1. Definition & Aims
Women, faced with PVD or chronic dyspareunia, or in laymen’s terms chronic pain during intercourse, have a serious problem. It turns sexual encounters from pleasure into pain, it occurs mostly in women at the early years of their sexual career, and moreover is difficult to treat. These characteristics make PVD an excellent case for teaching the psychosomatic approach of sexual problems.
Based on this provisional definition the following two categories of educational aims can be descibed:
- Specific aims with regards to PVD
- More general aims with regard to human sexuality, its problems and their treatment.