PT, Lorna H. Kahn, PT, Hales E. Skelton, BA

“…This neurosensory re-education protocol was constructed over four phases by a multi-disciplinary team (phalloplasty/peripheral nerve surgeon, reconstructive urologist, pelvic floor physiotherapists, nerve therapist, sex therapist, sexual medicine physician) and individuals with lived phalloplasty experience. …”
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Sexual dysfunction: Time for a multidisciplinary approach? by Luigi Cirillo, Giovanni Maria Fusco, Francesco Di Bello, Vincenzo Morgera, Gianluigi Cacace, Ernesto Di Mauro, Francesco Mastrangelo, Lorenzo Romano, Francesco Paolo Calace, Roberto La Rocca, Luigi Napolitano

“…The current paper represents a warning to the experts, with the aim of increasing the awareness of SD among clinicians and to promote the education, training and collaboration with sex therapists, through a multidisciplinary team, that can lead to a holistic approach in SD assessment and treatment. …”
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A review of Vaginismus Treatments by Roghayeh Abdnezhad, Masoumeh Simbar

“…The results of this study showed that cognitive-behavioral therapies, the use of dilators, Botox, sex therapists, and hypnotherapy could successfully treat vaginismus. …”
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Perceived barriers and needs in accessing sexual health services for Iranian couples: A qualitative research by Parisa Samadi, Zahra Alipour, Raziyeh Maasoumi

“…Furthermore, sub-subcategories of “Failure to Prioritize Sexual Matters” and “Lack of sexual awareness” formed the “Individual Challenges of Search for Sexual Health Services” subcategory, and sub-subcategories of “Sexual Problems are a Taboo” and “Lack of awareness of the existence of sex therapists and sexual health service centers” formed “Sociocultural Challenges to Access Sexual Health Services” subcategory. …”
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Marriage and Sexuality from a Psychiatric Point of View by Ali Bozkurt, Mehmet Ak, Murat Gulsun

“…Sexual dysfunction may be handled as if it is only a symptom being based on the decay of marital relationship in the content of therapy, and sexual dysfunction may be neglected by family and marriage therapists from time to time. Contrarily, sex therapists may show the tendency to handle the problem in aspect of only sexuality. …”
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A Survey on the Experience of Singaporean Trainees in Obstetrics/Gynecology and Family Medicine of Sexual Problems and Views on Training in Sexual Medicine by Zhongwei Huang, MBBS, PhD(Oxon), MRCOG, M Med, FAMS, Derek Shangxian Choong, MBBS, M Med, Adaikan P. Ganesan, PhD, Susan Logan, MBChB, MFSRH, MD, FRCOG

“…Most would refer these patients directly to specialists, psychologists, and sex therapists. More than 80% of residents were not confident in managing sexual problems in either sex (89% for male problems; 83% for female problems). …”
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