Welcome to episode 107 of the Sexology Podcast! Today I am very excited to have returning to the podcast Wendy Maltz, LCSW, DST. Wendy was my guest on episode 35 and joins me again to speak to me about porn addiction, the consequences of using porn compulsively, how mindfulness and yoga can help with recovery and sexually reconnecting with your partner after porn addiction.
Wendy Maltz, LCSW, DST, is an internationally recognized sex therapist, author, and speaker, with more than thirty-five years of experience treating sex and intimacy concerns. She is the coauthor, with her husband Larry Maltz of The Porn Trap: The Essential Guide to Overcoming Problems Caused by Pornography. Wendy is also author of the recovery classic The Sexual Healing Journey: A Guide for Survivors of Sexual Abuse, coauthor of Private Thoughts: Exploring the Power of Women’s Sexual Fantasies, and the editor of two poetry anthologies that celebrate healthy sexual intimacy. Wendy’s popular educational website, http://www.HealthySex.com, provides free articles, podcast interviews, posters, videos, and more to help people overcome sexual problems and develop skills for love-based sexual intimacy.
In this episode, you will hear:
- Is porn usage problematic?
- The consequences of using porn compulsively
- How we weren’t ready as a society for the amount of porn the internet provided
- How between 8-15% of people who use porn will go on to develop a problem with it
- Steps that can be taken to deal with unhealthy porn use
- Recovering from porn addiction
- Hearing how a listener’s husband went through the process of recovery
- Ongoing side effects; E.G – Not being able to have sex without images of porn
- How mindfulness and yoga can help with recovery
- Sexually reconnecting with your partner after porn addiction
Episode 35 – https://sexologypodcast.com/2017/09/05/healing-from-sexual-assault-with-wendy-maltz-lcsw/
Podcast Produced by Pete Bailey – http://petebailey.net/audio