ex is a fundamental human desire and pleasure but MS can really spoil things for us. In this first of this two-part episode we discuss the top 3 issues identified in research then in the second episode Dr Brown discusses ways to manage and overcome these difficulties.

Here are the promised resources we discussed.

https://mstrust.org.uk/a-z/sexual-problems-women-ms

https://mstrust.org.uk/a-z/sexual-problems-men-ms

https://www.mssociety.org.uk/about-ms/signs-and-symptoms/sex-and-relationships

https://www.smsna.org/patients/did-you-know/what-is-sensate-focus-and-how-does-it-work

https://cogbtherapy.com/cbt-blog/cognitive-defusion-techniques-and-exercises

https://www.thecouplesummit.org/blog/relationship-check-ins

https://www.gottman.com/blog/category/column/the-four-horsemen/

https://www.gottman.com/blog/category/love-relationships/

Dr Brown has also given me several guides that I can share with you. These cover questions for discussion, sensate focus therapy, and thought defusion (the correct spelling apparently!) strategies.

Just email me at [email protected]

Dr Ashley Brown, PhD, C. Psychol., FHEA - Teaching Fellow; Post-Doctoral Researcher - Health Psychology Section (IoPPN) - King’s College London

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