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Healthy Sexual Intimacy in a Loving Relationship

Posted on January 17, 2022 by Wendy Maltz - Porn Problem Recovery, Sex & Love, Sexual Abuse Healing, Understanding Sexual Fantasies

Singer-songwriter Alanis Morissette and Wendy Maltz share a warm and friendly discussion about healthy sexuality. They are both survivors of sexual abuse who value family life, parenting, and intimacy in a committed loving relationship. The ideas they share reflect years of learning and healing. They know what it’s like to overcome past challenges and develop new, healthy approaches to sex and love. This natural, heartfelt, empowering conversation educates as well as inspires.

Topics covered include:

The importance of addressing sexual issues
The prevalence and problems caused by sex abuse
Learning new ways of thinking about sex and sexual relationships
How sexual touch is part of a continuum of touch
Sexual media influences and messages that need to be countered
Ideas for teaching healthy ideas about sex to kids
When and how a break from sex can be healing
Addressing porn and sexual fantasy concerns
Connecting sex with love and friendship
Safety and satisfaction in a loving relationship

“Conversation with Alanis: Interview with Wendy Maltz.” Episode #5, 2-11-2016

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Healing from Sexual Assault

Posted on January 17, 2022 by Wendy Maltz - Sexual Abuse Healing

Dr. Nazanin Moali, a caring therapist and the host of the Sexology Podcast, believes it’s crucial that people become more comfortable discussing issues that have to do with sexual abuse and assault so that healing can occur.

In this episode, Nazanin interviews Wendy Maltz to find out more about the impact of sexual assault on sexual intimacy and the steps people can take to recover. They identify some common myths about sexual assault, various impacts of abuse on sexual intimacy, healing methods, culture’s impact, and what it feels like to develop and reclaim healthy sexuality. Wendy also shares her own personal and professional story and the next steps one can take to rediscover the joy of sexual intimacy after experiencing sexual assault.

In this episode, you will learn more about:

The common myths that exist around sexual assault
How people can blame themselves for something they didn’t have control over
The issue and complications around consent
How being sexually assaulted can affect a person’s outlook on sex
Common sexual challenges that survivors face
Ways in which you can support a partner who’s been sexually assaulted
Discovering when you are ready to go on the sexual healing journey
It’s possible to still enjoy sex after being assaulted

Healing from Sexual Assault with Wendy Maltz LCSW, Sexology Podcast, Episode 35, 2017.

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Let’s Talk about Sex: Sexual Nature, Harm and Healing

Posted on January 14, 2022 by Wendy Maltz - Uncategorized

Expand your thinking about all things sexual and sexy. Listen to Wendy’s engaging and comprehensive presentation to the Society for the Advancement of Sexual Health.

“Let’s Talk about Sex: Sexual Nature, Harm, and Healing” is the title of Wendy’s acclaimed keynote to the Society for the Advancement of Sexual Health (SASH) in 2015. In this special conference presentation, Wendy takes a comprehensive look at human sexuality from interpersonal, biological, sociological, and psychological perspectives. Wendy shares her view of sex as a powerful energy – infinite, mysterious, and life-changing. She reveals the unique nature of sex, encourages us to expand how we think about sex and the role it plays in our lives.

Here is an outline of what Wendy covers in the presentation:

1. Sex as powerful energy and how Wendy chose the field of sex therapy

2. Factors in healthy sexual development

3. Important features of sexual anatomy, physiology, and functioning

4. Sexual orientations and forms of sexual expression

5. The role of different hormones

6. Sex beyond reproduction – sexual pleasure and love-based sex

7. Sex as an active learning and conditioning process

8. The ways culture influences sexual attitudes and behaviors

9. Challenges to healthy sexuality – abuse, addiction, disease, lack of protection and education

10. How sexual abuse and compulsive behaviors support one another

11. What is involved and needed in sexual healing and recovery

12. The importance of sexual learning and healing resources

Interview by Elizabeth Smart

Posted on August 30, 2021 by Wendy Maltz - Featured

Elizabeth Smart, a nationally-recognized teenage kidnapping survivor and survivor advocate interviews Wendy in this exceptional two-part podcast discussion entitled, “Healthy Intimacy after Abuse.” It first aired in July of 2021.

Elizabeth reached out to Wendy because her podcast listeners were regularly sharing many concerns about sex. Their discussion is warm, candid, and peppered with stories from their own healing experiences as survivors.

Sexual healing is such an important area in sexual abuse recovery that Elizabeth and Wendy take time to get specific about helpful concepts, approaches, and interventions. They provide insights, ideas, and healing information. Elizabeth is remarkable in her ability to overcome her own challenges and then move forward and create her “Smart Talks” podcast forum where thousands of survivors of sexual abuse find comfort and help.

Part 1 – The importance and process of sexual healing (Ep. 2.08)

Why sex is a challenging topic for survivors and what they need to feel safe
How to recognize the sexual effects of sexual abuse
How sexual healing is a choice and when you know you’re ready
How intimate partners are impacted by the original abuse
The importance of developing positive sexual attitudes and self-concept
How a couple can work together to heal

Listen to Episode 2.08 here.

Part 2 – Overcoming touch and sex problems (Ep. 2.09)

How to deal with unwanted automatic reactions to touch
Stopping unwanted sexual behaviors
Working together with a partner to heal
Relearning touch with creativity, communication, reconditioning
Addressing sexual functioning and fantasy concerns
The joys of sexual recovery

Listen to Episode 2.09 here.

Transcripts are available at elizabethsmartfoundation.org