Teamwork Makes the Dream Work: Building Your Pelvic Pain Treatment Team

Feeling stuck with your progress? Wondering what your option for pelvic pain treatment support might be? In this episode we discuss: The importance of a team approach in treating pelvic and sexual pain conditions (like GPPPD/vaginismus, endometriosis). Three main points to consider when building your treatment team: trial and error, changing treatment needs over time, and co-occurring conditions. Which professionals to consider including in your treatment team and why Barriers to accessing a treatment team. SHOWNOTES: ⁠⁠https://www.thesensatespace.com/POD1⁠ FREE GUIDE FOR PHYSICAL EXAMINATIONS: ⁠⁠https://thesensatespace.com/empowered/⁠⁠ (for people with anxiety + pain with pap smear and similar). STICKERS + HELPFUL THINGS: ⁠⁠https://thesensatespace.com/shop/⁠⁠ IMPORTANT: This is a psychology podcast about vaginismus and other pelvic and sexual pain disorders, and related issues (genito-pelvic pain/penetration disorder, dyspareunia, vulvodynia, painful intercourse, gynaecological pain, sexual dysfunction, chronic pelvic pain) for the purpose of education and collaboration; it’s not therapy or medical advice. Information is general in nature and does not replace individualised assessment or treatment advice. Please seek professional support tailored to your specific needs. If you or someone you know is in crisis and needs help now, call triple zero (000). You can also call Lifeline on 13 11 14 — 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Please see our ⁠⁠About⁠⁠ page for more information.