Uma ACT FOCADA NA COMPAIXÃO NO TRATAMENTO DE DISFUNÇÕES SEXUAIS FEMININAS

UMA REVISÃO DE ESCOPO

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https://doi.org/10.35919/rbsh.v36.1294

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Aceitação, Flexibilidade psicológica, Compaixão, Dor sexual, Disfunção sexual feminina

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Intervenções psicoterapêuticas contextuais, como a Terapia de Aceitação e Compromisso (ACT) e a Terapia Focada na Compaixão (CFT), são relevantes no tratamento de disfunções sexuais femininas (DSFs). A ACT focada na compaixão, que integra essas abordagens, tem sido aplicada em diversos contextos patológicos, porém, é pouco explorada nas DSFs. O objetivo desta revisão de escopo foi mapear a aplicabilidade da ACT focada na compaixão nas DSFs, identificando processos de sobreposição entre as abordagens. Foram analisadas 12 publicações, divididas em duas subamostras: Seis relativas à ACT e as restantes referentes a intervenções baseadas em compaixão. Os processos de sobreposição encontrados foram mindfulness, desfusão e atenção flexível ao momento presente. A viabilidade da aplicação da ACT focada na compaixão é corroborada para o transtorno da dor gênito-pélvica/penetração (DGPP) e, particularmente, vulvodínia localizada e provocada. Nota-se escassez de dados quanto aos demais transtornos. É necessário que investigações futuras se atentem a diagnósticos efetuados por profissionais e à patologia subjacente ao DGPP, que seja alvo específico da intervenção. Também se sugere a realização de estudos comparativos entre ACT, CFT e ACT focada na compaixão voltados a pacientes com DSFs, amparados por instrumentos validados para manejar compaixão e flexibilidade psicológica em contextos sexuais.

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Biografia do Autor

Bruna Gund, Universidade Federal do Paraná

Graduanda em Psicologia pela Universidade Federal do Paraná, Curitiba, Brasil. 

Ítor Finotelli Júnior, Universidade de Minnesota

Especialista na área da Sexualidade e Gênero pela Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (UERJ), Mestre e Doutor em Avaliação Psicológica pela Universidade São Francisco (USF) e Pós-Doutor em Sexualidade e Gênero pela Universidade de Minnesota (UMN).

Camila Marina Nery Pellizzer, Instituto Paulista de Sexualidade

Psicóloga graduada pela Universidade Federal do Paraná. Especialista em Sexualidade Humana pelo Instituto Paulista de Sexualidade. 

Jocelaine Martins da Silveira, Universidade Federal do Paraná

Doutora em em Psicologia Clínica pela Universidade de São Paulo. Mestre em Psicologia Experimental pela Universidade de São Paulo. Especialista em Psicoterapia na Análise do Comportamento pela Universidade Estadual de Londrina. Atualmente, é professora associada da Universidade Federal do Paraná. Pós-doutorado na Universidade de Nevada-Reno.

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2025-07-29

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Gund, B., Finotelli Júnior, Ítor, Pellizzer, C. M. N., & Silveira, J. M. da. (2025). Uma ACT FOCADA NA COMPAIXÃO NO TRATAMENTO DE DISFUNÇÕES SEXUAIS FEMININAS: UMA REVISÃO DE ESCOPO. Revista Brasileira De Sexualidade Humana, 36, 1294 . https://doi.org/10.35919/rbsh.v36.1294

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