Healing Sex

Healing Sex is an encouraging, sex-positive guide for women survivors of sexual assault — heterosexual, bisexual, lesbian, coupled, and single — who want to delight in their own sexuality again. Where most books on the subject stop at reassuring survivors that it's all right to say "no" to unwanted sex, this one focuses on learning how to say "yes": to your own desires, on your own terms, at your own pace. A new introduction explores developments in the field of trauma and the role of the body in healing, framing sexuality as somewhere recovery can actually happen rather than something to be managed around it. Warm, practical, and free of shame, it's a thoughtful read for anyone rebuilding a relationship with pleasure, and for the partners who want to support them.