From Pain to Pleasure by Candice Langford

How to take sex from being painful to being pleasurable - a self-help guide

Course curriculum

  • 1

    Pelvic Floor / Pelvic Pain Education

    • Introduction to the course

    • What and Where - the pelvic floor & surrounds

    • Pelvic floor function, Pelvic misconceptions, daily life (clothes/hygiene etc.)

    • Pain in the pelvis - directed neuroplasticity (PDF - journaling guide)

  • 2

    Pelvic Floor and Sex

    • What is ‘sex’

    • Human Sexual Response Cycles

    • Unique Sexuality - contributing factors (sociocultural)

    • Pressure and expectation - getting past it

    • Talking about sex - solo or partnered

  • 3

    Self Assessment & Treatment

    • Intro into assessing & treating self

    • Self Assessment - mind (mindfulness) & Body (postural)

    • Self Assessment - Vulva

    • Self treatment - hands off - Breath

    • Self treatment - hands off - Mobility

    • Self treatment - hands on - MFR (external)

    • Self treatment - hands on - MFR (internal) Digital & Dilator intro, wand intro

  • 4

    Putting your tools to work

    • Progressing the Dilator Part 1 (Maintaining Control)

    • Progressing the Dilator Part 2 (Handing over control)

    • Sensate Focus education

    • Move together - Breath, Mobility, MFR, Resting position - A routine (Repeat/adapt)

  • 5

    Going Forward - having a long term mindset

    • Review - (neuroscience - integrate new info)

    • Alternate forms of pleasure & Body Image

    • Having sex - positions & mindset

    • Long term - possible fluctuations cause & solution

    • Bonus Lecture: Sex shop (where to start, can its be facilitative/therapeutic )

    • thank you - end