The Effect of EX-PLISSIT Model-Based Sexual Counseling in Postmenopausal Women

Inclusion Criteria: * Postmenopausal, defined as having had no menstrual periods or vaginal bleeding in the last 12 months, * Under 65 years of age, * Married, * Having entered menopause naturally, * Able to understand, speak, and read Turkish. Exclusion Criteria: * Women with diagnosed conditions that may significantly affect sexual quality of life (such as diabetes, hypertension, heart disease, pulmonary diseases, cancer types, psychiatric disorders, or a history of neurological stroke), * Women using medications known to negatively affect sexual function (including psychotropic drugs, cardiac and antihypertensive medications, anticonvulsants, opioids, antinarcotics, H2-receptor antagonists, and antihistamines), * Those who have previously received or are currently receiving hormone replacement therapy, * Those with a diagnosis of sexual dysfunction in themselves or their partners, * Those who have experienced major stressful life events (such as an accident, trauma, or the death or severe illness of a close relative) within the three months prior to the study, * Women with a serious impairment that affects their ability to complete data collection forms, * Not willing to participate in the study.