Appropriate Citations to Use When Referencing the Sexual Tipping Point Model


The two most current references for the STP model are: 

*Perelman, M. A. Invited Commentary: Sex Coaching for Non-Sexologist Physicians: How to Use the Sexual Tipping Point Model. The Journal of Sexual Medicine, Vol.15, Issue 12. Dec. 2018

Perelman, MA. “The Sexual Tipping Point®: A Biomedical-Psychosocial & Cultural Model,” In P. Nobre et al (eds), Encyclopedia of Sexuality and Gender, Springer International Publishing AG, 2021.




Early academic presentations of the STP model were: 

Perelman, MA. The Sexual Tipping Point Model. The Human Sexuality Program, Department of Psychiatry Case Conference, Cornell Medicine, 1998.

Perelman M.  “The Role of Sex Therapy, an Overview.”  Invited Lecturer, Presented at “Sexual Dysfunction 2000,” Sponsored by Columbia University, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Department of Urology, New York, New York, June 2001.

Perelman M. “The Sexual Tipping Point™: A Model for Etiology, Diagnosis and Combination Treatment of PE.”Invited Lecturer, SMSNA Premature Ejaculation State-of-the-Art Conference, Boca Raton, Florida, June 2005

Perelman M. “The Sexual Tipping Point™: A Model to Conceptualize Etiology, Diagnosis & Combination Treatment of Female & Male Sexual Dysfunction.” Abstract #121, Moderated Podium Session, Sexual Medicine Society of North America, November 2005