ocr: PAGE 3 COUPLES ANALYSIS BECOMING HEALTHILY SELFISH Irene's first task was to learn how to have orgasms through self-stimulation. Once she had discovered what her sexual response consisted of, she was in a much better position to take this information into the relationship and share it with Tom. The second task was to learn the basic principles of assertiveness training by using simple exercises that helped her to ask for what she wanted, even in situations she found difficult, and to apply these when in bed with her partner. Tom still needed a bit ofrestraining through the following months, bu ...