Zaburzenia seksualne z perspektywy terapii systemowej
Sexual disorders from a systemic therapy perspective

Summary/Abstract: People who establish a relationship, establish a system. The structure of this system is a rather complicated network of mutual relations, connections and sets of schemata of the entire sequence of interactions between its members or – as Minuchin (1974) says – „The invisible network of functional requirements that condition the manner in which family members remain in interaction”. The network consists of a collection of implicit rules which govern the family and marriage transactions. A symptom developed by one of the partners that is a reason for beginning therapy is in fact a way to divide power in the relationship. Differentiation is a personal trait which reveals itself by pertaining a clearly established sense of self in a situation of emotional and physical intimacy. A differentiated person (with a high level of self-differentiation) does not lose a sense of self while being in a relationship. A weakly differentiated person refrains from or avoids the sexual intercourse and displays a weak sexual desire. Weak and strong sexual desire is in fact a position occupied by each of the partners in the system. The partner with a weaker sexual desire is always in control of sex while remaining in power. Personal development, the quest for identity and the increase of differentiation lead to an increased sexual desire. The sexual genogram uses traditional systemic therapy tool to explore issues of sexuality in the structure and belief system of the patient’s family of origin.

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