Georgia and Frank, partners for 12 years, both in their early 40's, came for help because they had not been having sex for 6 months, due to Georgia's loss of interest, which she could not explain. Neither was having an affair, there were no particular stresses outside of the ordinary, on either of them, but Georgia had simply gone off sex. The therapist asked, among other questions about the relationship and health, if anything significant had happened 6 months to 2 years ago, to which Georgia replied that her father had died 9 months before.

It emerged that Frank and Georgia were on holiday in Canada when they received a call to return home as soon as possible, as Georgia's Father was very ill in hospital. This was a huge shock to both, as there had been no indication of illness when they had left for the trip. By the time they arrived at the hospital, sadly, Georgia's Father had died. She was in a state of shock for some days, and desperately distressed that she had not said 'Goodbye' to him. She then got on with the practicals of helping her Mother to arrange the funeral, and sorting out papers and his clothing etc. All of these were done rather quickly, and Georgia did not give herself time to really grieve.

During the sessions, it transpired that Georgia was actually very angry, firstly with her Father, who had decided against informing her of his heart disease, knowing that she and Frank had booked their holiday, and she was angry at Frank, because, Canada had not been her first choice for the holiday, nor had she wanted to take a month off at that time of the year. She had never been very aware of her angry feelings, and had certainly not expressed them. It transpired that unconsciously she blamed Frank for her not being there at the time of her Father's death, saying: 'Well, if we had been in Italy, where I really wanted to be, the flight would not have taken so long, and I could have been there!'

Enabling Georgia to express her hurt and anger towards Frank and her Father, was very therapeutic, and freed her blocked emotions. By introducing various ways of communicating more openly about feelings and experiences, the couple were able to meet each other in a different way, and be supportive and loving to each other once more. Some sensual exercises were suggested, and after 5 or 6 weeks, Georgia's interest in sex with Frank was reawakened, and could be enjoyed once more.