Study aim: The effect of cognitive-behavioral counseling on sexual function in near-death women Design: The Clinical trial that is: with control group, with parallel groups, not blinded, randomized method was used, was based on the findings from previous studies. 48 cases (24 cases in each group) were determined for randomization with the help of med-calc statistical software with 95% power and 5% error. Settings and conduct: Sampling will be administrated based on inclusion and exclusion criteria of the study by inviting women who are listed as near-death patients in hospitals. the study will be conducted in the west public health center of Ahvaz, after obtaining written informed consents from all participants. cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) sessions, as the method of the study, will be delivered weekly to the participants for eight continuous weeks. Due to advisory nature of this study, blinding will not be possible. Participants/Inclusion and exclusion criteria: Inclusion criteria 1- Severe morbidity during labor 2- History of at least one delivery 3. Passing eight to twelve weeks since delivery 4- Having minimum literacy 5-Women whose sexual function score is less than 26 Exclusion criteria 1- Having a known mental illness 2- Taking psychiatric drugs 3. Reluctance to participate in the study 4- Abortion in the recent pregnancy. Intervention groups: For the intervention group, cognitive-behavioral counseling is used as the intervention. In this method, counseling is given for 8 weeks, one session per week and90minutes per session. Session 1:Interview, Session 2:Helping to Understand the Problem, Session 3:Cognitive Reconstruction, Session 4:Raising sexual knowledge, Session 5:Asexual Sensitivity Training, Session 6:Sex Sensitivity Training, Session 7:Teaching how to have sex, Session 8:Expression of results and conclusions. Control group: do not receive any intervention. Main outcome variables: sexual function