the good strokes: group experience in the encounter between affectivity and sexuality

The paper shows the process analysis of a group of sex and emotional education addressed to minor and medium intellective disabled people. The autors highlight the importance of dealing with a subject that has been denied for a long time, with both the therapists and the patients that have found a listening and communication space. The paper proposes the use of two methods, the analysis of group processes and a narrative method, utilized as an educational process. There is the description of the development of the group dynamics in time, the main diffuculties met and the perspectives of future research.

Keywords: sex and emotional education, group, disabled people.