Wednesday, November 8, 2017

9:00 AM - 11:00 AM

Menzies Theatrette

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Participants will: Develop an understanding of the types of painful sex; Understand treatment options or painful sex; and Articulate the role of sex therapy in a multi-disciplinary approach to painful sex. Approximately one in five women experience pain during sex. Genital pelvic pain penetration disorder is diagnostic “catch-all” for women’s sexual pain. A number of conditions can contribute to women’s experience of sexual pain, vaginismus, vulvodynia, dyspareunia, as well as endometriosis. Painful sex can impact on the quality of life for the woman, as well as impact on her relationship and her partner. This symposium explores the role psychosexual therapy plays in addressing painful intercourse for women. The aim of this symposia is to explore the role of psychosexual therapy in treatment options and understand how psychosexual therapy fits into a broader multi-disciplinary approach. Each speaker will explore a different condition which results in painful intercourse and the psychosexual therapeutic approaches.

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