Be Restored

Almost everyone carries some form of sexual wound. For some people it stems from a culture that treats sexuality as everywhere and unavoidable, for others from their own choices, and for still others from what was done to them by someone else. The book addresses a wide range of these experiences, including childhood sexual abuse and molestation, pornography use, infidelity, divorce, confusion about sexual identity, genophobia, and compulsive sexual behavior that feels impossible to control.

Bob Schuchts, a marriage and family therapist affiliated with the John Paul II Healing Center, wrote the book. He is a bestselling and award-winning author, and this title earned third place in the healing and self-help category from the Catholic Media Association. Schuchts writes as someone who has survived sexual wounding himself, and he combines that lived experience with clinical training and Catholic theology. He also wrote Be Healed, and he is known for treating the shame attached to these wounds with care.

The book explores how emotional suffering is tied to sexual wounds, whether they arise from a single traumatic event or from the quieter pressures of a sexually saturated world. Its central aim is to help readers understand where their pain comes from and to move toward freedom from shame, compulsive behavior, and sin, as well as from confusion about their identity and damage to their psychosexual development. Schuchts lays out a practical path toward restored sexual wholeness.

Each chapter closes with reflective sections that invite readers to pray, work through scripture-based exercises, map their emotions, and answer questions for personal reflection. Four appendices provide step-by-step instructions and prayers for restoring sexual wholeness.