The aim of this study is to determine the effectiveness of cognitive-behavioral counseling on sexual satisfaction of mothers with autistic children. This study is a randomized clinical trial, single-blind and without a placebo and is conducted on the mothers of children with autism in a control and an intervention group. The sample size has been considered 15 each group and 30 subjects in total. The criteria for inclusion are as follow: participants must be mothers of ages 25 to 45, must not be pregnant, must not be using psychotropic or psychiatric drugs, must not suffer from any addiction, must have completed at least the fifth grade of elementary school, must have a good command of Farsi, must be living with her husband, must not have any psychiatric history of depression requiring treatment, must have a child over 5 years old with severe autism (confirmed by a psychotherapist of a credible academic center), must not have another child suffering from autism or any other disease, must not have sexual dissatisfaction prior to the birth of child with autism. Criteria for exclusion from the study are as follow: mothers who have complete sexual satisfaction on the basis of Sexual Satisfaction Scale designed by Linda Berg and Cresy, Severe psychiatric disorders or suicidal thoughts, a history of psychosis or suicide, attending relaxation or yoga classes and the like, failure to attend two or more of counseling sessions, lack of consent to participate in research. Members of both groups complete Linda Berg’s Sexual Satisfaction Scale designed by Linda Berg and Cresy and the demographic before the intervention. The intervention group receives individual counseling with cognitive behavioral approach over eight 1.5 hour sessions at Qom province autism schools. For the control group, A two-hour training program will be held. Immediately and one month after the counseling sessions, both groups answer a post-test. Sexual satisfaction score will then be compared between the intervention and control groups.