Pain during sex is not normal, despite it being common.
When sex hurts, you feel avoidant and dismissive of your partner’s sexual advances, worried if it can even happen or if it’ll be too painful. Sometimes you manage to grin and bear through it, but you worry about the next time it will happen. You may feel alone or consumed with fear that every time your partner touches you, it will result in sex… you wish you could feel differently but you don’t know what else to do.
This may be something you’ve struggled with your entire life, began out of the blue, or started after a significant experience or trauma.
Your partner doesn’t want to hurt you but they miss being intimate with you; you wish they would understand
Our 8-week sexual pain group is an evidence-based trauma-informed program to help you gain control of your body and learn to move towards pleasure.
By the end of the group, you’ll:
· Develop an awareness of the fear avoidance cycle you are trapped in so you no longer push your partner away and have the space to move towards them
· Understand your body and why it’s responding the way it does and learn skills to feel in control of your body rather than it being in control of you
· Learn concrete strategies to help your body relax so that you can connect with your partner and have a meaningful and fulfilling sex life
· Have a space to share and connect with others who are feeling the same way
· Learn to communicate your needs clearly with your partner so you can feel like an intimate team that cares about your pleasure
Sexual Pain Group – Details & Registration
When?
Start Date: TBD. Currently accepting waitlist placement for the next group.
Who is it for?
We welcome all folks with vaginismus (self-identified or diagnosis) or who experience ongoing sexual pain
Group size is 6-8 (we keep our groups small!).
We highly encourage participants to have completed or currently be working with a pelvic floor physiotherapist (referrals available)
What is the investment?
The group is $90 per session [tax is added based on your province of residence]
As this round of group is facilitated by an Ontario registered Psychotherapist, your insurance may not cover the sessions. Please look into your specific policy to ensure that you would receive reimbursement if you are wanting to use your benefits.
Where?
Virtually via ZOOM
Who’s running it?
Taylor McConnachie (She/Her) - Registered Psychotherapist