SWREN414R Chapter Notes - Chapter 7: Orgasm
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Maria is able to tell her partner, some of the ways you have of coming on to me are alarming for me. I need you to start slow and talk to me. It is necessary to place problematic sexual responses and patterns in the context of the recurring spirals of negative interaction patterns such as demand-withdraw that continually confirm attachment insecurities: 2. The validation of the need for emotional safety as the essential foundation for sexual openness and responsiveness is a key part of therapy: 3. It is necessary to deescalate negative cycles and create a platform of safety, a preliminary secure base from which to explore and unpack negative cycles of sexual interaction: 4. Enactments are created in stages 2 and 3 of eft where partners, now emotionally accessible and responsive, can directly disclose sexual fears and needs to each other: 7.