See General resources and, for specific resources relating to vulval and vaginal pain during sex, see below.

  • A Woman’s Guide to Overcoming Sexual Fear and Pain – Aurelia Jones Goodwin
  • Stop painful sex: Healing from vaginismus – Maree Stachel-Williamson
  • The Vaginismus Book: Pain-free love – Julia Reeve
  • The vulvodynia survival guide – Howard Glazer
  • When sex hurts: A woman’s guide to banishing sexual pain – Andrew Goldstein
  • Healing painful sex – Deborah Coady
  • Come as you are – Emily Nagoski
  • The Come as you are workbook – Emily Nagoski
  • Heal Pelvic Pain – Amy Stein
  • A headache in the pelvis – David Wise & Rodney Anderson
  • My Broken Vagina – Fran Bushe
  • 7 steps to Pain-free Sex: A complete Self-help Guide to overcome Vaginismus, Dyspareunia, Vulvodynia & other penetration disorders – Caudia Amherd
  • Overcoming sexual Problems – Vicky Ford

  • National Vulvodynia Association: https://www.nva.org/
  • Pelvic Stretches: 7 Exercises to Relax Pelvic Floor Muscles - Intimate Rose (pelvic floor exercises with images): https://www.intimaterose.com/blogs/kegel-exercise/pelvic-floor-stretches
  • The Vulval Pain Society: The Vulval Pain Society
  • Vaginismus Workbook: https://vaginismusworkbook.wordpress.com

Community for people with vaginismus: https://www.thevaginismusnetwork.com/