Integrated Mindfulness for Provoked Vestibulodynia

Integrated Mindfulness for Provoked Vestibulodynia

This study aims to test the efficacy of a 4-session intervention (Group psychoeducational treatment) using a randomized study design. Participants will be randomized in to 'immediate treatment' or 'waitlist control'. Women in the wait-list condition will receive the 4-session IMPROVED treatment, just as women randomized to the experimental group, after the end of their wait-list period.

Inclusion Criteria:

• must be a patient at the British Columbia Centre for Sexual Medicine
• diagnosis of provoked vestibulodynia (PVD)
• 19 years of age or older
• premenopausal
• fluent in English

Exclusion Criteria:

• not at patient at the BC Centre for Sexual Medicine
• unprovoked vulvar pain, other pathology causing pain with penetration, or chronic pelvic pain
• being uncomfortable and unwilling to participate in a group setting.