Noam Ritter

Mindfulness and clinical hypnotherapy in sexual desire disorders: mechanisms, psychophysiological pathways, and integrative therapeutic sequencing.

Frontiers in Psychiatry May 8, 2026 Thomas Stompe, Noam Ritter, Wolfgang Kostenwein

Background: Sexual desire disorders are increasingly conceptualized within biopsychosocial and regulatory models that emphasize inhibitory processes-such as evaluative self-monitoring, maladaptive expectancy, avoidance learning, relational insecurity, and stress dysregulation-rather than primary absence of excitation. Mindfulness-based interventions and clinical hypnotherapy both target core...