Awaken Your Sexuality

Awaken Your Sexuality: A Guide to Connection and Intimacy after Addiction and Trauma

[Covington, S. and Carlisle, V. (2025). Center City, MN: Hazelden Publishing]

Awaken Your Sexuality addresses the complex intersections of trauma, addiction, and sexual healing with depth and sensitivity. This one-of-a-kind, nonjudgmental guide unlocks the path to intimacy, connection, and self-understanding. Addiction, trauma, and shame can shatter the experience of intimacy and sexual joy. But healing is possible. Co-authors Covington and Carlisle bring their expertise in the fields of sexuality, gender, addiction, and trauma to deliver hope, understanding, and acceptance in this groundbreaking new work. “We need this book yesterday. . . a treasured resource” —from the foreword by Elizabeth Gilbert.  Readers of all relationship styles and life stages will discover inclusive and invaluable information. Drawing from cutting-edge research and decades of clinical experience, Awaken Your Sexuality goes beyond traditional recovery literature and considers sexuality an integral part of what it means to be whole and well. Statistically, 1 in 6 women experience sexual violence, and many turn to substances or compulsive behaviors to cope. This book and workbook is a lifeline, a compassionate guide to reclaiming one’s sexual agency, joy, and power. Awaken Your Sexuality is written for survivors, therapists, counselors, and anyone committed to sexual healing and empowerment, as well as anyone interested in their own body, desire, and sexual truth.

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