Considered a classic in its field, this comprehensive guide will help survivors of sexual abuse improve their relationships and discover the joys of sexual intimacy. Wendy Maltz takes survivors step-by-step through the recovery process using groundbreaking exercises and techniques. Based on the author's clinical work, interviews, survey results, and workshops, this book is filled with first-person accounts of women and men at every stage of sexual healing. This compassionate resource helps survivors to: identify the sexual effects of sexual abuse; create a positive meaning for sex and develop a healthy sexual self-concept; gain control over upsetting automatic reactions to touch and sex; stop negative sexual behaviors and resolve specific sexual problems; establish or improve intimate relationship; and, discover the joys of sexual intimacy.
- ISBN10 0060959649
- ISBN13 9780060959647
- Publish Date 20 February 2001 (first published 19 June 1991)
- Publish Status Out of Stock
- Out of Print 13 December 2008
- Publish Country US
- Publisher HarperCollins Publishers Inc
- Imprint HarperCollins
- Edition Revised ed.
- Format Paperback
- Pages 368
- Language English