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Research Abstracts

2026 IAPST Annual International Symposium on Sex Therapy

Understanding Early Sexual Feelings and Digital Sexual Development in Youth Who Experience Minor Attraction

Caleb Jacobson (Germany)

Nine Types of Desire: Clinical and Empirical Perspectives on Use of the Enneagram in Psychosexual Therapy

Sam E. Greenberg (United States) and Lyndsey Fraser (United States)

On the Evaluation of sex acts in Shi'a Islamic Theology and Jurisprudence

Donja Hodaie (Germany)

Uncertainty, Autonomy, and the Regulation of Chemsex: A Cultural Psycholegal Perspective

Bryson Kelpe (Germany)

Exploring the Effects of Chronic Wartime Stress on Sexuality and Relationships in Israel

Talli Yehuda Rosenbaum (Israel)

Black Women and Sexual Liberation: Breaking the ‘Strong Black Woman’ Narrative. An American Perspective

LaTanya E. Jones

Race, Trauma, and the Erotic: A Black Therapist’s Framework for Working with Interracial Couples

Robert Hudson (United Kingdom)

Culturally Sensitive Treatment Protocol for Vaginismus: A Case Study

Bat Sheva Marcus (United States)

Impact of Labiaplasty in Young Adults: Sexual Function, Body Image and Psychosocial Effects, case study

Wafaa Eltantawy (United Kingdom)

Beyond Cultural Competency: Toward a Culturally Adaptive Model for Psychosexual and Relationship Therapy in Mixed-Race and Interfaith Contexts

Natalie Green (United Kingdom)

Shadow, Symbol, and Sexuality: Integrating Sex Therapy and Art Therapy Through Depth Psychology

Michelle L. Dean (United States)

The Cost of Silence: Academic Freedom and Clinical Integrity in Sex Therapy

Caleb Jacobson, Shoshana Bulow

The Necessity of Sex Therapy for Adolescent ADHDers

Tommy Underhill

Reconstructing Intimacy When Painful Sex Occurs in a relationship: a male support group perspective

Ronnnie Burke

Literature Review of The Prevalence of African-American Women in Psychosexual Research Data

Karen Banks

Bridging Faith, Culture, and Access: A Multidisciplinary Arabic-Language Online Intervention for Vaginismus

Mariam Aziz

Sex Therapy with Neuro-spicy Couples

Lena Fenton

Anti-Oppressive Psychosexual Psychotherapy: Next Steps

Julie Sale

Passion is Possible: Yet Intimacy is Key

Lynn Paige

Oral Sex in Marriage: Dyadic Patterns, Perceptual Alignment, and Culturally Attuned Therapeutic Strategies

Michael Sytsma (United States)

ABDL: Comfort, Kink, or Coping?

Laurie Betito (Canada)

Culturally Responsive Interventions for Sexual Anxiety: Lessons from Working with Muslim Clients

Mariam Aziz (Egypt)

Addressing Religious Trauma with Conventionally Religious Clients

Mark Yarhouse (United States)

Disappointment, confusion and anger in ultra orthodox Jewish marriages

Judi Keshet-Orr (United Kingdom)

From Cultural Competence to Cultural Humility: Indigenous Hawaiian Wisdom in Psychosexual Therapy

Chris Wilhoite (United States)

Training Without Borders: Working Towards International Competency Frameworks for Sex Therapy Training & Practice

Simon Angus Wilson (United Kingdom)

When Western Sex Therapy Crosses Borders: Clinical and Cultural Lessons from Training Romanian Psychosexual Therapists

Vanessa Snyder (USA) and Anda Mogos (Romania)

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