Download or read book Healing the Wounds of Sexual Addiction written by Mark Laaser and published by Zondervan. This book was released on 2009-05-26 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hope--real hope--for recovery is within reach. This book goes beyond cliché answers and offers meaningful, spiritual, and practical steps to healing and freedom from sexual addiction--or any addiction. With today's rampant availability of Internet pornography, sexual addiction has become a national epidemic that affects an increasing number of Christians, even pastors and priests. As devastating as any drug habit, it brings heartbreak and despair to those it entangles. But there is help for men and women caught in sexual addiction's downward spiral. This book offers a path that leads beyond compulsive thoughts and behaviors to healing and transformation. Speaking from his own experience with sexual addiction and recovery, Dr. Mark Laaser is sensitive to the shame of sexual addiction without minimizing its sinfulness. He traces the roots of the problem, discusses its patterns and impact, and maps out a biblical approach to self-control and sexual integrity. Whether you know someone with a sexual addiction or struggle yourself, Healing the Wounds of Sexual Addiction points the way to understanding, wholeness, and holiness. Spanish edition also available; previously titled Faithful and True.
Download or read book A Couple s Guide to Sexual Addiction written by Paldrom Collins and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2011-11-18 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Like other psychiatric disorders, sexual addiction is a condition that affects peoples' relationships with others as much as it affects their own mental state. Individuals suffering from sexual addiction typically pursue sex through any means possible and often engage in risky forms of sexual activity such as exhibitionism, promiscuous sex with multiple partners, online sex, etc. It's easy to see how a couple's relationship may be challenged by the manifestations and reality of a disorder like this one. A Couple's Guide to Sexual Addiction discusses common relationship issues within the context of sexual addiction and provides the reader with exercises, information, and advice on the following topics: Trust Communication Healthy sexuality & sexual behaviors Family By understanding the reality of sexual addiction and what it means for a relationship, couples will be able to better relate to each other and plan for a successful future.
Download or read book Recovery from Sexual Addiction a Man s Workbook written by Paul Becker and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2012-05-25 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This companion workbook to, Recovery from Sexual Addiction: a Mans Guide, helps men learn how to achieve a high level commitment to change their behavior and thinking. The exercises are structured for use in either independent counseling or group therapy. Men are introduced to insights on how to move out of isolation into a more fulfilling life. Readers will learn about the Addicts Life Scale, a simple yet insightful tool that illustrates how ones mood is directly related to destructive acting-out behaviors. Once a man becomes aware of his mood levels, he can begin to take proactive steps to reach and sustain a mood level where he feels confident and motivated to remain free of destructive acting-out behaviors. Exercises are geared at helping men examine their most personal issues, including: the nature and origin of sexual addiction, the roles of anger, anxiety, isolation, and depression in sexual addiction, and how to cultivate self-awareness and improved attitude. Ultimately, readers will discover the satisfaction that comes from improved relationships with their spouses, children, other men, and God. Paul Beckers unique Recovery From Sexual Addiction series includes a core book, client workbook, and a clinician guide. The three texts use an interactive approach to help therapists and clients thoroughly explore the roots of sexual addiction and effective ways to achieve long-term recovery. The series is especially helpful to therapists who prefer to base recovery on principles proven by Dr. Patrick Carnes.
Download or read book Relationships in Recovery written by Linda Hatch and published by . This book was released on 2013-07 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A good relationship is supposed to feel loving, happy and safe. Recovering addicts have often experienced intimate relationships that were distorted in major ways by their addiction. In recovery from addiction a new world opens up-one in which love is no longer fraught with conflict, drama, fear and disappointment. A recovering addict often feels frightened at the prospect of looking for a new relationship or repairing an existing one. But the fact is that all the necessary tools, skills and strengths that were gained in recovery can be adapted to this new area. Assuming you have done a lot of the internal work of addiction recovery, you are now ready to go out into the world in order to find a more rewarding and lasting relationship. Here you will find some simple ways to plan and think about the challenges that you will face and the decisions you will need to make. Why not enjoy the fruits of recovery to the fullest?
Download or read book Recovery from Sexual Addiction a Man S Guide written by Paul Becker and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2012-05-14 with total page 153 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Recovery from Sexual Addiction: A Mans Guide and a companion workbook, help men learn how to achieve a high level commitment to change their behavior and thinking. Men are introduced to insights on how to move out of compulsive behavior, depressed mood, and isolation into a more fulfilling life. Readers will learn about the Addicts Life Scale, a simple yet insightful tool that illustrates how ones mood is directly related to destructive acting-out behaviors. Once a man becomes aware of his mood levels, he can begin to take proactive steps to reach and sustain a mood level where he feels confident and motivated to remain free of destructive acting-out behaviors. Book chapters are structured to help men examine their most personal issues, including: the nature and origin of sexual addiction, the roles of anger, anxiety, isolation, and depression in sexual addiction, how co-dependency fosters sexual addiction, how to cultivate self-awareness and improved attitude, and creating a healthy life style absent sexually acting out. Ultimately, readers will discover the satisfaction that comes from improved relationships with their spouses, children, other men, and God. Paul Beckers unique Recovery From Sexual Addiction series includes a core book, client workbook, and a clinician guide. The three texts use an interactive approach to help therapists and clients thoroughly explore the roots of sexual addiction and effective ways to achieve long-term recovery. The series is especially helpful to therapists who prefer to base recovery on principles proven by Dr. Patrick Carnes.
Download or read book Mending a Shattered Heart written by Stefanie Ph.D. Carnes and published by eBookIt.com. This book was released on 2014-08-12 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When your partner betrays, what are the first steps to picking up the pieces of your shattered heart? Many unsuspecting people wake up every day to discover their loved one, the one person whom they are supposed to trust completely, has been living a life of lies and deceit because they suffer from a disease-sex addiction. This is a disease shrouded in secrecy and shame. This is your go-to-guide for what to do when you discover your partner is a sex addict. Each chapter is based on frequently asked questions by partners such as: Should I Stay or Should I Go? Is This Going to Get Better? How Do I Set Boundaries and Keep Myself Safe? and What Should I Tell the Kids?
Download or read book Out of the Shadows written by Patrick J Carnes and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2009-06-21 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Unhooked from regular routines and healthy relationships by the coronavirus pandemic or other traumas, even our most basic human impulses and inputs can become addictive and destructive. An essential resource for those struggling with sexual addiction and compulsions, and those who love them. With the revised information and up-to-date research, Out of the Shadows is the premier work on sex addiction, written by a pioneer in its treatment. Sex is at the core of our identities. And when it becomes a compulsion, it can unravel our lives. Out of the Shadows is the premier work on this disorder, written by a pioneer in its treatment. Revised and updated to include the latest research--and to address the exploding phenomenon of cybersex addiction--this third edition identifies the danger signs, explains the dynamics, and describes the consequences of sexual addiction and dependency. With practical wisdom and spiritual clarity, it points the way out of the shadows of sexual compulsion and back into the light and fullness of life.
Download or read book Thirty Days to Hope Freedom from Sexual Addiction written by Milton S. Magness and published by Gentle Path Press. This book was released on 2010-12 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A concise thirty-day guide to healing from sexual addiction
Download or read book Recovery from Sexual Addiction written by Paul Becker Lpc and published by . This book was released on 2012-05-01 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Recovery from Sexual Addiction: A Man's Guide and a companion workbook, help men learn how to achieve a high level commitment to change their behavior and thinking. Men are introduced to insights on how to move out of compulsive behavior, depressed mood, and isolation into a more fulfilling life. Readers will learn about the Addicts Life Scale, a simple yet insightful tool that illustrates how one's mood is directly related to destructive acting-out behaviors. Once a man becomes aware of his mood levels, he can begin to take proactive steps to reach and sustain a mood level where he feels confident and motivated to remain free of destructive acting-out behaviors. Book chapters are structured to help men examine their most personal issues, including: the nature and origin of sexual addiction, the roles of anger, anxiety, isolation, and depression in sexual addiction, how co-dependency fosters sexual addiction, how to cultivate self-awareness and improved attitude, and creating a healthy life style absent sexually acting out. Ultimately, readers will discover the satisfaction that comes from improved relationships with their spouses, children, other men, and God. Paul Becker's unique Recovery From Sexual Addiction series includes a core book, client workbook, and a clinician guide. The three texts use an interactive approach to help therapists and clients thoroughly explore the roots of sexual addiction and effective ways to achieve long-term recovery. The series is especially helpful to therapists who prefer to base recovery on principles proven by Dr. Patrick Carnes.
Download or read book Cruise Control written by M S W Robert Weiss, MSW and published by eBookIt.com. This book was released on 2013-02 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cruise Control is the premiere book on the growing problem of sex addiction in gay men. This second edition explores how technology has impacted the instant ability to "meet up" and the implications of being in recovery in a committed relationship. Accessible resource for achieving sex addiction recovery including a "30 day test" and a dating plan.
Download or read book Answers in the Heart written by Anonymous and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2011-02-17 with total page 390 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Daily reflections for those searching for lasting recovery from sex addiction. The supportive and motivational thoughts in this bestselling collection of daily readings promise to spark the healing, hope, and personal growth anyone addicted to sex needs to embrace recovery. Part of the Hazelden Meditation series, each thought of the day inspires the strength, courage, and mindfulness readers need to overcome patterns of sexual compulsion. Featuring 366 affirmations that complement any Twelve Step program for love addiction or an unhealthy dependence on sexual behavior, this book will become the touchstone to your transformation.
Download or read book Clinical Guide for the Treatment of Male Sexual Addiction written by Paul Becker and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2013-02-06 with total page 71 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book, Clinical Guide for the Treatment of Male Sexual Addiction, will facilitate therapists use of the books, Recovery from Sexual Addiction: a Mans Guide, and the accompanying Workbook in individual therapy or a group program. The guide may serve as a syllabus for a Sex Addiction Therapy Group program. It supports clinical therapists by providing insightful guidance and interventions to help men who wish to end addictive sexual behaviors. The program objective is to lead men through a structured clinical process to help them become aware and understand the complex factors that contribute to sexual addiction and steps they can take to achieve long-term recovery. Unwanted sexual behavior and addiction have become rampant in todays society, largely through the availability of Internet pornography. For example, Family Safe Media reports that 40 million men regularly visit Internet pornography sites. It is so insidious that when a man looks to his left and then to his right he will likely encounter a man for whom pornography is a major problem in his home. Increasingly therapists will need clinical knowledge in order to work with sexually-addicted men as well as with couples in marital counseling where the male is sexually addicted. The book Clinical Guide for the Treatment of Male Sexual Addiction, is intended to guide therapists efforts to serve this growing population.
Download or read book Facing Heartbreak written by Stefanie Carnes and published by . This book was released on 2012-10-16 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first workbook to help partners of sex addicts cope with discovering their loved one has compulsive sexual behaviors.
Download or read book Lust Men and Meth written by David Michael Fawcett and published by S FL Center for Counseling and Therapy, Incorporated. This book was released on 2015 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fawcett provides a practical resource for recovery from methamphetamine and the restoration of healthy sex and intimacy. He outlines a path toward healing, describing the phases of physical, emotional, and sexual recovery and provides a broad range of supportive tools from managing triggers to mindfulness.
Download or read book Sex Addiction 101 written by Robert Weiss and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2015-10-27 with total page 227 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The number of affordable, easy links to pleasurable sexual online content is on the rise. Activity increases with the accessibility of technology. So, too, has sex addiction. People struggling with sex, porn, and love addiction typically have little understanding of this incredibly complicated disease. Sex Addiction 101 covers everything from what sexual addiction is and how it can best be treated, to how it affects various subgroups of the population such as women, gays, and teenagers. The book also provides sex addicts with strategies to protect themselves from the online sexual onslaught. Sex Addiction 101 is intended to enlighten the clinical population as well as actual sex addicts and their loved ones. Along with his mentor Patrick Carnes, Weiss has become the face of and driving force behind understanding and treating sex addiction; this book should be a core title in every addiction collection.
Download or read book Hope Freedom for Sexual Addicts and Their Partners written by Milton S. Magness and published by Hope & Freedom for Sex Add. This book was released on 2009-08 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A compassionate yet concise guide to beginning recovery from sexual addiction.
Download or read book L I F E Guide for Men written by Dr Mark Laaser and published by . This book was released on 2008-11-28 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The L.I.F.E. Guide for Men is a 21-assignment recovery workbook based on Dr. Mark Laaser's Seven Principles for living in freedom everyday. The L.I.F.E. Guide workbook is a biblically-based, time-tested, effective tool in restoring sexual integrity in men. This workbook will introduce a new way of looking at recovery and transformation in our lives. While the workbook is easy enough to follow alone, it is highly recommended that it be used in conjunction with a L.I.F.E. support group. By participating in a group, one enters a safe-environment of men on the same journey creating a support and accountability structure that is crucial in addiction recovery. About Mark Laaser, Ph.D. Dr. Mark Laaser holds a PhD in religion and psychology from the University of Iowa and an MDiv from Princeton Theological Seminary. He is an internationally known author and speaker who has written six books, including Healing the Wounds of Sexual Addiction, Talking to Your Kids About Sex, and The Pornography Trap. He is also an adjunct faculty member at several graduate schools. He and Debbie started Faithful and True Ministries to counsel couples healing from sexual addiction.
