SUMMARY :
Do you know that more than 4 million people in France are affected by incontinence
? Many of them are valid, but others have a hemiplegia, a spina-bifida, a traumatic
spinal cord injury, a traumatic brain injury, a multiple sclerosis, a Parkinson
syndrome, or a neuromuscular disease…
Not having any leaks during the sexual act, not being afraid of it, is essential.
Many practical ways exist to know how to make love when one of the partners
has a urinary catheter, when intermittent catheterization is operated, when
you need to press on the lower abdomen to urinate, when you have a drainage
bag on the abdomen….
And even if medecines, surgery, following technical advices, care of the partner
are not enough, we can still offer something.
To overcome this suffering that wounds the person deeply and that worsens the
relationship in the couple, a psychological support is added to these advices.
“I’m a baby again”, “No one will want me like this”,
“I’m so ashamed to have leaks that now, I can’t do anything
in bed”…
Therapists can propose to their patients these few practical advices and give
them hope and vitality during a short psychotherapy.