Sex Therapy · Behavioral
Sensate Focus — Stages 1–3 Log
Masters & Johnson's foundational protocol
Masters & Johnson's sensate focus — the foundational sex-therapy protocol. Removes the goal of arousal and orgasm so the nervous system can un-learn performance pressure. Move through stages only when Stage 1 feels genuinely low-stakes.
Stage 1 — non-genital touch, giver / receiver, no goal beyond noticing
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Length
What you noticed in your body
Anxiety 0–10
Stage 2 — include genital / breast touch, still no arousal goal
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Length
What was different from Stage 1
Anxiety 0–10
Stage 3 — mutual touch, arousal welcomed but not required
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Length
Notes
Anxiety 0–10
The rule that changes everything
No intercourse, no orgasm as a goal, for the duration of the protocol. Breaking the rule restarts the anxious loop the protocol exists to interrupt.