Treatment Outcome of Brief Couple Therapy in Psychogenic Male Erectile Disorder

Treatment outcome was studied in 37 couples who entered brief combined sex and relationship therapy for male erectile disorder in a specialized clinic. Treatment was completed by nearly two thirds of the couples. Significant improvements in target symptoms, questionnaire scores, including the Golombok Rust Inventory of Sexual Satisfaction, and frequency of attempts at sexual activity were recorded. Results suggest that behavioral-systems couple therapy and modified modern sex therapy offer a brief, flexible, and reproducible treatment option for men with psychogenic factors associated with erectile disorder.