Pelvic Floor Sexual Medicine meeting: UCLA

Pelvic Floor Healthcare Professionals

and Sexual Medicine (PFSM)

speakers:Deena Poll Goodman PT, WCS, BCIA-PMDB, Jenni Gabelsberg DPT, MSc, WCS, BCIA-PMDB, Andrea Rapkin MD, John McDonald MD Peggy Miller, MA, MFT

Tuesday, November 9th, 6:30 - 9:00 p.m. at UCLA Ronald Reagan Medical Center, Room 3102

Parking provided in the Medical Plaza Lot (located north of Le Conte Ave. on Westwood Blvd.)

Turn left at the first signal and follow the directions to the underground parking) Light dinner provided

Please join us in Los Angeles for our 3rd PFSM meeting facilitating a multi-disciplinary collaboration among therapists and physicians working in the pelvic floor/sexual medicine health care arena. The goal of PFSM is to share experiences and education with providers whose practice includes treatment of the pelvic floor and whose patients have sexual health concerns. In this fashion, we will improve health care to patients who have sexual health problems and pelvic floor dysfunction. ALL DISCIPLINES WELCOME!!

Deena Goodman PT owns Goodman Physical Therapy in West Los Angeles and treats men and women for pelvic pain and pelvic floor dysfunctions. She is a Board Certified Women’s Health Clinical Specialist, and Certified Allied Health Professional in Integrative Body Psychotherapy. She will discuss clinical training techniques for anorgasmia including movement patterns to facilitate orgasm.

Jenni Gabelsberg PT owns Women’s Advantage, Inc in Torrance dedicated to treating female and male pelvic floor and sexual dysfunctions. She is a Board Certified Women's Health Clinical Specialist, and Faculty of the Herman Wallace Pelvic Rehab Institute where she teaches nationally. She will discuss the role of physical therapy in pelvic floor and sexual dysfunctions.

Peggy G. Miller MFT is in private practice and affiliated with the Rosenberg-Kitaen Integrative Body Psychotherapy Institutes where she teaches sexuality courses. She is an IBP Certified Practitioner and Certified Teacher and will discuss sexual development, themes and patterns which are tracked from early childhood to the present, and the Sexual Scenario, a somatic sexual history intake.

Andrea Rapkin MD, professor of OB/GYN and director of the UCLA pelvic pain program will discuss management of vulvodynia. She and Dr John McDonald, Professor of OB/GYN and Anesthesiology at Harbor- UCLA will discuss their studies of local anesthetic nerve blocks.

Learn how integrating this information can benefit your clients/patients. We are seeking volunteers to host future PFSM meetings. Please contact Deena Goodman @ 310-739-0042.