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.

If you have gone from relationship to relationship, unfulfilled, disappointed, even crushed, you should know that there is a better way. Anne Stirling Hastings' Create New Love is for men and women who desire the growth, comfort, and happiness that true romantic love can bring. She helps people prepare for a new relationship with knowledge and skills. Don't wait until it is too late, and you have to repair your relationship. You will learn about the top five issues that prevent people from creating a well working relationship. You will learn how to use sex to create and nurture the coupling you have always wanted. Create New Love gives you the information and skills you need to easily walk through potential relationship conflicts. Criticism can be transformed into compassion and empathy. You will know how to reach out instead of push away. More is available after reading the book, too - Dr. Hastings offers videos, podcasts, a workbook, and a forum full of people who are on the same journey. Please join our community.

Reclaiming Healthy Sexual Energy: Revised describes how reclaiming healthy sexuality is a journey into a satisfying future. We don't have to know precisely what is wrong sexually to begin the process of healing. It is enough to sense that something is off, something is missing, not working right. Our thoughts or behaviors are somehow disturbing. We can be sure that whatever our thoughts, feelings or behaviors, we are not alone. Those of us who seek healing - from incest, from other abuse, from misguided intentions, from societal pressures, from addiction, from such effects on our loved ones - can embark on this journey of recovery. We can relinquish shame for who we are and what we do. We are voyaging to the place where our sexual thoughts, feelings and behaviors emerge out of loving and where our sexual energy is healthy and health giving.