When It Is Used
Use it only when sexual or intimate connection is part of treatment and the clinician needs respectful clarification of preferences and boundaries.
Salsa Card Decks for Intimacy Preference and Boundary Exploration
Salsa Card Decks are couples-therapy intimacy preference and boundary exploration decks for clinicians. They help practitioners review partner comfort, discomfort, uncertainty, shared interest, mismatch, and boundaries when intimate connection is part of treatment.
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Tool guide
Learn more about this tool
Use this background section to understand when the tool fits, how practitioners use it, and what to consider before sharing it with clients.
What It Captures
The artifact can capture partner-specific responses, boundaries, shared interest, mismatch, uncertainty, skips, pause states, and clinician notes.
Important Limits
The tool does not prescribe sexual activity, score desire, judge either partner, diagnose pathology, or pressure agreement.
Is partner agreement required?
No. Each partner can express comfort, discomfort, uncertainty, preferences, and boundaries without being required to agree.
What happens if one partner skips or declines?
The skipped or declined response is preserved descriptively, and couple-level overlap is not inferred when there is insufficient partner input.
Are the three Salsa deck options fully defined in the demo?
No. The specification identifies three Salsa decks, but exact titles, prompts, categories, and response options require validation.