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Sexual pain, often referred to as vaginismus and dyspareunia, can be a debilitating condition that prevents many women from having penetrative sexual intercourse. While many studies have investigated this disorder, its psychological underpinnings are not yet fully understood. Dr Thula Koops, Christian Wiessner, Professor Johannes Ehrenthal, and Professor Peer Briken at the University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf recently explored some of the psychological dimensions of women’s sexual pain. They conducted this research from the standpoint of psychodynamics, which involves exploring links to childhood experiences and unconscious thoughts and feelings. More

Original Article Reference

This SciPod is a summary of the paper ‘Assessing Psychodynamic Conflicts and Level of Personality Functioning in Women Diagnosed With Vaginismus and Dyspareunia’ in Frontiers in Psychology. doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.687369

This production was funded by the Hamburg Research Academy and Claussen-Simon foundation

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For further information, you can connect with Dr Thula Koops at t.koops@uke.de

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