Inhibited Sexual Desire
Alternate Names : Hypoactive Sexual Desire, Sexual Apathy, Sexual Aversion
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Inhibited Sexual Desire Treatment
Treatment must be individualized to the factors that may be inhibiting sexual interest. Often, there may be several such factors.
Some couples will need relationship enhancement work or marital therapy prior to focusing directly on enhancing sexual activity. Some couples will need to be taught skills in conflict resolution and be helped to work through differences in nonsexual areas.
Communication training in talking on a feeling level, showing empathic understanding, resolving differences in a manner that reflects sensitivity and respect for the feelings of both parties, learning how to express anger constructively, and reserving time for couple activities, affection and talking all tend to encourage sexual desire.
Many couples will also need direct focus on the sexual relationship wherein through education and couple assignments they expand the variety and time devoted to sexual activity. Some couples will also need to focus on how they may sexually approach their partner in more interesting and desirable ways, and in how to more gently and tactfully decline a sexual invitation.
When problems with sexual arousal or performance are factors in decreasing libido, these sexual dysfunctions will need to be directly addressed.
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