Fourth, unless your therapist is a licensed physician wishing to conduct a physical examination, you should not expect to be asked to disrobe in the presence of your therapist. Sexual contact between client and therapist is considered unethical and is destructive to be therapeutic relationship. Neither should you expect to be required to perform sexually with your partner in the presence of your therapist. Overt sexual activities just should not occur in your therapist's presence, even though the talk, material and the assignments must, by the nature of the problem, be specially sexual and at times blunt and explicit. Finally, you should feel that you are heard and adequately represented in your sexual therapy.
Sex therapy is a new, dynamic approach to very real human problems.
It is based on the assumptions that sex is good, that relationships should be meaningful and that interpersonal intimacy is a desirable goal. Sex therapy is by its nature a very sensitive treatment modality and by necessity must include respect for the client's values.