The Integrative Approach of the WPA model

A special attention is paid to the relationship with a client that in any case has to be non-judgemental and empathetic where the focus of the dialogue has to be considered in an integrative manner  and comprehensive of: 1. Medical aspects. 2. Psychological (intrapsychic and relational) aspects, 3. Social, cultural and ethnic variables particularly important in those countries where sexuality can have a negative connotation. Physicians and psychologists should be able to talk about sex with their patients but there is often a lack of good professional training regarding the specific field of sexology. “Sexual disorders are multifactorial in their origin”(Sadock,2000) and we need not only a nosological or a differential diagnosis of the problem but to really understand the person we meet both in the body and in the mind. A team of specialists working together can provide information for treatment planning and contemporary select a combination of stategies from the estensive array of techniques tailoring them on the individual or couple presenting a sexual dysfunction.