ABSTRACT
This chapter provides a case of a 23-year-old woman who presents with her new husband. He states that they had been dating for 2 years and his girlfriend had expressed a preference to wait to consummate their relationship until after marriage. The woman feels that sexual issue aside, the relationship with her husband is good. She finds her own responses to his displays of affection upsetting as she can understand why he finds it hurtful. She says that she would like to have a sex life, but she finds herself becoming very fearful and sometimes when her husband is being physically affectionate in bed, it makes her feel almost like 'she is being raped', even though he has never forced himself on her, and he always leaves her alone when she makes it clear she does not want sexual contact. She cannot explain this thought and wishes it was not there so that she could relax and enjoy their relationship.
