Interdisciplinary Approach for Treatment of Vaginismus

The study describes a multi professional treatment for a case of vaginismus performed at the Sexuality Outpatient Clinic of a Brazilian state. The treatment was performed by a team of physicians, physiotherapists and psychologists for five months, consisting of outpatient medical monitoring, weekly physical therapy with seven 40-minute sessions and 12 biweekly psychological therapy sessions with duration of one hour each. The sessions were held separately, however, with joint interdisciplinary discussions to define the therapeutic plan. In this study a multiprofessional intervention plan was structured, focused on reducing anxiety associated with sexual contact and eliminating muscle contraction, with the aim of resolving vaginismus of patient. Considering the multiple factors involved in human sexuality, this report suggests possible contributions of the interdisciplinary practice for promoting integrality in care of sexual health, as well as indicating interdisciplinarity as a resource for approaching sexual experience, going beyond pathology and promoting health so that sexuality is experienced more fully and satisfactorily.