me, seven-day-a-week commitment were required. But, most importantly, these individuals had to be able to work jointly and equally with a person of the opposite sex because Masters' and Johnson's ideal therapeutic approach involved the treatment of couples (married, in their earliest efforts) and two therapists, one male and one female, one from the psychological sciences and one from the biological sciences. These pairs had to be able to function as a team "in what might be termed a single-standard professional environment" (16).
In the therapeutic setting, Masters and Johnson, on the basis of many clinical trials, reached the conclusion that conjoint treatment of couples was essential and tha
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