Laureen Peltier's book Hungry For Touch is a very emotional story. Peltier tells how she suffered from PTSD as a result of being molested at an early age by her own father. Peltier did not remember everything that her father did until her boss sexually harassed her, which caused the memories to come back. Peltier also tells how therapy eventually helped her to learn to live and be okay with being touched by another person.

Hungry for Touch may not be for everyone. It could cause people to remember things they do not want to. Peltier’s chapters alternate between her childhood/adult memories and her therapy appointments. In her therapy chapters, the reader is in therapy with her, hearing and seeing everything that went on. The therapist uses different techniques on her to help her to learn to like being touched. I really appreciated that Peltier explained each technique used and how it worked. I have never experienced therapy so I was not aware of all of the different exercises therapists use. However, I did think that the exercises were interesting, especially EMDR (eye movement desensitization and reprocessing). I also understood how Peltier felt when asked if she does drugs. Not everyone who seeks help does drugs. The memory chapters in the book read like a story. I loved how Peltier made me remember what it was like to be a child and not be afraid of anything. These chapters were my favorite part of the book.

Overall, I thought this was a good book. At times some things are repetitive, but the reader must revive memories and therapy is repetitive. I also think Peltier is a very strong woman. I do not know how she can still talk to her father after all this, but I admire her for doing so. I am happy that she is finally able to live her life and wish her nothing but the best.

Laureen Peltier’s memoir, Hungry For Touch: A Journey From Fear To Desire, is about her journey to overcome her fears and anxieties about intimate relationships because of a molestation that occurred when she was a child. When Peltier meets Dr. Erickson, he advises her not to think about her father’s abuse of power too much. But of course Peltier does. It is all she can think about. She thinks about how she hates having anyone touch her. She pushes men away and she is strongly afraid of sex. But for the first time in a long time, she can ask questions and look past her fear. Why does the trauma she experienced as a young girl affect her current relationships? And if so, what can she do to change the way she feels now? Dr. Erickson offers unconventional therapies that just might give Peltier a chance at truly healthy future relationships.

I was impressed at the honesty that Laureen Peltier offered in her memoir Hungry For Touch: A Journey From Fear To Desire. Sexual abuse is not an easy thing to talk about and I can’t imagine the strength it must have taken to open that chapter of her life up for people all across the world to read. But I am glad that she did. This story is moving and inspirational. It opens a dialogue that we should be having and helps people understand that there are choices to be made. There are actions we can take to no longer be victims and learn to live the life we were destined to live. Peltier did an amazing job and I believe this story can truly change people’s lives.

Excellent writing surrounds this book about a 37-year old young woman who is experiencing PTSD resulting from the sexual abuse of her father. As you read the story, you discover that she and her four sisters were continually molested throughout their young lives. The author's skill in involving you in the story is evident from the first chapter.

Laureen Peltier is a successful manager who experiences sexual advances from a male superior resulting in a breakdown that has her seeking psychotherapy to reconcile her partial memories of her trauma with the past. The book shows her determination to understand what happened in the past that is preventing her from being touched in the present.

The book is a successful blending of therapy sessions coupled with glimpses of her childhood. The author does an outstanding job of balancing her traumatic childhood events and subsequent therapy with the everyday family and childhood interactions of a large family.

Although the subject matter is disturbing, the book gives hope and inspiration to all survivors of sexual abuse. It is well worth reading.

This is courageous true story of abuse, treatment and forgiveness by Laureen Peltier. Parts of the story are hard to get through but it is worth it. I have great admiration for the Author after reading about her story.

This book was a difficult read. I could relate to the whole problem with intimacy and touch in the aftermath of sexual assault but I personally found it hard to relate to the scenes about Peltier's inner child (but that was obvious as mine was not a childhood assault).

I really liked how she included the reader into her personal therapy sessions and also added in chapters of her life behind the scenes when the therapy was taking place. In those chapters, you really can see Peltier healing and changing to finally be free.

Some scenes of the book were hard to get through because of the heavy subject matter but I do think this would be a great book of hope and survival for victims and survivors of assault.

All in all, I would recommend this book to people struggling with similar issues to Peltier as it did open my eyes to certain therapies, such as EMDR and counter-pressure therapies.

Massive admiration to Peltier for laying bare her journey of healing.