This case report describes successful partner treatment or, the basis
of behaviour therapy. In this partnership, the male partner presented
with an erectile dysfunction? while the female partner suffered from v
aginismus. During the course of their relationship, which had already
lasted several years, they had been unable to achieve sexual union. in
addition to the life histories of the two patients, the behavioural a
nalysis and the course of the therapy are described in programmatic ap
proach to the treatment of sexual problems is not always possible, and
that a flexible individualised approach may prove useful.