The current state and practice of Sex and Marital Therapy in China and Hong Kong will be reviewed. The following dogmas or beliefs in affecting sex and marital therapy in the Chinese culture will be discussed or challenged. Ways of adapting to the challenges will be presented and suggested basing on the authors’ clinical experience and research findings. a. There are more males than female presenters. b. Problems from traditional sexual and marital beliefs: i. Semen conservation theory ii. Marital system iii. Male dominance and patriarchy iv. Social harmony versus individualism v. Chinese traditional therapies vi. Nuclear versus extended families vii. The oral and somatization tendency viii. Authority dependency and shame orientation ix. Penile and fertility worship.
Conflict of Interest: None disclosed
Financial Support/Funding: None disclosed
Recorded: Sydney, Australia, April 2007
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