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GynoGirl TV

Hosted by Dr. Sameena Rahman

Board-certified gynecologist and expert in menopause and sexual medicine, Dr. Sameena Rahman (aka Gynogirl) shares candid, evidence-based conversations on all things women’s health—with a focus on sexual medicine, midlife, and menopause. New episodes typically drop on Fridays!

Trauma, Lost Desire, and ART: A Breakthrough Therapy with Brooke Bralove
Sameena Rahman, MD, FACOG, IF, MSCP Sameena Rahman, MD, FACOG, IF, MSCP

Trauma, Lost Desire, and ART: A Breakthrough Therapy with Brooke Bralove

Trauma doesn't always announce itself. Sometimes it shows up as six years of pelvic pain with no identifiable cause, a complete loss of desire, or an inability to tolerate intimacy. Psychotherapist and sex therapist Brooke Bralove joins Dr. Rahman to explain Accelerated Resolution Therapy — a treatment that uses rapid eye movement to process trauma in as few as one to five sessions — and why grieving the loss of spontaneous desire is a necessary step before you can rebuild intimacy in a long-term relationship.

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Why Your Endometriosis Symptoms Didn't Go Away After Surgery | Jandra Mueller
Sameena Rahman, MD, FACOG, IF, MSCP Sameena Rahman, MD, FACOG, IF, MSCP

Why Your Endometriosis Symptoms Didn't Go Away After Surgery | Jandra Mueller

Jandra Mueller is a pelvic floor physical therapist in San Diego and the incoming educational chair for ISSWSH — and she spent years getting her own endometriosis diagnosed, even with direct access to specialists. She and Dr. Rahman break down the pelvic pentad, why fibrotic endometriosis survives excision surgery, what mast cells have to do with nerve proliferation, and the real difference between a surgeon who does excision and one who actually specializes in endo.

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How We Treat Pelvic Pain, Painful Sex, and Sexual Dysfunction
Sameena Rahman, MD, FACOG, IF, MSCP Sameena Rahman, MD, FACOG, IF, MSCP

How We Treat Pelvic Pain, Painful Sex, and Sexual Dysfunction

Insurance gives you ten minutes for pelvic pain, painful sex, and sexual dysfunction. Dr. Rahman sits down with her nurse practitioner and pelvic floor PT to show what comprehensive sexual health care actually looks like — and why she left insurance behind to deliver it.

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