Mindfulness for Sexual Pleasure
I recently wrote about men and low desire, and women and low desire, acknowledging that many people have desire difficulties. And that in fact, what is commonly seen as low desire is usually more accurately ...
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When you can’t have sex
By Sarah Dale, MSc., RP What happens when you can’t have sex? Some women have difficulty with penetration, both sexual and non-sexual types of penetration, due to a condition commonly referred to as vaginismus. Vaginismus, ...
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Anxiety and Sex
In my previous post, I discussed anxiety in general. In this post, I’ll discuss anxiety specifically in relation to sex. Anxiety and sexual dysfunction go hand in hand. Whatever the sexual difficulty (low desire, erectile ...
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Call for Participants: Research Study on the Inability to Have Sexual Intercourse
In addition to working as a sex therapist in Toronto, I’m also a doctoral student in Human Sexuality at Widener University. As part of my dissertation for my PhD, I am recruiting participants for a ...
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Endometriosis: A Source of Pelvic Pain and Infertility
March is Endometriosis Awareness Month. Endometriosis is a complicated disease in which tissue similar to the tissue that lines the uterus grows in other parts of the body. Typical sites include areas of the abdomen, ...
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Pelvic Pain Group for Women
Keeping Connected is offering a new group on pelvic pain. The group will be eight weeks long for women experiencing pain with intercourse (dyspareunia) due to pelvic floor dysfunction, vestibulodynia, vulvar vestibulitis, vulvodynia, or interstitial ...
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When Sex Hurts
For far too many women, sexual intercourse is painful. Yet when the address this pain with their doctor, they may be told that there is nothing wrong with them. In fact, these women may have ...
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