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A psychologist and psychiatrist by training, Kaplan viewed human sexual response as a triphasic phenomenon, consisting of separate—but interlocking—phases: desire, arousal, and orgasm. She concluded that "desire" phase disorders are the most difficult to treat, being associated with deep-seated psychological difficulties.
Recognizing the importance of “desire” as a motivating factor in sexual response, Kaplan reframed her “biphasic model” of sexual response (emphasizing a separation of excitement and orgasm) to a “triphasic model” that incorporated a desire phase.
- michael@mapedfund.org
Helen Singer Kaplan was a pioneer in the field of sex therapy, founding the country’s first clinic for sexual disorders established at a medical school. Dr. Kaplan was considered a leader among scientific-oriented sex therapists.
The remaining two phases of Kaplan’s triphasic model essentially represented an amalgamation of the excitement, plateau, orgasm, and resolution phases delineated by Masters and Johnson.
- David Rowland, Brittany R Gutierrez
- 2017
Nov 1, 2000 · In 1977, Helen Singer Kaplan proposed an alternative model that highlighted the aspects of sexual response she regarded as most relevant. 6 Rather than a four-phase model, she proposed a triphasic approach, with desire given first place, reflecting its importance in triggering the entire cycle.
Helen Singer Kaplan (February 6, 1929 – August 17, 1995) was an Austrian-American sex therapist and the founder of the first clinic in the United States for sexual disorders established at a medical school.
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