Clinical holistic medicine: Teaching orgasm for females with chronic anorgasmia using the Betty Dodson method

TheScientificWorldJournal

Volumn 8, Issue , 2008, Pages 883-895

  Struck, Pia ^a   Ventegodt, Søren ^b,c,d,e,f  

^a European Orgasm Academy   (Denmark)

^b QUALITY OF LIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (Denmark)

^c Research Clinic for Holistic Medicine   (Denmark)

^d Nordic School of Holistic Medicine   (Denmark)

^e Scandinavian Foundation for Holistic Medicine   (Norway)

^f Interuniversity College   (Austria)

Author keywords

Adverse effects; Anorgasmia; Betty Dodson; Clinical holistic medicine; Clitoral vibrator; Desire; Direct sexual stimulation; Holistic manual sexology; Masturbation; Orgasm; Sexological examination; Sexual and existential healing; Side effects; Therapeutic touch

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ANORGASMIA; ARTICLE; BETTY DODSON METHOD; CLINICAL MEDICINE; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GROUP THERAPY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL ETHICS; ORGASM; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHILOSOPHY; POSTMENOPAUSE; PSYCHOTHERAPY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEXOLOGY; SEXUAL SATISFACTION; SEXUALITY; SHAME; TOUCH; VIBRATION SENSE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CLINICAL MEDICINE; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; FEMALE; HOLISTIC HEALTH; HUMANS; MASTURBATION; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOTHERAPY, BRIEF; PSYCHOTHERAPY, GROUP; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEXOLOGY; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTIONS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TOUCH; VIBRATION; VULVAR DISEASES;

EID: 52249087996     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1537744X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1100/tsw.2008.116     Document Type: Article

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