treatment by counselling, behaviour modification, etc, for psychosexual and physical problems in sexual intercourse
Derived forms
sex therapist
noun
sex therapy in American English
noun
Psychiatry
treatment of sexual disorders that have psychological causes, employing psychiatric counseling, behavior modification, and education
Word origin
[1970–75]This word is first recorded in the period 1970–75. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: Heimlich maneuver, postmodernism, relational database, stress test, urban legend