Treating Sexual Shame: A New Map for Overcoming Dysfunction, Abuse, and Addiction

In therapy, as in the world at large, sexuality is different from other issues because of the culturally imposed secrecy and shame that inhibit open, non-defended talk about it. Anne Stirling Hastings, Ph.D., who specializes in treating the overlapping sexual problems of abuse, addiction, and dysfunction, encourages clinicians to recognize and overcome their own shame as a precondition to eliciting and advancing their clients' awareness.

Anne Stirling Hastings, Ph.D., specializes in sexual healing in her private practice of individual, couple, and group psychotherapy. She lives outside Seattle and on the island of Kauai. Dr. Hastings has written about sexual addiction, sexual attraction to children, satisfying sexuality for couples, and the contribution of culture to sexual distress. This is her fifth book.