PhilosophyAs opposed to the exchange of tenderness, bodily communication through sexuality is a multitude of subconscious and therefore not consciously experienced possibilities to experience intimacy and integrate sexuality into the relationship so that it can develop its salutogenic potential.The Pair DimensionThe “patient notion” of sexual medicine differs from the individual-centered style (doctor-patient relationship) generally accepted in clinical medicine. Most importantly, sexual dysfunctions must be understood from the background of the special situation of the couple: the couple is the patient (doctor-couple relationship). The couples dimension must also be considered in individual sessions, where the partner is not physically, but virtually present. The generally accepted view of the “sick individual” and a dysfunctional organ or function system does not reach the core of the problem and comes too short because it is always a dysfunction within a relationship. This central role of the couple’s dimension (doctor-couples therapy) is unique in medicine and requires that new abilities be learned, especially within the taboo topic of sexuality. The Two Sides of the Physicians Identity: the EXPERT and the AIDIn his specialty, the doctor is the expert, authority and responsible problem-solver. In reference to the couple’s relationship, he is an uninvolved person and an aid, who helps the couple to find their own solutions: the couple heals themselves. This identity needs to be practiced, in particular. |
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