With Pleasure: Managing Trauma Triggers for More Vibrant Sex and Relationships (Paperback)

Foreword

About this Book

1  “Why is this happening to me?”

August: In Her Own Words

Jamila: Why Sex Therapy?

2   “What is happening to me?”

Desiree: Trust, Disability, and BDSM

KM: Finding Zen

3   “How can I stop this?”

Anne: Reclaiming Self-Worth

Wolf: Chosen Family, Consent, and Cis Male Survivors

4   “I need help.”

Gloria: Different (Not Broken) and Sex-Positive Therapy

Nadia: Day Programs, Group Therapy, and Settling Into Love

Ginny and Jean: Grief, Communication, and Safer Self-Help

5   “I am such a problem.”

RenÉ: ADHD and Self-Understanding

Robert and Hannah: Building Trust, Intimacy, and Communication

6   “Healing is taking too long.”

Natalie: Awareness, Reframing, and Orgasmic Meditation

Beth: Intergenerational Trauma and Ancestral Strength

7   “They don’t understand.”

Taylor: Life-Saving Psychiatry and Developing Her True Self

EL: Embracing Desires and Sexuality Integration

8   “How can I get my life back?”

Kimleigh: You are Your Own Superhero

Arden: Awareness, Magic, and Sexual Narratives

Jazz: No Longer Conforming and Ancestral and Animist Practices

9   “Should I forgive? If so, how?”

Cheryl: Owning her Story, Forgiveness as Freedom

Andrea: Pleasure to Behold, Forgiveness as Optional

10   “Dang. I thought I was healed.”

Winnie: “Baby Steps” Back to Pleasure

Brian: Permission to Struggle and Grow

Suggested Exercises and Illustrations

Afterword: Our process with this book