Sensate focus, the Glossary

Table of Contents

1. 21 relations: Anxiety, Breast, Conversation, Emotion, Erectile dysfunction, Experience, Hair, Hug, Human body, Human mouth, Human skin, Kiss, Masters and Johnson, Mindfulness, Orgasm, Perception, Physical intimacy, Sense, Sex therapy, Sexual intercourse, Somatosensory system.

2. Sex therapy

Anxiety

Anxiety is an emotion which is characterised by an unpleasant state of inner turmoil and includes feelings of dread over anticipated events.

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Breast

The breast is one of two prominences located on the upper ventral region of the torso among humans and other primates.

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Conversation

Conversation is interactive communication between two or more people.

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Emotion

Emotions are physical and mental states brought on by neurophysiological changes, variously associated with thoughts, feelings, behavioral responses, and a degree of pleasure or displeasure.

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Erectile dysfunction

Erectile dysfunction (ED), also referred to as impotence, is a form of sexual dysfunction in males characterized by the persistent or recurring inability to achieve or maintain a penile erection with sufficient rigidity and duration for satisfactory sexual activity.

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Experience

Experience refers to conscious events in general, more specifically to perceptions, or to the practical knowledge and familiarity that is produced by these processes.

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Hair

Hair is a protein filament that grows from follicles found in the dermis.

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Hug

A hug is a form of endearment, found in virtually all human communities, in which two or more people put their arms around the neck, back, under the arm-pits or waists of one another and hold each other closely.

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Human body

The human body is the entire structure of a human being.

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Human mouth

In human anatomy, the mouth is the first portion of the alimentary canal that receives food and produces saliva.

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Human skin

The human skin is the outer covering of the body and is the largest organ of the integumentary system.

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Kiss

A kiss is the touch or pressing of one's lips against another person or an object.

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Masters and Johnson

The Masters and Johnson research team, composed of William H. Masters and Virginia E. Johnson, pioneered research into the nature of human sexual response and the diagnosis and treatment of sexual disorders and dysfunctions from 1957 until the 1990s.

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Mindfulness

Mindfulness is the cognitive skill, usually developed through meditation, of sustaining meta-attention on the contents of one's own mind in the present moment.

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Orgasm

Orgasm (from Greek ὀργασμός,; "excitement, swelling") or sexual climax (or simply climax) is the sudden discharge of accumulated sexual excitement during the sexual response cycle, resulting in rhythmic, involuntary muscular contractions in the pelvic region characterized by sexual pleasure.

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Perception

Perception is the organization, identification, and interpretation of sensory information in order to represent and understand the presented information or environment.

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Physical intimacy

Physical intimacy is sensuous proximity or touching.

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Sense

A sense is a biological system used by an organism for sensation, the process of gathering information about the surroundings through the detection of stimuli.

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Sex therapy

Sex therapy is a therapeutic strategy for the improvement of sexual function and treatment of sexual dysfunction.

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Sexual intercourse

Sexual intercourse (also coitus or copulation) is a sexual activity involving the insertion and thrusting of the male penis inside the female vagina for sexual pleasure, reproduction, or both.

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Somatosensory system

The somatosensory system is a subset of the sensory nervous system responsible for the perception of touch.

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See also

Sex therapy

• American Association of Sexuality Educators, Counselors and Therapists
• Center for Healthy Sex
• Certified sex therapist
• International Institute for Trauma and Addiction Professionals
• List of sex therapists
• New Directions in Sex Therapy
• PLISSIT model
• Private Practices: The Story of a Sex Surrogate
• Sensate focus
• Sex therapists
• Sex therapy
• Surrogate partner
• Tantra massage
• The Wiley Handbook for Sex Therapy
• William Granzig

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sensate_focus

Also known as Sensate focus exercises, Sensate focusing.