Helen Singer Kaplan, M.D., Ph.D., was a pioneer in sex therapy and made major and enduring contributions to the field until her untimely death in 1995. Much of her writing and teaching was drawn from records of the more than 7000 cases she treated in her extensive private practice.

• List of Illustrations. Introduction to the Second Edition. Introduction. The Concept of Sex Therapy. Part I: Basic Issues. The nature and Causes of Sexual Dysfunctions. The Sexual Evaluation. Part II: The Sexual Exercises: A. An Erotic Technique Used for Many Dysfunctions. Sensate Focus I - Pleasuring. Sensate Focus II - Genital Pleasuring. B. Erotic Techniques Used for Specific Dysfunctions. Frigidity - Female Sexual Unresponsiveness. Female Orgastic Dysfunction. Vaginismus. Impotence - Erectile Dysfunction. Retarded Ejaculation - Ejaculatory - Overcontrol. Premature Ejaculation - Inadequate Ejaculatory Control. Part III: Conclusions. The Role of Psychodynamics in Sex Therapy.

Helen Singer Kaplan, M.D., Ph.D., was a pioneer in sex therapy and made major and enduring contributions to the field until her untimely death in 1995. Much of her writing and teaching was drawn from records of the more than 7000 cases she treated in her extensive private practice.

• List of Illustrations. Introduction to the Second Edition. Introduction. The Concept of Sex Therapy. Part I: Basic Issues. The nature and Causes of Sexual Dysfunctions. The Sexual Evaluation. Part II: The Sexual Exercises: A. An Erotic Technique Used for Many Dysfunctions. Sensate Focus I - Pleasuring. Sensate Focus II - Genital Pleasuring. B. Erotic Techniques Used for Specific Dysfunctions. Frigidity - Female Sexual Unresponsiveness. Female Orgastic Dysfunction. Vaginismus. Impotence - Erectile Dysfunction. Retarded Ejaculation - Ejaculatory - Overcontrol. Premature Ejaculation - Inadequate Ejaculatory Control. Part III: Conclusions. The Role of Psychodynamics in Sex Therapy.