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Apr 2024
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Vaginismus - Seeking help and your sense...

Audrey Cairo
About this episode

Join V.&Me in conversation with Rashmi Pithavadian.  

As a Health Sociologist and Health researcher, Rashmi has a real passion to support others to find the help they need.  Wanting to address a gap within the field, she made vaginismus her specialist area and dedicated her MSc and PhD researching vaginismus and help seeking. 

In  this episode we discuss her findings on vaginismus, help seeking and the relationship to the sense of self.

So please make yourself comfortable (or take us out on your walk) and join Rashmi and I while we are curious and reflect on all things related to vaginismus and finding support.

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 **mentioned in the podcast

Links to vaginismus related articles:

Pithavadian, R., Dune, T. & Chalmers, J. (2024). Patients’ recommendations to improve help-seeking for vaginismus: a qualitative study. BMC Women's Health, 24(203). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12905-024-03026-

Pithavadian, R., Chalmers, J., & Dune, T. (2023). The experiences of women seeking help for vaginismus and its impact on their sense of self: An integrative review. Women’s Health, 19. https://doi.org/10.1177/17455057231199383

Link to Rashmi’s website coming soon

 

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