Loving someone who has sexual trauma A compassionate guide to supporting your partner and improving your relationship
Book - 2023
"In Loving Someone Who Has Sexual Trauma, a sex therapist offers self-compassion and attachment-based communication skills to help readers nurture intimacy and trust, and cultivate a more secure relationship with a partner who has experienced past sexual trauma. In the book, readers will learn powerful, trauma-informed techniques to help them understand the full impact of their partner's past experience, as well as strategies to increase feelings of safety and connection, and ultimately improve their relationship in the here and now"--
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Oakland, CA :
New Harbinger Publications
[2023]
- Language
- English
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- Physical Description
- 180 pages ; 23 cm
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN
- 9781648481574
- Foreword
- Introduction
- 1. Understanding Your Partner and the Survivor Experience
- 2. Impact of Sexual Trauma on Your Relationship
- 3. Your Relationship as a Source for Healing
- 4. Using Relationship Skills to Create a Secure Connection
- 5. Coping with Trauma Triggers
- 6. Establishing (or Regaining) Intimate Connection and Pleasure
- 7. Stages of Healing and Hope for the Future
- Acknowledgments
- References