Treatment of Vaginismus by Psychotherapy with Adjunctive Hypnosis

1 April 1978

journal article
research article
Published by Taylor & Francis in American Journal of Clinical Hypnosis

Vol. 20 (4) , 272-277
https://doi.org/10.1080/00029157.1978.10403944

Abstract

This is a case of a young woman suffering from vaginismus resulting in an unconsummated marriage. During three years of psychotherapy, hypnosis was used adjunctively. The symptom resolution was considered to be related to the use of hypnosis on two occasions early in therapy.

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