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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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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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Sex Therapy Treatment for Vaginismus

The last blog entry was a guest post by Angelique Montano-Bresolin, a pelvic health physiotherapist at Proactive Pelvic Health. Angelique described a multi-disciplinary approach to treating vaginismus. Today, I’d like to talk more about the ...
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A Multi-Disciplinary Approach to The Management of Vaginismus

This entry is a guest post by pelvic health physiotherapist Angelique Montano-Bresolin, on a comprehensive approach to treating vaginismus--a condition that can cause pain during intercourse, gynecological exams and tampon use. Vaginismus has been defined ...
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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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