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Abstract

The author focus on the concepts of sexual therapy and psychotherapy. He calls as sexual therapy a variety of techniques that aim to improve the quality of the interpersonal relationships of a sexual nature. These techniques include the use of drugs (pharmacotherapy) and physiotherapy as well as surgical procedures and several models of sexual psychotherapy. Thus the sexual psychotherapy is part of the set of proceedings (processes) to be used in the treatment of sexual inadequacies. In this article the author describes the sexual therapy techniques used in female sexual therapy which are different from psychotherapy techniques. After a brief historical introduction the author presents the basis of sexual pharmacology, the surgical techniques used in sexual inadequacies and the use of physiotherapy techniques in this kind of treatment. The author concludes calling attention to the fact that the human sexuality is a bio-psycho-social complex.