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Mrs. ZA, who is 27 years old, came to the University of Tehran Clinic because of suffering sexual impulses and conflicts that were, she believed, caused by masturbation. ZA got married three years ago with the expectation that marriage would get her rid of the need to masturbate.
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. In Islamic law, any kind of sexual self stimulation is considered as forbidden masturbation.
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The quitting a strong desire which started when she was five years old, is an example of a complete repression which the “Ego” uses against the demands of the “Superego”; a mechanism which although has seemingly satisfied the needs of the Superego but was not able to soothe the Id and as a result the Id insistently lingers on in forms of sexual behavior during sleep. This excessive repression is one of the symptoms of the weakness of the “Ego”, which provides the ground for this disorder. Turning this weakness into the “Ego” strength for managing the needs and demands of the Id and the Superego is the main objective of the PTC model of treatment.
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Education is by no means a part of the PTC treatment. Here we are talking about sexual issues and, as is the case in sex therapy, sexual education becomes essential because educational and cultural issues are a necessity here.
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Besharat, M.A. (2023). Client #6 (Female, 27 Years Old, Married). In: Paradoxical Psychotherapy: A Practitioner’s Guide. University of Tehran Science and Humanities Series. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-27717-7_8
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