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This book offers a detailed road map for overcoming sexual and relationship impasses originating from painful childhood experiences.

Table of Contents

Series Foreword by Dr. Judy Kuriansky
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Part I Relationship
1. In the Beginning: Attachment Styles
2. The Practice of Empathy: What's Wrong with the Golden Rule?
3. Don't Get Me Wrong! HD Communication
4. Chiaroscuro: The Play of Shadow and Light
5. Men and Women: Is There a Difference?
Part II A Short Course on Trauma and Neglect
6. It's the End of the World as We Know It: A Primer on Trauma
7. Waiting for the Sun to Come Out: Waking Up to Neglect
8. Do You Wanna Dance? More about Triggering and Adaptation
9. Cycles of Escalation: It Takes Two to Tangle
10. Emotional Rescue: The Transformative Power of Repair
Part III Introduction to the Wide World of Sex
11. The Legacy of Rabbi Hillel: The Nature of Sex
12. This Thing Called Love: Myths and Facts about Adult Sexuality
13. I'm Bad to the Bone: Trauma and Sexuality
14. You Can't Always Get What You Want: Neglect and Sexuality
15. Tangled Up in Blue: Common Trauma/Neglect Sexual Dynamics
Part IV Practice
16. The Way It Is: Assessment
17. Human Touch: Being Here Now
18. We're on Our Way Home: More about Presence and Some Practice
19. Starting Over: Practice and More Practice
20. What a Long, Strange Trip It's Been: Integration, "Re-membering," and Renewal
Appendix
Notes
Bibliography
Index

About the Author

Ruth Cohn, MA, is a licensed marriage and family therapist and certified sex therapist.