ABSTRACT
Masters and Johnson (1966; 1970), pioneers in the fi eld of sex therapy, underscored the idea that there is no such thing as an uninvolved partner in the treatment of sexual dysfunctions. Their notion of couples sex therapy, however, was asystemic. In other words, while the partners were in the clinical setting jointly, they together were not considered the unit of treatment. In fact, one partner was viewed as the identifi ed patient while the other partner functioned as a co-therapist facilitating the completion of treatment assignments at home.
