Applications of Mindfulness in the Treatment of Women's Sexual Dysfunction

The Wiley Blackwell Handbook of Mindfulness

Volumn 1-2, Issue , 2014, Pages 864-880

  Brotto, Lori A ^a   Smith, Kelly B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Mindfulness based cognitive therapy (MBCT); Provoked vestibulodynia (PVD); Women's sexual dysfunction

Indexed keywords

EID: 84979944426     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781118294895.ch44     Document Type: Chapter

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