In Australia, one sexual therapist has devised a two-week sexual therapy programme of daily ‘sexual experiences and exercises’ which has helped many couples who have sexual dysfunctions. The couple have to agree to set aside at least 30 minutes each day to carry out the exercises. They have to agree to follow the instructions exactly, even if this may make one or other shy and perhaps uncomfortable. If that occurs, the person who is uncomfortable has to agree to tell his or her partner and to talk it over the next day with the therapist. The couple have to agree to be honest with each other and neither to cheat nor to take short cuts. If one or other gets irritated about an apparent lack of progress, he or she has to agree to talk about it, rather than to ‘bottle it up inside’. The exercises are done at home and, before they are started, the atmosphere must be right. The room should be warm, the lights soft, and, if the couple like background music, they should start the cassette- or record-player. A bottle of perfumed skin oil will also help as many of the exercises involve touch.
The exercises are in two parts. For the first three days neither partner is allowed to touch the other’s especially erotic zones – the genitals, breasts, and nipples. Only on the fourth day does the genital area become the focus of attention. Then either partner can fondle, play with, and pleasure the other’s genitals, but sexual intercourse is prohibited until the second week.
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