With Pleasure

Managing Trauma Triggers for More Vibrant Sex and Relationships

By: August McLaughlin, Jamila Dawson LMFT

Narrated by: Janina Edwards

A companion for anyone experiencing the effects of trauma, featuring true stories of survivors from a broad, inclusive range of backgrounds.

With Pleasure: Managing Trauma Triggers for More Vibrant Sex and Relationships is a companion for anyone experiencing the effects of trauma. Through true survivor stories, expert insight, writing prompts, and grounding exercises, it explores pleasure, relationships, and community as worthy and essential antidotes in trying times.

Written by trauma-informed sex therapist Jamila Dawson, LMFT, and sexuality journalist and podcaster August McLaughlin, With Pleasure provides a much-needed alternative to harmful "self-help" ideologies that instruct people to "change their thoughts" or "choose to be happy".

Instead, Dawson and McLaughlin encourage listeners to respect their feelings, understand the complexities of a society and systems that fuel trauma, foster self-compassion, and embrace pleasure.

©2021 August McLaughlin and Jamila Dawson (P)2021 Podium Audio

Important work

I loved this book. It felt transformational and I think it could benefit many people. I suggested it to a client.

Lacking in Sexual Psycheducation

The book claims to help with sexual healing, but instead focuses on stories containing little psycho education, anatomy, and exercises to repair