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Wendy Maltz has answered 33 questions.

A moral dilemma. OK this is really hard to say, and I'm sick of lying about it constantly. I have been with my girl friend for 5 months and I fell in love with her about 3 months ago, and she loves m

I am a 45-year old male who has never had a full sexual relationship. I am not a social inadequate. I have a Cambridge degree, a lot of friends and a good job as a freelance writer. I just feel strang

About once a month, my husband has sex with me during the night..not bothering to wake me up...I usually wake up with him rubbing on me...sometimes I push him away...sometimes I wake up from a dream o

My wife is a victim of sexual abuse that took place when she was 11..Over 20 years ago. I new that this was an issue and have been very sensitive to her needs. There has been times in our 10 year r

I would like to know your opinion on how affective hypnosis is on survivors of sexual abuse as a healing tool.

Never had much of a sex life. Remained a virgin until age 33. College educated economically sound not even a bad looking guy, just wasn't in the cards for me . Well one day a beautiful friend from my

I am a 32 year old graduate student, studying at Columbia University for a MSW in Clinical Social Work. I am an activist and have worked in the concentrations of Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault,

Wendy, I am hoping you will answer to this email. I tried another person on the panel, but didn't hear back - maybe this question is more appropriate for you!. I recognized you name from where I liv

I read an article by you in New Woman called "Was That Sexual Abuse" and I use it with clients I treat, both perpetrators and sex offenders. I would like a new copy as this one is torn and tattered a

I am a sexual abuse and ritual abuse survivor. I have a severe mental obsession with sex, including Sado-Masochistic fantasies. I have, however, a severe repusion and avoidance of any kind of intima

I WAS SEXUALLY ABUSED FROM AGE 5TO 8YRS OLD I HAVE CP AND I AM GAY THOUGH I HAVE NEVER HAD A DATING LIFE I WANT SO MUCH TO CONNECT WITH SOME ONE. YET AT TIMES I FIND MY SELF ACTING OUT 34 YRS LATER,

Is burning/pain after intercourse a possible result of sexual abuse?

I recently relocated and met a wonderful man who treats me like a queen. I am an adult survivor who was raised in extreme domestic violence and who was sexually abused as an adolescent. I am also a do

Problem: Fear of Women (despite being heterosexual) combined with negative (shameful) Gender Self-Image & feeling like I do not deserve to have any sex life at all.

I am a Life Skills Facilitator for an organization that provides attendent services for adults with physical disabilities. Every Tuesday evening we have a group of these adults who come out to discus

My childhood through pre-teen years was filled with multiple acts of abuse by alot of different men. It all started around the age of 5 with my grandfather. This was really confusing to me, I didn't k

My psychologist is trying to find treamant plans for my sexual harassemtn and cannot find any, do they exist and where can i find them?

I am 41 and my new girlfriend/fiance is 32. She has been in and out of an emotionally and psychologically abusive relationship with the same guy since she was 15. He was a big jock (pumped up on lots

I am a 33 year old graduate student studying Clinical Social Work. I was a Domestic Violence Councelor by profession, prior to relocating to enter school. I have been assigned to work next semester in

Has any of your books ever been translated into DUTCH? My husband doesn't understand why I am so tense and anti-sexual, but I do. He wants and needs information but his English is not sufficient to re

To the expert- I am a 17 year old female. I have always sort of had an aversion to touch, mostly not liking to be hugged by my grandparents. Now that I'm older and its normal (almost expected) that pe

I'm 21 year old, and I've been in a committed relationship for a year and a half. We are having problems sexually, and I c

I have an uncle with schizophrenia. He has made passes at me for the past three years. He never raped me or attacked me, b

My 14 year old son is trying stuff on his younger sisters. His mother and I are divorced, and we are both

I have a question I am posing on behalf of my wife of 12 years. She is an amazing woman, the survivor of sexual abuse by her father from age 6 to age 17. She is now 42 She has undergone no formal ther

I did some things as a young adult male that I have felt guilty about for years. It involved sexual touching of a young fr

I am a survivor of molestation and am trying to heal from it. I have been aware of the abuse for several years now and wan

Hello. I am 23 years old and married with a young son (20 months old). I was abused by my uncle and, I'm pretty sure, some

Dear Wendy, I am a single woman, who has survived childhood sexual abuse, rape, physical and emotionally abuse. I have don

After our fourth child, my wife stopped being interested in sex. She has a history of having been sexually abused as a chi

I was sexually abused by my grandfather when I was five years old. (He is dead now) Now that I am married and recently had a baby girl (one month old), I fear that she may be sexually abused by her f

I have a boyfriend who was sexually abused by his stepfather when he was young. He is now 30. He confronted his abuser when he was 22 and he is now in jail. Everthing was fine, including sexually unti

How do I help my boyfriend who was raped at the age of 21 and now it is biting him in the ass? He is pushing me and his family away and I am the only person he confided in and talked to him about my