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Although psychological factors are known to influence pain and adaptation, psychodynamic and personality-informed interventions remain rarely explored. It is also unclear whether endometriosis shares an emotional signature with other conditions involving psychic pain, such as functional neurological disorder (FND).<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Women attending a tertiary endometriosis clinic in Trieste, Italy, who reported psychological or sexual distress were offered a psycho-sexual orientation interview and, if they agreed, a brief psychotherapeutic pathway. Seventeen women with endometriosis (7 operated, 10 non-operated) completed a 10-session intervention and an assessment protocol. Primary emotional dispositions were assessed with the Affective Neuroscience Personality Scales (ANPS) at pre-treatment, post-treatment, and 2-month follow-up. Personality configuration was evaluated at baseline with the Shedler Westen Assessment Procedure (SWAP-200). Repeated-measures analyses tested changes in ANPS scales, and correlations examined links between ANPS and SWAP-200 indices.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Participants showed high medical and psychiatric comorbidity and a predominantly high-functioning depressive\u2013obsessive personality profile. Across time, only the ANPS SADNESS scale showed a significant reduction from baseline to follow-up, while other primary emotions remained stable. More high-functioning obsessive features were associated with adaptive emotional profiles, whereas more dysregulated features correlated with higher negative affect.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>A brief psychodynamic intervention integrated into gynecological care was associated with a selective reduction in chronic dysphoric affect. 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