Elin Ekholm
Elin Ekholm Position: Lecturer School/office: School of Behavioural, Social and Legal SciencesEmail: ZWxpbi5la2hvbG07b3J1LnNl
Phone: +46 19 303690
Room: L2637
About Elin Ekholm
Elin Ekholm is a licensed psychologist and holds a PhD in psychology. She is part of the Center for Medical and Health Psychology (CHAMP) at Örebro University. She got her masters degree in psychology from Umeå University in 2011 and has worked as a clinical psychologist in psychiatric care and in pain rehabilitation before earning her PhD with a dissertation on relational perspectives on vulvodynia.
Elin's research is in the domain of psychology, psychological treatments, pain and sexual health. Her main research interest is in psychological mechanisms affecting health, sexual function and sexual relationships of women suffering from superficial vulvovaginal pain and dyspareunia. She is also currently running a research project on fear of child birth. She teaches mainly at the Psychology program.
Research projects
Active projects
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Publications
Articles in journals
- Myrtveit-Stensrud, L. , Ekholm, E. , Flink, I. , Ter Kuile, M. , Engman, L. , Suvaal, I. , Groven, K. S. & Reme, S. E. (2025). Partner responses to pain among male partners of women with provoked vestibulodynia-a cross-sectional study. Pain Reports, 10 (2). [BibTeX]
- Ekholm, E. , Engman, L. , Ter Kuile, M. M. & Flink, I. (2024). Coping with provoked vestibulodynia in a relational context: A cluster analysis of coping patterns and their associations with relational cognitions and goals. European Journal of Pain, 28 (9), 1596-1606. [BibTeX]
- Ekholm, E. , Blaker, H. , Gottlander, L. , Zhao, X. , Linton, S. J. , Dewitte, M. & Flink, I. K. (2023). Sexual communication patterns in couples with vulvodynia: a case-control behavioral observation study. Journal of Sexual Medicine, 20 (8), 1103-1114. [BibTeX]
- Ekholm, E. , Lundberg, T. , Carlsson, J. , Norberg, J. , Linton, S. J. & Flink, I. K. (2022). "A lot to fall back on": experiences of dyspareunia among queer women. Psychology & Sexuality, 13 (5), 1242-1255. [BibTeX]
- Engman, L. , Ter Kuile, M. M. , Linton, S. J. , Ekholm, E. , Tuijnman-Raasveld, C. C. & Flink, I. K. (2022). An initial proof of concept: A replicated single-case study of a CBT group treatment with partner involvement for vulvodynia.. Cognitive Behaviour Therapy, 51 (6), 503-519. [BibTeX]
Conference papers
- Ekholm, E. (2022). Validation and invalidation in sexual (pain) communication, a case-control observational study of couples with vulvodynia. Paper presented at 48th Annual Meeting of the International Academy of Sex Research (IASR 2022), Reykjavík, Iceland, July 6-9, 2022. [BibTeX]
- Ekholm, E. , Lundberg, T. & Flink, I. (2019). Queer complexities of pain – A qualitative analysis of challenges and coping with vulvovaginal pain among women in same-sex relationships. Paper presented at IASR (International Academy of Sex Research) 45th annual meeting, Mexico City, Mexico, July 24-27, 2019. [BibTeX]
- Jonsson, E. , Fardal, J. , Grennert, E. & Flink, I. (2018). Victim, hero, perpetrator or ally? Experiences of male partners of women suffering dyspareunia. Paper presented at IASR (International Academy of Sex Research) 44th annual meeting, Madrid, Spain, July 17-20, 2018. [BibTeX]
Doctoral theses, comprehensive summaries
- Ekholm, E. (2024). Painful Sex in Context: Understanding Vulvodynia from a Relational Perspective. (Doctoral dissertation). (Comprehensive summary) Örebro: Örebro University. [BibTeX]
Manuscripts
- Engman, L. , ter Kuile, M. M. , Linton, S. J. , Ekholm, E. , Tuijnman-Raasveld, C. C. & Flink, I. K. An initial proof of concept : A replicated single case study of a CBT group treatment with partner involvement for vulvodynia. [BibTeX]
- Ekholm, E. , Engman, L. , Ter Kuile, M. M. & Flink, I. Coping with Provoked Vestibulodynia in a Relational Context : A Cluster Analysis of Coping Patterns and Their Associations with Relational Cognitions and Goals. [BibTeX]