Talking with Your Teen about Sex: A Practical Guide for Catholics

A Note from the Author

All too often, a crisis is what initiates conversations about sexuality with teens. Once a parent finds out about a teen’s pornography use, sexual behaviors, secret relationships, or the like, most parents will reactively make the time to talk about sex. But proactive conversations are few and far between. I hope this book will help change that, especially in Catholic families and schools. This book is meant to help parents and teachers have proactive conversations about sex and sexuality. It’s meant to help you nimbly, calmly, and directly shape the minds of teens toward an integrated and distinctively Christian understanding of their sexuality, as well as the goodness, beauty, and divine purposes therein.

About the Author

Julia Sadusky is a licensed clinical psychologist and the owner of Lux Counseling and Consulting. She is the author of Start Talking to Your Kids about Sex and is a consultant, speaker, and adjunct professor. Sadusky has done extensive research in sexual development and specializes in trauma-informed care.

Her clinical practice is in Littleton, Colorado.