This groundbreaking text interrogates the constructed boundary between therapy and
violence, by examining therapeutic practice and discourse through the lens of a psychologist …

Psychiatry's problematic framing of femininity, women's bodies, and sexuality has attracted
much condemnation (Caplan & Cosgrove, 2004; Frith, 2013; Ussher, 2011). The intersection …

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Having just become a grandfather, I am very attuned to baby allusions. You can imagine my
distress to think that I might have caused the demise of any baby let alone the ''vaginismus …

journal homepage: www. elsevier. com/locate/crwh part of the broader concept of genito-
pelvic pain/penetration disorder (GPP/PD)[20]. It became one entity, without acknowledging …

Background and purpose Recurrent vulvar pain is a common and debilitating condition
which has received remarkably little attention in pain research. For instance, little is known …

(1) Background: To develop an instrument in Spanish to assess beliefs and feelings about
vaginal penetration and assess its psychometric properties.(2) Methods: This study …

Vulvar pain or burning in the absence of an identifiable cause (dermatological, muscular,
neurological, etc.), either related or not to coitus, was first reported in the medical literature …

Background Depression and anxiety levels, sexual dysfunctions, and affective temperament
characteristics of women with lifelong vaginismus (LLV) and their male partners may have …

Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) is a new treatment recommended
for vaginismus. To investigate the effectiveness of EMDR in lifelong vaginismus (LLV), a …