Mending a Shattered Heart A Guide for Partners of Sex Addicts

Name: Mending a Shattered Heart A Guide for Partners of Sex Addicts
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ISBN: 9780982650592

ISBN-10: 0982650590

ISBN-13: 9780982650592

Edition: 2011

Authors: Stefanie Carnes

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Experts now know that discovering a loved one's sex addiction is a traumatic event, requiring specialized guidance. This second edition ofMending a Shattered Heartreframes the therapeutic discussion around how to decide to stay with or leave a sex addict and how to address common questions that partners have.Stefanie Carnes, PhD, has led numerous research projects on addiction and authored many publications, including her nationally renowned bookMending a Shattered Heart: A Guide for Partners of Sex Addicts. She is a licensed marriage and family therapist, an AAMFT clinical member, and approved supervisor. She is also certified through IITAP (International Institute for Trauma and Addiction…

Book details

List price: $22.95
Copyright year: 2011
Publisher: Gentle Path Press, LLC
Publication date: 10/4/2011
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 220
Size: 9.33" wide x 6.95" long x 0.67" tall
Weight: 0.990
Language: English



Introduction




For All Partners of Sex Addicts



What Is Sex Addiction?




I Need to Know Everything that Happened... Or Do I?




Is This Going to Get Better?




Should I Stay or Should I Go?




How Do I Set Boundaries and Keep Myself Safe?




What about Me and My Sexuality?




What Can the Twelve Steps Do for Me?




How Can I Begin to Take Care of Myself?




Specific Situations



What Should I Tell the Kids? (For families with children)




What Does It Mean if My Partner Has Shown an Interest in Minors? (Specifically for partners of addicts with an interest in minors)




How Does Sex Addiction and Infidelity Affect Gay Couples? (For partners in same-sex relationships)




Straight Guise: Is My Partner Gay? (For partners of male addicts with an interest in other men)




I Have Decided to Go What Do I Need to Know?




Can We Make It as a Couple? A Couple Talks about Long-Term Recovery



The Twelve Steps of Sex Addicts Anonymous


Resource Guide


Recommended Reading


Notes


About the Authors