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Welcome to the Healthy Sex blog. Here we share the latest news and information about Wendy’s media interviews, presentations, and publications. You can find blog posts listed according to topic categories such as Sex & Love, Sex Abuse Healing, Sexual Fantasy, Porn Recovery, Reflections on Sex, and more – as well as by the date posted.

Reflections on Sex (RoS) posts

“Reflections on Sex” is a special category of blog posts featured in the Healthy Sex blog. It is sometimes referred to using the abbreviation, RoS. These blog posts serve as a running column, like a newspaper column. In these writings, Wendy shares the most fascinating ideas and insights she gained about sex in her more than forty years of work as a sex educator and therapist. New “Reflections on Sex” blog posts are published about one a month and are highlighted on this page. To find out as soon as one is posted follow Wendy Maltz on Twitter or Facebook for announcements.

“Reflections on Sex” provides me an exciting opportunity to examine sex from old and new perspectives and share stories and ideas I haven’t written about before. I’m eager to tell you about the people, experiences, and discoveries that caught my attention and influenced my life. I hope you will find my observations entertaining as well as informative. Perhaps they will inspire you to reflect on your own journey with sex, how your views about it have changed, and what sex means to you.
Wendy Maltz

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Sexual & Relationship Therapy Reviews “The Sexual Healing Journey”

Posted on October 23, 2012 by Wendy Maltz - Reviews, Sexual Abuse Healing

The Sexual Healing Journey (3rd edition) has received a marvelous book review by Talli Y. Rosenbaum, in the recently released October 2012 issue of the professional journal “Sexual and Relationship Therapy.”

In her review, AASECT Certified Sex Therapist, Talli Y. Rosenbaum, describes The Sexual Healing Journey as “comprehensive and easy to read” and shares that it is written in a manner that speaks directly to patients as well as clinicians. Talli goes on to point out that the book is “written with such warmth and understanding that the value of the empathic and non-judgmental therapeutic alliance is healing to the reader. Wendy Maltz….guides her readers through the process of understanding what has been lost, grieving it, reclaiming it and establishing a new reality.” Talli concludes by saying that she finds the therapeutic approach in The Sexual Healing Journey to be “validating and relevant to many couples seeking sex therapy.”

The first page of the review can be accessed by CLICKING HERE

Metro News article on “The Porn Problem”

Posted on October 6, 2012 by Wendy Maltz - Media Interviews, Porn Problem Recovery

Wendy was recently featured in an article on “The Porn Problem” by writer Michelle Castillo of Metro News. The article discusses how pornography can create serious problems for some people, especially when they develop an on-going sexual relationship with it.
The article mentions Wendy and Larry’s book “The Porn Trap: The Essential Guide to Overcoming Problems Caused by Pornography.”

CLICK HERE to access the Metro News article

For more discussion, see Wendy’s article “Is Porn Bad for You” (aka. Out of the Shadows” at www.healthysex.com)

The Sexual Healing Journey Book Trailer Is Now Up!

Posted on August 25, 2012 by Wendy Maltz - Sexual Abuse Healing

Many thanks to filmmaker Rob Bohannon and friends for creating this new book trailer for The Sexual Healing Journey: A Guide for Survivors of Sexual Abuse (William Morrow, 2012, 3rd edition). In it I describe how I came to write the book and outline the comprehensive approach to sexual healing it provides. The book trailer includes pictures of the “relearning touch” exercises from the book, quotes from survivors, plus gorgeous shots of the Willamette River in Eugene, Oregon.

VIEW HERE

You can also watch, comment on it, and share it with others at YouTube: CLICK HERE

Psych Today – Healing in a Cultural Context (article 3)

Posted on August 25, 2012 by Wendy Maltz - Media Interviews, Sexual Abuse Healing

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

Psych Today – Healing Sexual Wounds of Sex Abuse (article 2)

Posted on August 11, 2012 by Wendy Maltz - Media Interviews, Sexual Abuse Healing

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

Psych Today – Sex Effects of Sex Abuse (article 1)

Posted on August 2, 2012 by Wendy Maltz - Media Interviews, Sexual Abuse Healing

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

Newly Released: “The Sexual Healing Journey” new 3rd edition!

Posted on June 14, 2012 by Wendy Maltz - Sexual Abuse Healing

The Sexual Healing Journey has just been released in both print and electronic format in by William Morrow Paperbacks/ HarperCollins publishers.

Originally published two decades ago, The Sexual Healing Journey is a is considered “the primary resource” for understanding and healing the intimate sexual problems caused by sex abuse. In this third edition, Wendy Maltz keeps this classic recovery book fresh with a new preface, revised materials, and an updated, expanded resource section. Compassionate and enduring, this guide presents a comprehensive program for healing that combines expert clinical advice with innovative exercises, steadfast techniques, and deeply moving stories of individuals who have overcome the challenges of sexual abuse to reclaim sex as safe, loving and enjoyable.

“This classic self-help book offers sound and detailed guidelines for sexual healing. Wendy Maltz stands out for her remarkable combination of wisdom, creativity, and heart.”
—Harriet Lerner, Ph.D., author of The Dance of Anger??

“Clear, non-judgmental, warm and hopeful, The Sexual Healing Journey is a precious gift for male and female survivors 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 author of Allies in Healing ??

Wendy Discusses “The Sexual Healing Journey”

Posted on May 31, 2012 by Wendy Maltz - Media Interviews, Sexual Abuse Healing

Wendy Maltz was the featured guest on Wendy Strgar’s LA Talk Radio show, “Lunch with the Loveologist.” Wednesday, June 13th at 12 noon PST. She discusses how couples can recognize and heal from the sexual problems caused by past sexual abuse and also talk about the new release of Wendy Maltz’s book, The Sexual Healing Journey: A Guide for Survivors of Sexual Abuse (William Morrow, 2012 revised 3rd Edition)

The podcast can be heard at: http://daily.goodcleanlove.com/podcasts/2012/06/13/healing-from-sexual-abuse-with-wendy-maltz-lcws-dst/

“Sex After Sex Abuse” – Wendy shares in Salon.com article

Posted on March 24, 2012 by Wendy Maltz - Media Interviews, Sexual Abuse Healing

How can a woman overcome her dislike of sex after experiencing on-going sexual abuse in a past relationship? This question is addressed in a Salon.com article, “Sex After Sex Abuse” by Tracy Clark-Flory who interviewed Wendy for ideas on sexual healing. One of the main points is that sexual problems are normal and understandable for people who have experienced sexual abuse. The article recommends Wendy’s book, The Sexual Healing Journey, as a great source for learning and exercises for sexual healing as well as her “relearning touch” exercises.
CLICK HERE FOR ARTICLE

For a video of Wendy discussing “Sex after Sex Abuse” on healthyplace.com.
Requires some patience watching – but worth it.
CLICK HERE FOR VIDEO

Teens and Cyber Porn — A Problem-Prevention Curriculum

Posted on March 9, 2012 by Wendy Maltz - Media Interviews, Porn Problem Recovery

Christopher Mulligan LCSW of cybersolutionstoday recently interviewed Wendy Maltz LCSW, DST, on “The Impact of Cyber Porn on Teens.” Aware of the serious problems to teens arising from habitual porn use, this article explores how parents can help educate and protect their children from negative consequences of porn use, and help guide them on a path to being able to experience sex as loving and intimate as they mature.
Click here to read the article

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