A guide that helps survivors of sexual abuse to improve their relationships and discover the joys of sexual intimacy. It takes them step-by-step through the recovery process using groundbreaking exercises and techniques. It helps them to create a positive meaning for sex and develop a healthy sexual self-concept.

This widely esteemed, comprehensive guide helps survivors of sexual abuse heal from the past, improve relationships, and discover the joys of sexual intimacy. Wendy Maltz sensitively takes readers step-by-step through the recovery process, integrating expert advice with groundbreaking exercises, proven techniques, and first-person accounts of women and men at every stage of sexual healing. This compassionate resource can help you to:

• Identify the sexual effects of sexual abuse
• Eliminate negative sexual behavior and resolve specific problems
• Gain control over upsetting automatic reactions to touch and sex
• Develop a healthy sexual self-concept

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.