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* Marian helps [[Robin Hood]] through his Post Traumatic Stress Disorder from [[The Crusades]] by sleeping with him in the novel ''Lady of the Forest'' by Jennifer Roberson.
* A somewhat more literal example appears in ''Broken Angels'', the second in Richard Morgan's [[Altered Carbon|hard sci-fi series]]. The protagonist, [[Heroic Sociopath|Takeshi Kovacs]], tracks down Tanya Wardani, the only archaeologist with the knowledge required for his mission - unfortunately, she's {{spoiler|been tortured far enough that she's withdrawn from reality}}. It's stated that normally, she would takes months, maybe years to recover from this - however, Takeshi doesn't have that long. So, he uses some of his [[Super Soldier|Envoy]] mental conditioning techniques to bring her back. It's described this way in the novel:
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* Subverted in the ''[[Star Trek]] [[The Next Generation]]'' novel ''Imzadi''. Deanna Troi, shortly after meeting Riker for the first time on Betazed, suggests that they take off their clothes and spoon, saying that it's a technique she learned in her psychotherapy classes for moving past the desires of the flesh. And they do precisely that--lie there naked and talk without doing anything sexual. Later, Deanna's professor says he's never heard of any such technique (except in treating sexual dysfunctions, natch) and that it would probably lead to sex.
* ''[[For Whom the Bell Tolls]]'' is an early and successful example. Maria wants Robert to make love to her to replace her rape memories.
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