The Sexual Healing Journey

The Sexual Healing Journey: A Guide for Survivors of Sexual Abuse

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(Quill/HarperCollins, 2001 revised edition, ISBN 0060959649, paperback) provides couples with a comprehensive healing program which goes beyond traditional sex therapy. More than 160,000 copies sold.

 

The Sexual Healing Journey helps survivors to:

• identify the sexual effects of abuse
• create a positive meaning for sex
• develop a healthy sexual self-concept
• gain control over upsetting automatic reactions to touch and sex
• stop negative sexual behaviors
• improve intimacy with a partner
• learn a new approach to touch and sex
• resolve sexual functioning concerns

 

Maltz’s “relearning touch exercises” are specifically designed for survivors of sexual abuse. They offer playful, nonsexual ways to learn how touch can be relaxed, safe, and pleasurable--a mutual expression of caring and respect. Says Maltz, “No one should have to suffer through life sexually damaged because of something that happened in the past. Healthy sex is something everyone deserves and can achieve.”

 

Praise for The Sexual Healing Journey:

"This book still stands as THE MOST IMPORTANT RESOURCE available to survivors concerning sexual functioning and sexual healing. THE SEXUAL HEALING JOURNEY offers essential hope and compassion in addition to understandable explanations and exercises that improve self-awareness, communication, touching, sexual contact and sexual intimacy. I highly recommend it to all practitioners and I routinely suggest it to clients and their significant others as an indispensable resource."
--Chris Courtois Ph.D., author of Healing the Incest Wound

 

"This is AN EXCELLENT RESOURCE! Wendy Maltz deals directly with the negative effects of sexual abuse while managing to stay a strong advocate for healthy sex."
--Mitchell Tepper, Ph.D., Founder of the Sexual Health Network and SexualHealth.com

 

"With the compassion and caring that bespeaks her own healing journey, Wendy Maltz has given us a treasure: her clinical anecdotes are poignant, her instructions are thoughtful and clear. THE SEXUAL HEALING JOURNEY will always have a space on my bookshelf, it is a must-read for survivors, therapists and those who care."
--Clyde W. Ford, Ph.D., author of Compassionate Touch

 

"A MUST-READ for any survivor who wants to experience the pleasures of a safe and loving sexual relationship. Thank you, Wendy, for providing this gentle, empowering guide!"
--Marylin Van Derbur, former Miss America, incest survivor

 

"This book is a powerful and effective means of restoring and enhancing sexuality in the aftermath of sexual abuse. Wendy Maltz's practical, plain-spoken approach, and specific exercises are a helpful adjunct to therapy, as well as a valuable guide for people who want to address these issues on their own."
--Al Cooper, Ph.D. Director San Jose Marital and Sexuality Center, staff psychologist Stanford University

 

"THE SEXUAL HEALING JOURNEY allows the sexual abuse survivor to let go of shame and pain from the past and embrace a healthy sexual self. It is a book of heart, hope and answers, and I HIGHLY RECOMMEND IT."
--Claudia Black Ph.D., author of It Will Never Happen to Me

 

"This highly useful book provides much needed comfort, reassurance, and practical information for survivors of abuse who wish to reclaim healthy sexuality and for the people who care about them...AN INVALUABLE RESOURCE."
--Yvonne Dolan, M.A., author of Resolving Sexual Abuse and One Small Step

“The Sexual Healing Journey is a much need resource for individuals and couples struggling to create healthy, joyous, safe, and loving sexual lives in the aftermath of sexual abuse. Hopeful, clear, practical, and thorough, it makes the process of reclaiming the pleasure of healthy sexuality seem possible and accessible.”
--Ellen Bass, coauthor of The Courage to Heal

 

“The Sexual Healing Journey is a precious gift for male and female surviors and for those who care about them.”
--Mike Lew, author of Victims No Longer

 

“Men and women who have despaired that their sex lives would never change will find hope and answers in this friendly, encouraging, and essential guide.”
Laura Davis, coauthor of The Courage to Heal and Allies in Healing

 

“Wendy Maltz takes her readers carefully, step-by-step, through a program of self-healing. Survivors of sexual abuse, their partners, and their therapists will benefit enormously from this reassuring guide.”
--Lonnie Barbach, Ph.D. author of For Yourself and For Each Other

 

“Here is the first book to offer sound and detailed guidelines for sexual healing. Wendy Maltz stands out for her remarkable combination of wisdom, creativity and heart. Beyond providing comfort and hope for survivors of sexual abuse, she shows us how specific changes can be achieved. What a rare, useful and encouraging contribution!”
--Harriet Goldhor Lerner, Ph.D., author The Dance of Anger and The Dance of Intimacy

 

“Wendy Maltz is one of our most gifted healers and she has written a beautiful book. Practical, useful, and long-needed, it will be a gift to many.”
--Patrick Carnes, Ph.D., author Don’t Call it Love and Out of the Shadows