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.
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Media Interviews
Watch Excerpts of Wendy’s Acclaimed DVDs/Videos
You can now watch short video clips from Wendy Maltz’s two highly acclaimed couples sexual healing and intimacy videos, “Relearning Touch” and “Partners in Healing.” These videos are designed to help couples heal from the sexual repercussions of past sexual abuse and also develop skills for comfort with touch and improved sexual intimacy. Produced and moderated by Wendy Maltz, they feature real couples talking about their healing process.
The “Relearning Touch” video also provides sensitive (non-sexual) demonstrations of the relearning touch exercises described in Wendy’s book,The Sexual Healing Journey: A Guide for Survivors of Sexual Abuse.
And we are also pleased to announce PRICES HAVE RECENTLY BEEN REDUCED ON BOTH OF THE VIDEOS!
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“Partners in Healing: Couples Overcoming the Sexual Repercussions of Incest”
The Intimate Effects of Pornography – on Doctor Radio
Now available! You can now listen to the information-packed one-hour interview Wendy provided for the Sirius Channel’s Sexual Health and Well-Being Doctor Radio show in July 2010. Here Wendy discusses porn addiction, relationship problems, and other harmful intimate effects of heavy porn use with host, Dr. Virginia Sadock. Suggestions for relationship and sexual healing are discussed, as well as questions answered from people who called in their stories to the show.
(Note: This recording features a 5 minute period of silence at the half hour which you can fast forward through to get to the second half of the show)
Freedom from Porn Addiction Interview
Why is today’s porn so compelling? What makes it “the Great Sex Spoiler”? How can recovering porn addicts approach sex in new ways that support sexual health and intimate relationships? For answers to these questions and more you are invited to listen to an interview discussion Wendy Maltz LCSW, DST recently had with Joe Ryan of the Freedom from Porn Addiction web site.
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Safe Space Radio Interview on Sexual Healing
Dr. Anne Hallward of Safe Space Radio recently spoke with Wendy Maltz LCSW, DST about the impact of sexual abuse on sexuality, and ways to reclaim pleasure, safety and intimacy. In this 30 minute interview, “Sexual Healing after Sexual Abuse,” Wendy describes techniques for relearning touch that involve staying with and speaking for your inner experience. She reports that taking a vacation from sex is sometimes necessary, because when sex feels like an obligation, it can often trigger difficulties from the abuse. Wendy shares a bit of her own healing history, discusses the impact of sexual abuse on intimate partners, and describes ways that couples can take on the challenge of healing together.
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New TSA Screenings Challenge Survivors of Sexual Abuse
A recent article in Newsweek Online by Kate Dailey discusses how the Transportation and Safety Administration’s new body scans and pat downs can create problems for survivors of sexual abuse. In the article Wendy Maltz, author of The Sexual Healing Journey, shares how in addition to the risk of flashbacks and panic attacks to unwanted touch, the procedures take place under time pressures and social constraints that make it difficult to engage healing and stress-coping techniques.
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“Sex After Sex Abuse” Interview on HealthyPlace.com
Wendy Maltz LCSW, DST was the featured guest Wednesday, April 14th, 2010 on the HealthyPlace TV Show, the online mental health TV show that airs over the HealthyPlace.com website. The program focused on how experiences such as incest, rape and molestation can harm a person’s sexuality. Wendy describes common sexual repercussions of sexual abuse such as avoiding or being afraid of sex, having trouble being emotionally present in sex, engaging in compulsive or inappropriate sex, experiencing negative reactions to touch, having unwanted sexual fantasies, and being troubled with sexual functioning difficulties. Wendy also talks about sexual healing as a dynamic process survivors can employ to reclaim a positive sense of what sex is and develop new skills for experiencing touch and sex in positive, life-affirming ways.
HealthyPlace.com is the largest consumer mental health site, providing comprehensive, trusted information on psychological disorders and psychiatric medications from both a consumer and expert point of view. The show is available on-demand through their permalinks and will play continuously on their site, for one week beginning April 28th, 2010.
Functions of Sexual Fantasies excerpt on AlterNet.org
The highly popular AlterNet.org website is currently featuring a long and meaty excerpt taken from Wendy’s book, Private Thoughts: Exploring the Power of Women’s Sexual Fantasies (coauthored with Suzie Boss) on their “Sex and Relationships” page. The excerpt describes, and illustrates with examples, nine positive functions of sexual fantasies: enhancing self-esteem and attractivenessincreasing sexual interest and desirefacilitating orgasmcelebrating the presentsatisfying curiosityrehearsing future possibilitiesrelieving stress and tensionpreserving a pleasant memorycoping with past hurts To read the article, go to: http://www.alternet.org/sex/146452/9_reasons_sex_fantasies_are_good_for_you or CLICK HERE
Internet Talk Radio interview with Wendy 3/19/2010 at 6:00 PST
Join Wendy Maltz LCSW DST and Ms. HeartBeat, host Deborrah Cooper, in a discussion of relationship problems caused by pornography. We’ll discuss why it’s so easy to develop a problem with porn, and how relationships are being challenged. You can call in with questions and comments: 347-327-9215.
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