Should “Sensate Focus” Have a Place in Couple Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy?

Sexual and relationship psychotherapist for the past twenty-five years, with a private practice in London. Recently she completed successfully the Doctor of Couple Psychotherapy programme at Tavistock Relationships (TR), having gained an MA in psychoanalysis, attachment, and the couple relationship at TR in 2010. Susan is a registered member of the UK Council for Psychotherapy and an accredited member of the College of Sexual and Relationship Therapists. She is the author of papers on the medicalisation of sex, the impact of pregnancy and childbirth on sexual relationships, circumcision, female genital mutilation, and other aspects of sexuality. She was on the editorial board of the journal Sexual and Relationship Therapy for several years and is a teacher, speaker, and organiser for national and international professional conferences concerned with sexual relationships and sexuality.