Out Of The Shadows:Understanding Sexual Addiction: Understanding Sexual Addictions - Softcover

Carnes, Patrick J.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1568386214 ISBN 13: 9781568386218

Publisher: Hazelden Trade, 2018

Synopsis

Out of the Shadows

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Review:

"We recommend Patrick Carnes's "Out of the Shadows."..to every sex addict and codependent we treat...This (book provides) a tremendously powerful experience, helping both sex addicts and codependents realize that they are not alone and not destined to eternally be at the mercy of the disease."
--Dr. Ralph Earle and Dr. Gregory Crow, "Lonely All the Time"
""Out of the Shadows" has become a guidebook for sufferers and counselors alike."
--Roda Salter, "Keene Sentinel"
"We recommend Patrick Carnes's Out of the Shadows...to every sex addict and codependent we treat...This (book provides) a tremendously powerful experience, helping both sex addicts and codependents realize that they are not alone and not destined to eternally be at the mercy of the disease."
--Dr. Ralph Earle and Dr. Gregory Crow, Lonely All the Time
"Out of the Shadows has become a guidebook for sufferers and counselors alike."
--Roda Salter, Keene Sentinel

About the Author:

<strong>Patrick Carnes, Ph.D.</strong>, is currently Executive Director of the Gentle Path programme at Pine Grove Behavioral Center in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, USA., and the primary architect of the Gentle Path treatment programmes for the treatment of sexual and multiple addictive disorders. He is author of <em>Out of the Shadows: Understanding Sexual Addiction</em>(1983), the first work designed to help addicts deal with their sexual compulsions, and to examine the tangled web of trauma, love, addictive sex, hate, and fear often found in family relationships. <br><br>He has published numerous other works as well, including <em>Contrary to Love: Helping the Sexual Addict </em>(1989), <em>A Gentle Path through the Twelve Steps </em>(1994),<em> The Betrayal Bond: Breaking Free of Exploitive Relationships</em> (1997), <em>Open Hearts</em> (1999), <em>Facing the Shadow </em>(2001), and <em>In the Shadows of the Internet </em>(2001). <br><br>With 30 years in the addiction field, Dr. Carnes is in high demand as a speaker, presenter, and interview subject and continues to be the leading voice in the field of sex addiction. In addition, his assessment tools related to sex addiction and trauma offer therapists a proven means to begin the treatment process with clients. <br><br>He has been awarded the distinguished Lifetime Achievement Award from the Society for the Advancement of Sexual Health (SASH), and each year SASH (formerly known as the National Council on Sexual Addiction and Compulsivity) bestows a ""Carnes Award"" to deserving researchers and clinicians who have made outstanding contributions to the field of sexual medicine.

About this edition

• Publisher: Hazelden Trade
• Publication date: 2018
• ISBN 10: 1568386214
• ISBN 13: 9781568386218
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 240