A case of dyspareunia: autogenic training as contact instrument

Journal title QUADERNI DI GESTALT
Author/s Giuseppe Sampognaro
Publishing Year 2014 Issue 2014/1 Language Italian
Pages 9 P. 75-83 File size 81 KB
DOI 10.3280/GEST2014-001008
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This article describes the couple’s work on a case of dyspareunia. Decisive, in therapeutic sense, was the application of Autogenic Training, a method which ‒ used in Gestalt perspective - facilitates the contact between both emotions and bodily sensations, both among those who ask and provides support.

Keywords: Dyspareunia, Autogenic Training, couple’s work, contact.

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Giuseppe Sampognaro, Un caso di dispareunia: il Training Autogeno come strumento di contatto in "QUADERNI DI GESTALT" 1/2014, pp 75-83, DOI: 10.3280/GEST2014-001008