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Dr. Metz shares the elements that contribute to a sexually happy couple.
Dr. Metz:
Well the best research we have about what contributes to a sexually happy couple is a happy relationship, and happy is one of those difficult words but it means that the relationship is one that we talk about where the partners are intimate friends, they are colleagues, they are cooperative. So they got a general marital relationship or general relationship that then is the context for a fairly happy sexual relationship.
There are studies that say that a happy general couple have more quality of sex, more frequency of sex and so it’s always kind of an issue from a research standpoint, what’s the chicken and what’s the egg. For sex to be intimate, emotionally as well as physically, in a destructive relationship, most of us realize that that don’t make a lot of sense.
But when there’s a good quality general relationship, where conflict is dealt with as opportunities to get closer and learn more about each other rather than an alienation, or in a relationship where there is emotional understanding and empathy not complaining and fixing each other, that that creates a relationship where sexuality can really blossom and be more comfortable, safer, more intimate, even more playful.
About Dr. Michael Metz, Ph.D.:
Dr. Michael Metz is a licensed psychologist, marital therapist, sex therapist, author, and frequent speaker. Dr. Metz specializes in working with couples and individuals at his private clinical practice in St. Paul, Minnesota and has helped thousands throughout his career.
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