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Papers

(The median citation count of Sexual and Relationship Therapy is 1. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-06-01 to 2025-06-01.)

Article	Citations
Asking for MORE: a phenomenological exploration of the dyadic coming out process in mixed orientation relationships	22
Associations between daily positive communication and sexual desire and satisfaction: an approach utilizing traditional analyses and machine learning	17
The use of sex toys in trans and nonbinary individuals’ sexuality	16
Curative kink: survivors of early abuse transform trauma through BDSM	16
Found family: connection and community as transgender practitioners and researchers	15
Translation, cross-cultural adaptation, and validation of ENRICH scale for marital satisfaction in Pashto	12
DIADICS: a proof-of-concept study in mixed-sex couples	11
Editorial Introduction: Sexual and Relationship Therapy Best Article of the Year Award 2022	9
Sexual satisfaction and marital intimacy in Iranian male pornography users	9
Impact of Female Genital Self-Image on sexual function and associated risk factors	8
Educational programs and counseling models for improving postpartum sexual health: a narrative review	7
The wife, the mother, and the slut: sexual pleasure for the Filipino woman a grounded theory approach	7
Fair play : a review	7
In their own words: getting it right for kink clients	7
Minority stressors and psychological correlates of sexual distress among Black queer and heterosexual women	7
Sexuality was my antidepressant or anxiolytic during covid19 lockdown. Sexual behaviours as a coping strategy during the first covid-19 lockdown in France	7
Sexuality is not age-related: an interview study	6
The role of partner support in infertility-related quality of life in couples seeking fertility treatment	6
Tantra with a Twist: application of an ancient spiritual practice for modern relational communication	6
Sensate focus: addressing potential preconceived notions of black sexuality	5
The buffering effect of religious belief on the associations between perceived female sexual pain and partner sexual and relationship satisfaction	5
Using spiritual discernment to heal clients wounded by religiously repressive sexual beliefs	4
Tomorrow Sex Will Be Good Again: Women and Desire in the Age of Affirmative Consent Tomorrow Sex Will Be Good Again: Women and Desire in the Age of Affirmative Consent ,	4
Health, depression, and marital processes as they relate to sexual satisfaction and harmonious sexual passion: a biopsychosocial model	4
Correction	4

Minority stress in consensually non-monogamous individuals: mental health implications	4
Needing to be “perfect” to be loved: the intersection of body dysmorphic disorder, sexual identity, and gay culture in gay men. A qualitative study	4
Sexual beliefs and sexual goals are associated with gender, relationship characteristics, and life satisfaction	4
From secrecy to openness: sexual satisfaction in couples from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints	4
Age-hypogamy, emotional intelligence, sexual self-efficacy, and subjective happiness associations	3
Context of pornography consumption and sexual desire in romantic relationships	3
Editorial Introduction	3
Validation of the French sexual mindfulness measure and its links with psychosexual well-being	3
A new avenue to pathologize sexual minority populations? Internalized sexual stigma and endorsement of compulsive sexual behavior disorder	3
The end story of unconsummated marriage by male factors or honeymoon impotence: a systematic review	3
Let’s talk about it: The teen’s guide to sex, relationships, and being a human	3
Editorial introduction	3
Towards a trans inclusive practice: thinking difference differently	3
‘You feel like you’re drifting apart’: a qualitative study of impacts of endometriosis on sex and intimacy amongst heterosexual couples	3
Held back by limited experience, training, and therapeutic confidence: self-perceptions of Czech mental health professionals about addressing paraphilic-related concerns	3
Mechanism of the association between men’s self-perceived attractiveness and sexual interest perception: the mediating paths of positive and negative mating efficacies	3
Relationship between personality traits and emotional schema with loneliness in Iranian people with gender dysphoria: the mediating role of mindfulness	3
Exploring differences in Black heterosexual and queer women’s sexual experiences through a Black queer feminist lens	3
Editorial introduction	3
Deconstructing Europe’s prejudices: a critical media review of transphobia, racism, and identity politics through the lens of Emilia Perez	3
Secrecy and deception: values, shame, and endorsement of hiding one’s pornography viewing	3
Having sex with partners met online among bachelors in China: application of the theory of planned behavior	3
Are sex therapy and God, strange bedfellows? Case studies illuminating the intersection of client sexuality with spirituality, religion, faith or belief practices	3
Re-membering body and spirit through spiritual practices of sexual wholeness	3
Sexual Integration Therapy: a sex-positive sexual health model supporting authentic sexual expression, while addressing sexual compulsivity, shame, fear and trauma	2
Transmission of sexual mores within the orthodox Jewish context and its implications for therapists	2
Gender beliefs and internalized homophobia shape sexual self-labeling and partner choice in gay and bisexual men in China	2
Men’s sexual distress: the role of body image and vulnerable narcissistic traits	2
Assessing and understanding body image and body satisfaction in gay and bisexual men through objectification theory	2
Introduction to special issue on the parenting relationship	2
List of reviewers	2
Advances in theory and new information on the effect of trauma	2
Sexual dysfunction in relationship obsessive compulsive disorder	2
Editorial	2
Female sexual desire and trait-affect: the mediator role of depressed mood	2
Introduction	1
Micro-dosing psychedelics as a plausible adjunct to psychosexual and couple’s therapy: a qualitative insight	1
The relationship between age-gap relationships/dating, sexual function, relationship satisfaction, sexual self-efficacy and well-being	1
How are pornography and sexual sensation seeking related?	1
The overlooked relationship between subtle partner sexual violence and sexual dysfunction?	1
When two is too few: Addressing polyamorous clients in therapy	1
An analysis of practitioners Journaled experiences of Orgasmic Meditation (OM)	1
Pleasure Activism: The Politics of FeelingPleasure Activism: The Politics of Feeling, by adrienne maree brown. Chico, CA: AK Press, (2019). 464 pp., $20 (USA).	1
Sexual modes questionnaire (SMQ): Spanish translation, adaptation, and preliminary evidence of psychometric properties in a Colombian sample	1
Special issue on gender diversity editorial introduction	1
Sex for health? How sexual activity improves physical and mental health and beyond	1
Longitudinal associations between attachment, differentiation of self, and couple sexual and relational outcomes	1
Sexual body self-representations, desire, and functioning in women	1
A couples’ relationship education intervention examining sexual mindfulness and trait mindfulness	1
Body image and sexual function in women with breast cancer	1

Editorial Introduction: Special Issue on Sexuality, Trauma, and Abuse	1
Relationship desire and life satisfaction among never-married and divorced men and women	1
Obesity, marital satisfaction and depression affect Iranian female sexual function	1
The identity development and internalization of asexual orientation in women: an interpretative phenomenological analysis	1
Turkish validity and reliability of the Transgender Identity Survey in a population with gender dysphoria	1
Correlations of stress, anxiety, depression, sexual function, and marital adjustment among nurses	1
Sex satisfaction – science? Or fathomed?	1
Integration of sexual and relational mental representations in autobiographical memories is associated with sexual well-being	1
Queering the 7-eyed model of clinical supervision	1
Clinician knowledge, training, and experience working with pansexual youth	1
Description of how men achieve multiple orgasms	1
Review: Money Shot: the Pornhub Story	1
Clinical reviews editorial: highlighting sexual potential with sexual locations	1
Understanding vaginismus: a biopsychosocial perspective	1
Male Homosexuality in Children’s Literature, 1867–1918: Young Uranians 1st edition	1
Neuroticism’s ties to relationship satisfaction: the role of conflict tactic behaviors	1
Systematic literature review on comprehensive sexuality education intervention	1
Asexual identity development and internalisation: a thematic analysis	1
Investigating psychometric measures of sexual wellbeing: a systematic review	1
Changes in sexuality and couple relationship during the COVID-19 lockdown in Portugal: findings from an online survey	1