Month: August 2012

Catherine McCall concludes her three-part series based on an interview with Wendy Maltz with a discussion of how sexual abuse healing is influenced by social consciousness and other cultural factors. In the article Wendy reflects on how sexual abuse awareness has changed and the present-day factors that both aide and challenge survivors today. You can access the article , “Sexual Abuse and Healing in a Cultural Context” by clicking HERE

Read Catherine McCall’s second article in her popular Overcoming Child Abuse blog for Psychology Today entitled,  “Healing the Sexual Wounds of Sexual Abuse”  . It is based on her interview with Wendy a few weeks ago. This article is filled with practical suggestions for sexual recovery. It discusses the key factors that help facilitate sexual healing and outlines the steps survivors take to successfully reclaim a healthy and rewarding sexual life.
CLICK HERE TO READ THE ARTICLE

Catherine McCall, a licensed marriage and family therapist and author of the sexual abuse healing memoir,When the Piano Stops, recently interviewed Wendy for a series of articles she is writing on sexual healing for her very popular Psychology Today recovery blog. In the first article,“The Sexual Effects of Sexual Abuse”, she discusses how important it is to healing for our society to overcome silence regarding the topic of sexual effects. She goes on to recommend The Sexual Healing Journey as a crucial healing resource.  Catherine also identifies sexual abuse is a primary risk factor in sexual health, dysfunction, and intimacy problems, and lists some common sexual problems often experienced by survivors.
CLICK HERE to read Catherine’s article