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Sexual Desire Types in Married Couples:
A Facilitated Group Discussion

In preparation for the expert formal discussion, please see the article linked below.

This month’s IAPST (iapst.org) colloquium will focus on Michael Sytsma’s recent article, Sexual Desire Types in Married Couples: Frequencies and Correlates in a US Representative Dyadic Sample (2025). The study explores three distinct types of sexual desire—initiating, receptive, and resistant—and examines how these desire patterns shape marital satisfaction, sexual satisfaction, and sexual frequency in a nationally representative sample of U.S. married couples. The findings highlight the importance of moving beyond traditional “high vs. low desire” frameworks to consider how desire types interact in couples, with particular attention to the challenges posed by resistant desire and the normalization of receptive desire.

Membership with IAPST available at members.iapst.org

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Sexual Desire Types in Married Couples:
A Facilitated Group Discussion

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Presenter: Dr. Caleb Jacobson, PsyD, PhD

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Course Length: 1 Hour

Learning Objectives:

  1. Participants will analyze how different sexual desire types (initiating, receptive, and resistant) impact marital and sexual satisfaction in couples, and apply this understanding to therapeutic assessment and intervention.

This workshop Offers 1 Continuing Education Credits
This webinar is recorded and will not grant live credits.

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In preparation for the expert formal discussion, please see the article linked below.

This month’s IAPST (iapst.org) colloquium will focus on Michael Sytsma’s recent article, Sexual Desire Types in Married Couples: Frequencies and Correlates in a US Representative Dyadic Sample (2025). The study explores three distinct types of sexual desire—initiating, receptive, and resistant—and examines how these desire patterns shape marital satisfaction, sexual satisfaction, and sexual frequency in a nationally representative sample of U.S. married couples. The findings highlight the importance of moving beyond traditional “high vs. low desire” frameworks to consider how desire types interact in couples, with particular attention to the challenges posed by resistant desire and the normalization of receptive desire.

Membership with IAPST available at members.iapst.org

Learning Objectives:

  1. Participants will analyze how different sexual desire types (initiating, receptive, and resistant) impact marital and sexual satisfaction in couples, and apply this understanding to therapeutic assessment and intervention.

Agenda:

1 - 60 Minutes:  Structured formal group discussion let by international renowned Sex Therapy Instructors

This presentation is open to:
  • Social Workers
  • Professional Counselors
  • Therapists
  • Psychologists
  • Licensed Mental Health Practitioners
  • Medical Doctors and Other Health Professionals
  • Other professionals interacting with populations engaged in mental health based services
Course Level: introductory
Level of Clinician: beginner
  • New practitioners who wish to gain enhanced insight surrounding the topic
  • Experienced practitioners who seek to increase and expand fundamental knowledge surrounding the subject matter
  • Advanced practitioners seeking to review concepts and reinforce practice skills and/or access additional consultation
  • Managers seeking to broaden micro and/or macro perspectives

Participants will receive their certificate electronically upon completion of the webinar and course evaluation form.

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  • The American Psychological Association approves the School of Sex Therapy to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. The School of Sex Therapy maintains responsibility for this program and its content.
    The School of Sex Therapy is an approved continued education provider for the International Association of Psychosexual Therapists. The School of Sex Therapy maintains responsibility for this program and its content.
  • CE You! is an approved sponsor of the Maryland Board of Social Work Examiners for continuing education credits for licensed social workers in Maryland.
    CE You! maintains responsibility for this program.
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