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Sex in Recovery

Author : Jennifer Matesa
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1616496622
Total Pages : 220 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (164 download)

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Download or read book Sex in Recovery written by Jennifer Matesa and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2016-09-01 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Healthy sexuality within the context of recovery is rarely talked about openly, in part because the larger culture restricts the space required to name our experiences in open, honest ways. Matesa gives us that space by bringing the language of recovery to this more hidden part of our healing, allowing us to truly “practice these principles in all our affairs." Sexuality in the context of recovery is rarely talked about openly, in part because our broader culture may inhibit us from sharing our true experiences. For some, the prospect of sober sex feels like uncharted waters—in the past, we’ve rarely had sex without first numbing ourselves with drugs and alcohol. What does it mean to have an intimate relationship in sobriety? Exploring that question deepens our recovery journey.With this groundbreaking work, Jennifer Matesa uncovers the challenges real people encounter when they start taking their clothes off—without drinking or using in order to do so. Providing readers “a meeting between the covers,” Matesa blends first-person accounts bravely shared by diverse members of the recovery community, insights from experts, and her own perspectives. The result is a book that creates a space for a vital, new dialogue about sexuality and intimacy. As we find a common language for this more hidden aspect of our healing, we can truly “practice these principles in all our affairs.”

Sex and Love

Author : Eric Griffin-Shelley
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 0313019215
Total Pages : 230 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (13 download)

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Download or read book Sex and Love written by Eric Griffin-Shelley and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 1997-05-28 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The National Institute of Health has identified sexual addiction as a research priority. This volume provides a detailed definition of sex and love addiction as well as an explicit outline of treatment and recovery. It uniquely integrates sex and love in its formulation and presents a two level approach to recovery. This presentation provides in-depth examples and suggestions for change and supports the growing involvement of Twelve-Step programs in mental health. Professionals will find this volume an excellent resource in their clinical practice. People can be addicted to sex and/or love and recovery is possible. More than ten years ago the National Institute of Health identified sexual addiction as a research priority. Experts now conservatively estimate a prevalence rate of 5 percent of the American population. Eric Griffin-Shelley provides a detailed definition of sex and love addiction as well as an outline of treatment and recovery. Unique to this work, Griffin-Shelley integrates sex and love in its formulation and also presents a two-level approach to recovery. This presentation provides in-depth examples and suggestions for change and supports the growing involvement of Twelve-Step programs in mental health. Professionals can use this resource in their clinical practice to identify and assist sex and love addicts. Griffin-Shelley clearly describes the behavior of sex and love addicts and the emotions they may be experiencing. Problems such as multiple addictions (to drugs, alcohol, food, work) are examined. The book's two-layer approach to recovery focuses initially on the establishment of sobriety and then outlines an outer layer of protection that the sex and love addict can develop to sustain long-term recovery. Griffin-Shelley's meticulous description of the role of psychotherapy in aiding the recovery process is clearer than any book published to date on either sex or love addiction.

Relationships in Recovery

Author : Linda Hatch
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780615820071
Total Pages : 228 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (2 download)

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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?

Erotic Intelligence

Author : Alexandra Katehakis
Publisher : Health Communications, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 0757314376
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (573 download)

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Download or read book Erotic Intelligence written by Alexandra Katehakis and published by Health Communications, Inc.. This book was released on 2010-05-03 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ENJOYABLE, EXCITING SEX IS POSSIBLE AFTER SEX ADDICTION In the journey to sexual sobriety, many sex addicts find themselves wondering, 'How am I going to have a normal relationship?' or 'Will it be possible to repair my marriage now that I've confessed my destructive behavior?' and 'Will I ever have great sex again?' As a sex, marriage, and family therapist, Alexandra Katehakis introduces a successful program for sufferers and their loved ones that will help them hone their erotic intelligence by making sense of the past, creating healthy habits in the present, and looking toward a more intimate relationship that nurtures honesty and closeness. With Katehakis's help, sex addicts can get in touch with their healthy sexual side—and embrace true intimacy and acceptance in themselves and in their mates. - Features true stories of people coming to terms with their sexuality on the other side of sex addiction, as well as couples finding a new path to sexual trust and fulfillment - Helps to build the four cornerstones of intimacy that are essential for healthy relationships

Facing Heartbreak

Author : Stefanie Carnes
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780983271338
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (713 download)

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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.

Sexual Health in Recovery

Author : Douglas Braun-Harvey
Publisher : Springer Publishing Company
ISBN 13 : 0826120172
Total Pages : 330 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (261 download)

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Download or read book Sexual Health in Recovery written by Douglas Braun-Harvey and published by Springer Publishing Company. This book was released on 2010-12-15 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The curriculum provides a vision for chemical dependency treatment I have attempted to address for many years. This looks like an approach that finally meets this need." --Eli Coleman, PhD, Director of the Program in Human Sexuality University of Minnesota The ideal of successful treatment is to maintain abstinence for the rest of the addict's life; yet few treatment programs meet this goal. For many men and women in recovery, sexual behavior linked with drug or alcohol use is the primary reason for relapse. A large number of addicts have sex/drug-linked patterns of combining drugs, such as crystal meth, cocaine, alcohol, and club drugs, with sexual relations. In recovery, they may be unprepared for the dual absence of drug use and sexual relations. Additionally many addicts have past histories of sexual abuse. While great strides have been made in treating women and men suffering from addiction, their sexuality is too often marginalized. When sexuality is not directly and positively addressed in drug and alcohol treatment, it can contribute to treatment failure, relapse, and untold costs in the lives of addicts and their families. Sexual Health in Drug and Alcohol Treatment introduces a pioneering evidence-based curriculum, designed to integrate concepts of sexual health, current sex research, and recent developments in relapse prevention research. Complete with suggested group activities, guided discussions, role plays, and more, the program can reduce the risk of relapse and increase client retention for men and women with sex/drug linked addiction and alcoholism. This curriculum was created by drug and alcohol counselors, sexual health advocates, and sychological/sexological research specialists. Key Features: Helps women and men in recovery identify sexual thoughts and feelings associated with increasing or decreasing risk of relapse Is compatible with all treatment settings, approaches, and clientele Includes pschoeducational material, experiential learning, skill-building exercises, assessments, worksheets, and more Proven to improve client retention and reduce sex/drug linked shame-a common cause of relapse

Drugs, Sex, and Recovery

Author : Weston M. Edwards
Publisher : Createspace Independent Pub
ISBN 13 : 9781468130423
Total Pages : 200 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (34 download)

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Download or read book Drugs, Sex, and Recovery written by Weston M. Edwards and published by Createspace Independent Pub. This book was released on 2012-12-01 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Recovery is about living a better life. Picture a life in recovery in which everything fits together like the pieces of a puzzle. Sexuality is a part of that picture--an important piece of the recovery puzzle that many people fail to examine. Sexuality is often fraught with confusion, embarrassment, fear, anxiety, shame, and avoidance. The goal of this workbook is to help you recognize the positive power and role of sexuality in your recovery, thereby creating hope and personal fulfillment in your life. By breaking the daunting subject of sexuality into smaller pieces, the workbook allows you to address sexuality in a safe and healing approach. Topics include healthy sexuality, healing from trauma, types of intimacy, relationships, disclosure of information, spirituality, healthy touch, cultural messages, sexual expression, mental health, body image, sexual functioning and many more. For many readers, this will be the first time you deeply examine sexuality and its connection to your chemical use. As you move through the workbook, questions for reflection are posed to help you examine the relationship between sexuality and your chemical use. Creative exercises move you toward an integrated experience of sexual health. I encourage you to discover, accept, and care for your true sexual self by embarking on this work.

Sexuality and Addiction

Author : Raven L. Badger
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 0313396361
Total Pages : 276 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (133 download)

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Download or read book Sexuality and Addiction written by Raven L. Badger and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2012-07-06 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides an understanding of how sexuality and addiction are intertwined, helping those who counsel substance abusers and individuals who have experienced negative sexual messages or experiences to improve their sexual health and enjoyment. This book presents a broad overview of sexual health issues that documents the links between sexuality and substance abuse, and describes how counselors can help individuals who have been impacted by negative sexual experiences can find a way out of the pain that leads them to addiction or back to substance abuse. Using the sexual health model as a framework for discussion, author Raven L. James, PhD, explains how sexual health and substance abuse are often connected, provides examples of real-life experiences, and identifies issues to consider in adopting healthier attitudes and sexual behaviors as well as effective methods for achieving them. Each chapter provides focused content followed by an explanation of the subject's connection to substance abuse. Tips for counselors, sample lesson plans and ideas, tangible tools to use in sexual health groups, and related resources area also included. Whether the reader is personally afflicted, a helper, or a loved one, the information in Sexuality and Addiction: Making Connections, Enhancing Recovery will provide a new perspective on how to help clients improve their sexual self-esteem, find ways to improve sexual relationships with themselves and others, and most of all, to restore hope for sexual health in recovery.

Sex Addiction

Author : Jake Roberts
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781511600590
Total Pages : 28 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (5 download)

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Download or read book Sex Addiction written by Jake Roberts and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2015-04-05 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sex Addiction Get on the Road to Recovery and Learn to Live and Love Life Again The book, Sex Addiction: Get on the Road to Recovery and Learn to Live and Love Life Again, is about getting free from the bondage of sex addiction. You will discover the common signs and symptoms of sex addiction, what causes it and the devastating effects this compulsive behavior brings on a person's life and relationships. You will also discover steps on how to overcome this addiction and how to avoid relapse while you are on your recovery program. The book focuses on important aspects such as key behaviors in addressing this addiction. Honesty is the most vital element to recovery from sex addiction. Recognizing that you have a problem and that you need help is the first step in your journey to freedom. Sex addiction is a weakness - and being truthful about your weakness will open doors for you to bring change into your life. Receiving love and support from people who love you will help you overcome and mature. -Sex addiction is a real problem but there is a solution to this dilemma. It is not the end of the world when you discover that you have sex addiction. For sex addicts, there is still hope: to enjoy life and meaningful relationships, to have a healthy attitude towards sex, to grow mature and stable emotionally, mentally and intimately. The book also features a picture of what a healthy, intimate relationship will look like after recovery from sex addiction. It can be a full life of freedom - no more secret activities, no more secret thoughts, no more secret desires. You can enjoy emotional and physical sensations without the guilt and shame that comes with sex addiction. And you do not have to fear that the claws of this monster can get back at you. You can be on the road to recovery and be forever free from its devastating effects - to learn to live again and love life again!

The Recovering Body

Author : Jennifer Matesa
Publisher : Hazelden Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1616495375
Total Pages : 194 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (164 download)

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Download or read book The Recovering Body written by Jennifer Matesa and published by Hazelden Publishing. This book was released on 2014-09-09 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Recovering Body offers simple, effective ways for addicts to heal the damage caused by substance abuse. Jennifer Matesa focuses on five areas of healing: through exercise and activity, sleep and rest, nutrition and fuel, sexuality and pleasure, and meditation and awareness"--

Sex in Recovery

Author : Jennifer Matesa
Publisher : Hazelden Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9781616496616
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (966 download)

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Download or read book Sex in Recovery written by Jennifer Matesa and published by Hazelden Publishing. This book was released on 2016-09-01 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Healthy sexuality within the context of recovery is rarely talked about openly, in part because the larger culture restricts the space required to name our experiences in open, honest ways. Matesa gives us that space by bringing the language of recovery to this more hidden part of our healing, allowing us to truly “practice these principles in all our affairs." Sexuality in the context of recovery is rarely talked about openly, in part because our broader culture may inhibit us from sharing our true experiences. For some, the prospect of sober sex feels like uncharted waters—in the past, we’ve rarely had sex without first numbing ourselves with drugs and alcohol. What does it mean to have an intimate relationship in sobriety? Exploring that question deepens our recovery journey. With this groundbreaking work, Jennifer Matesa uncovers the challenges real people encounter when they start taking their clothes off—without drinking or using in order to do so. Providing readers “a meeting between the covers,” Matesa blends first-person accounts bravely shared by diverse members of the recovery community, insights from experts, and her own perspectives. The result is a book that creates a space for a vital, new dialogue about sexuality and intimacy. As we find a common language for this more hidden aspect of our healing, we can truly “practice these principles in all our affairs.”

Voices of Recovery

Author : SAA Fellowship
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 0989228681
Total Pages : 376 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (892 download)

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Download or read book Voices of Recovery written by SAA Fellowship and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2019-02-03 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Voices of Recovery is the response to requests from SAA members for a meditation book written and produced by the fellowship. This book is not the work of a single person. Numerous individuals have donated their time and talents to writing, reading, selecting, and editing meditations. Each meditation is a reflection of the individual member's own experience, strength, and hope in their own recovery process. The meditations may be read daily based on the date, by topic using the index, or by any other way the reader or group desires.

Getting Off

Author : Erica Garza
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1501163388
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (11 download)

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Download or read book Getting Off written by Erica Garza and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2018-01-09 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Erica Garza has written a riveting, can’t-look-away memoir of a life lived hardcore…In an era when predatory male sexual behavior has finally become a topic of urgent national discourse…Getting Off makes for a wild, timely read” (Elle). A fixation on porn and orgasm, strings of failed relationships and serial hook-ups with strangers, inevitable blackouts to blunt the shame—these are not things we often hear women share publicly, and not with the candor, eloquence, and introspection Erica Garza brings to Getting Off. What sets this courageous and riveting account apart from your typical misery memoir is the absence of any precipitating trauma beyond the garden variety of hurt we’ve all had to endure in simply becoming a person—reckoning with family, learning to be social, integrating what it means to be sexual. Whatever tenor of violence or abuse Erica’s life took on through her behavior was of her own making, fueled by fear, guilt, self-loathing, self-pity, loneliness, and the hopelessness those feelings brought on as she runs from one side of the world to the other in an effort to break her habits—from East Los Angeles to Hawaii and Southeast Asia, through the brothels of Bangkok and the yoga studios of Bali to disappointing stabs at therapy and twelve-steps back home. In these remarkable pages, Garza draws an evocative, studied portrait of the anxiety that fuels her obsessions, as well as the exhilaration and hope she begins to feel when she suspects she might be free of them. Getting Off offers a brave and necessary voice to our evolving conversations about addiction and the impact that internet culture has had on us all—“a profoundly genuine, gripping story that any reader can appreciate” (Vice). “In reading Garza’s insight into her own experiences, we better understand ourselves” (The New York Times Book Review).

Overcoming Sex Addiction

Author : Thaddeus Birchard
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1317390547
Total Pages : 182 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (173 download)

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Download or read book Overcoming Sex Addiction written by Thaddeus Birchard and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2017-04-21 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Overcoming Sex Addiction is an accessible self-help guide which uses the principles of cognitive behaviour therapy to help those with problematic or unwanted patterns of sexual behaviour. It is designed for those who are not yet ready to seek professional help or who live in a place where little help is available and can be used in conjunction with general psychotherapy. Written by a leading expert in the field, the book offers an insight into the origins of sex addiction, before going on to explain the cycle of addiction and how to break it. The book has a do-it yourself week-by-week programme of action to tackle compulsive sexual behaviour, and provides extensive advice on relapse prevention to help the reader move forward in recovery. Overcoming Sex Addiction will provide clear, informed guidance for sex addicts and those professionals working with them.

It's Not About the Sex

Author : Andrew Susskind
Publisher : Central Recovery Press
ISBN 13 : 1949481077
Total Pages : 120 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (494 download)

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Download or read book It's Not About the Sex written by Andrew Susskind and published by Central Recovery Press. This book was released on 2019-06-11 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ending compulsive sexual behavior is just the beginning. Drawing on personal and professional experience, psychotherapist Andrew Susskind examines issues such as shame, grief, narcissism, and codependency to demonstrate how people use out-of-control sexual behavior to cope with brokenheartedness and trauma. He offers strategies to cultivate sustainable sexual sobriety, sharing his own healing narrative, as well as those of others who’ve chosen to bare their truths. No one is ever too hurt or isolated to achieve reliable relationships and emotional intimacy. This is a guidebook for every person seeking long-term healing from sex addiction.

Lust, Men, and Meth

Author : David Michael Fawcett
Publisher : S FL Center for Counseling and Therapy, Incorporated
ISBN 13 : 9780996257800
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (578 download)

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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.

Routledge International Handbook of Sexual Addiction

Author : Thaddeus Birchard
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317274253
Total Pages : 468 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (172 download)

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Download or read book Routledge International Handbook of Sexual Addiction written by Thaddeus Birchard and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-09-11 with total page 468 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The concept of sexual addiction has gained increasing recognition in the academic and healthcare communities since the 1990s. It has also captured the attention of the media, where there has been much debate over whether it can truly be described as an addiction. What is certain is that many people struggle with out of control sexual behaviour, which takes over their lives and has harmful consequences for their relationships, careers and finances. The Routledge International Handbook of Sexual Addiction brings together a comprehensive range of perspectives on sexual addiction from a worldwide selection of scholars and therapists. It sets out to define sexual addiction and to study its causes from a range of different psychological perspectives. A series of presentations of sexual addiction are outlined, including internet sexual addiction and the relationship between paraphilias and sex addiction. The handbook considers both individual and group treatment strategies, drawing on a wide range of approaches, including cognitive behavioural therapy, mindfulness and 12-step programmes. The book studies sex addiction in specific populations including women, adolescents and men who have sex with men. Finally, it considers some of the alternative discourses surrounding the concept of sexual addiction. This is the first comprehensive reference book to bring together global viewpoints on advances in research, theory and practice in one volume. This handbook provides an essential guide for academics and students of psychotherapy, counselling, nursing, addiction, sexualities, social work and health and social care, as well as professionals in practice and in training working with sexual addiction and related issues.