ABSTRACT
As you read the title and authorship of this chapter, you might be wondering why four of us wrote it. So let us begin by telling you a bit about who we are and why we often write papers as a group. Ten years ago, Marta Meana-then a graduate student in psychology at McGill University in Montreal-wanted to do her doctoral dissertation on the biopsychosocial characteristics of women with dyspareunia. She and Irv Binik, her then thesis adviser, decided that if they were going to do this right, a gynecologist should be involved in the process. In search of this perle rare, they sent out letters to all gynecologists affiliated with McGill University’s Faculty of Medicine. Only one answered positively: Samir Khalifé. He not only collaborated with Irv and Marta, but stayed on board for Sophie’s dissertation, which focused on the treatment of dyspareunia. Even though Marta and Sophie have now moved on to faculty positions of their own, all four of us have continued to collaborate and exchange ideas on a regular basis. We feel that our current treatment approach is the result of this fruitful collaboration and thus chose to write about it as a group.
