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Healing sex : a mind-body approach to healing sexual trauma

A mind-body approach to healing sexual trauma. An encouraging, sex-positive guide to recovering from sexual trauma and reclaiming an exciting and fulfilling sex life
Print Book, English, ©2007
Updated 2nd ed View all formats and editions
Cleis Press, San Francisco, ©2007
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xxxiv, 267 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
9781573442930, 1573442933
228432947
Safety, somatics, and sexual healing
Desire and pleasure
Dissociation
Self-denial
Sexual response and anatomy: information is power
Masturbation and self-healing
Consent and boundaries: the "yes," "no," and "maybe" of sex
Partner sex
Oral sex
Penetration
Embracing triggers
The emotions of healing: you gotta feel your way out of this
S/M, role-playing, and fantasy
Sex toys and accoutrements
Spiritual sexuality
Intimacy and self-forgiveness
Partnering with survivors of sexual abuse
Your powerful sexual self: who are you becoming?
Originally published as: The survivor's guide to sex : how to have an empowered sex life after child sexual abuse. ©1999