How Goals can Drive Attention to Positive (and Negative) Sexual Cues for Couples Coping with Vulvodynia
By Serena Corsini-Munt This post is a summary of Dr. Rosen’s published article: Rosen, N. O., Muise, A., Impett, E. A., Delisle, I., Baxter, M.L., & Bergeron, S. (2018). Sexual cues mediate the daily relations between interpersonal goals, pain, and wellbeing in couples coping with vulvodynia. Annals of Behavioral Medicine. Provoked vesitbulodynia (PVD) is not only the […]
Vulvodynia: Research Challenges and Treatment Recommendations
Co-authored by Lida Abdulrahman and Kat Merwin This blog is a summary of our published article: Corsini-Munt, S., Rancourt, K., Dubé, J., Rossi, M., & Rosen, N. O. (2017). Vulvodynia: A consideration of clinical and methodological research challenges and recommended solutions. The Journal of Pain Research, 10, 2425-2436. doi: 10.2147/JPR.S126259 What is vulvodynia? Vulvodynia is […]
Keeping Your Sex Life Alive: Older Folks Get to Frolic Too
Dr. Rosen was interviewed by God Times Magazine on sex later in life,
How is sexual health attained and maintained?
By Justin Dubé Though I’d like to think the studies I run facilitate sexual health, translating research into practice can take a loooong time (17 years!) [1]. Also, people generally want to manage their sexual health by speaking with a clinician [2, 3]. Clinicians, however, often feel ill-equipped to navigate these conversations due to gaps […]
Returning to Sex: Women’s Experiences with Their Postpartum Sexuality
by Heather Oliveira Have you or your partner recently had a baby? Are you or your partner pregnant? Are you curious about how becoming a parent will change your sex life? Postpartum sex is something that many women have difficulty with; studies show that self-esteem, confidence, and exhaustion make returning to sex challenging (2,3). A […]
Single, but not down to mingle: The psychology behind long-term singlehood
by Meghan Rossi For many, being in a romantic relationship cultivates meaning, happiness, and a sense of belonging (Fletcher et al., 2015; Sedikides et al., 1994). For people without social connections, which would include a romantic partner, we see increased negative emotions, disease, and higher mortality (House et al., 1988; Cohen et al., 1997). However, […]
When Pain Doesn’t Equal Please
Dr. Rosen was interviewed by Find Your Please about the impacts of vuvlodynia and treatment options. Read the full article here
What Do We Really Know About Male Desire?
The Globe & Mail interviewed Dr. Rosen on current knowledge regarding male desire.
Grace Schwenck
I am a Clinical Psychology student at Dalhousie University who is currently on my internship year after successfully defending my PhD Thesis – Responses to Sexual Rejection and Sexual and Relationship Well-being in Couples Coping with Sexual Interest/Arousal Disorder. I grew up in Toronto, Ontario and completed my Joint Honours degree in Health Studies and Psychology […]
Am I digisexual?
by Sam Dawson At the most recent meeting of the Society for Sex Therapy and Research (see https://sstarnet.org) Dr. Markie Twist gave a fascinating plenary on digisexuality, based on a recent article entitled: The rise of digisexuality: Therapeutic challenges and possibilities (McArthur & Twist, 2017). So, what is digisexuality and could this apply to you? […]
