Embracing Recovery
from Chemical Dependency; A Personal Recovery Plan Workbook
by Deborah Corley, PhD; Jennifer
Schneider, MD, PhD; Richard Irons, MD
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The Wounded Healer: An Addiction-Sensitive Approach
to the Sexually Exploitative Professional
by Richard Irons, MD and
Jennifer P. Schneider, MD
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Why would a physician, counselor, or
clergyman violate professional boundaries and get sexually
involved with a patient, counselee, or parishioner?
Why is consensual sex between professional and patient
unethical and potentially harmful to the patient? What
role does addiction play in sexual exploitation? Can
sexually exploitative professionals ever safely return
to the same job after treatment? Based on many actual
cases, this book answers these questions and many more.
"'The Wounded Healer' is a classic and should be
required reading in every medical school and seminary,"
says A.W. Richard Sipe, author of "Sex, Priests,
and Power."
Traumatic Relationships and Serious
Mental Disorders
by Jon G. Allen
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Mental, physical, or sexual abuse in
close personal relationships commonly results in trauma
that is very different from the trauma of accidents,
illness, or war. Little is more intellectually challenging,
emotionally demanding, and difficult than therapeutic
work with survivors of such traumatic personal relationships
and those close to them.
This book provides psychologists, psychiatrists,
nurses, and counselors with a powerful conceptual framework
and a concise, masterly review of a huge knowledge base
that will support and guide treatment and prevention
programs for these serious problems.
Coping With Trauma: A Guide to
Self-Understanding
by Jon G. Allen
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Coping With Trauma: A Guide to Self-Understanding
provides a comprehensive yet highly readable summary
of current professional knowledge for people of diverse
backgrounds and education. Based on an extensive review
of contemporary professional literature, Coping With
Trauma incorporates the author's experience conducting
educational groups for patients with a history of severe
trauma. In teaching these groups, Dr. Allen learns from
his patients, who have generously and openly shared
their personal experiences. Their lessons form a vital
part of this book. Those who are struggling to cope
with the direct effects of trauma will find Coping With
Trauma to be an informative and sensitive guide to better
understanding themselves and their experience. Partners
and family members of traumatized individuals can gain
increased understanding of and empathy for their loved
ones, in addition to learning how to be more supportive.
Mental health professionals who work with people with
a history of trauma will find the book to be a useful
digest of current knowledge that they can share with
their patients.
Open Hearts - Facing the Shadow:
Starting Sexual and Relationship Recovery
by Patrick J. Carnes
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This book is the first to take techniques
used by thousands of people recovering from sex addiction
and show, step by step, how to break free of this disease
and live a healthier, more fulfilling life. Each of
this hope-filled workbook’s chapters sets the
stage for the recovery tasks at hand, and then provides
practical, easy-to-follow exercises specifically designed
to help understand and address them.
Out of the Shadows
by Patrick Carnes, PhD
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The first ground-breaking book to clearly
identify and define sexual addiction. It remains the
premier text in the field. A must for anyone looking
to understand the illness. Dr. Carnes examines the origins
of sexual addiction, as well as detailing the addiction
cycle.
The Betrayal Bond
by Patrick Carnes, PhD
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What does domestic abuse, child abuse,
sexual harassment and exploitation, cult membership,
kidnapping, and addiction have in common: victims often
bond deeply with those who hurt them and will not leave
or escape - even to the point of death. The Betrayal
Bond is a groundbreaking description of that bonding
process. While traumatic bonding has been recognized
by professionals for decades, Dr. Carnes focuses on
how "betrayal" intensifies trauma. Understanding
betrayal is the key to making a path out of destructive
relationships. The book blends the latest breakthroughs
in both the trauma and addiction fields - a must read.
Back from Betrayal: Recovering
from his Affairs
Jennifer P. Schneider MD
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An original look at extramarital
affairs which offers practical help to the spouses and
lovers of sex addicts: the recognition that their partners'
sexual behavior is a compulsive disorder for which they
are not to be shamed or blamed, the comforting realization
that they are not alone, and clear insight into the
role of coaddicts and how to recover from their own
codependency."
The Four Agreements : A Practical
Guide to Personal Freedom
a Toltec Wisdom Book
by Miguel Ruiz, Don Miguel Ruiz
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Sit at the foot of a native elder
and listen as great wisdom of days long past is passed
down. In The Four Agreements shamanic teacher and healer
Don Miguel Ruiz exposes self-limiting beliefs and presents
a simple yet effective code of personal conduct learned
from his Toltec ancestors. Full of grace and simple
truth, this handsomely designed book makes a lovely
gift for anyone making an elementary change in life,
and it reads in a voice that you would expect from an
indigenous shaman. The four agreements are these: Be
impeccable with your word. Don't take anything personally.
Don't make assumptions. Always do your best. It's the
how and why one should do these things that make The
Four Agreements worth reading and remembering.
--P. Randall Cohan
The Four Agreements Companion
Book : Using the Four Agreements to Master the Dream
of Your Life
by Miguel Ruiz, Janet Mills, Don
Miguel Ruiz
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In The Four Agreements, Mexican shaman
Miquel Ruiz built his teachings around four agreements:
be impeccable with your word; don't take anything personally;
don't make assumptions; always do your best. Now Ruiz
offers readers a companion guide, making practical mysticism
out of the
ancient Toltec tradition. On the one hand this is an
eloquent introduction to Toltec teachings, offering
a fascinating discussion of how one's life is a dream
(and a dream that's often dictated by others) and how
"domestication" is the root of human suffering.
On the other hand don Miquel has also written a Toltec
self-help book, offering specific tools, exercises,
and suggestions
to help readers live their own dreams, become more attentive,
and make conscious agreements with themselves. For readers
who feel aligned with the Toltec tradition, this will
certainly be a powerful ally as they begin the dream
of transformation.
--Gail Hudson
A Gradual Awakening
by Stephen Levine
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Poet and meditation teacher Levine
writes simply and gently about his own personal experiences
with and insights into vipassana meditation. An inspiring
book for anyone interested in deep personal growth.
Passionate Marriage: Keeping
Love & Intimacy Alive in Committed Relationships
by David Schnarch
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In Passionate Marriage, Dr. Schnarch
shares what he has learned about how couples can—and
must—simultaneously break through the sexual and
the emotional blocks that hold them back from total
satisfaction. He counsels that every sexual exchange,
from kissing to daring erotic behaviors, is a picture
of an entire relationship—a reflection of how
you and your partner feel about yourselves and each
other outside the bedroom. This respectful, erotic,
uplifting, and spiritual guide to sexual and emotional
fulfillment makes a passionate marriage within the reach
of every couple.
Romancing the Shadow: A Guide
to Soul Work for a Vital, Authentic Life
by Connie Zweig, Steve Wolf
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Beneath the social mask we wear every
day, we have a hidden shadow side: an impulsive, wounded,
sad, or isolated part that we generally try to ignore,
but which can erupt in hurtful ways. As therapists Connie
Zweig and Steve Wolf show in this landmark book, the
shadow can actually be a source of emotional richness
and vitality, and acknowledging it can be a pathway
to healing and an authentic life. "Romancing the
shadow"—meeting your dark side, beginning
to understand its unconscious messages, and learning
to use its powerful energies in productive ways—is
the challenging and exciting soul work that Zweig and
Wolf offer in this practical, rewarding guide.
Drawing on the timeless teachings of
Carl Jung and compelling stories from their clinical
practices, Zweig and Wolf reveal how the shadow guides
your choices in love, sex, marriage, friendship, work,
and family life. With their innovative method, you can
uncover the unique patterns and purpose of your shadow
and learn to defuse negative emotions; reclaim forbidden
or lost feelings; achieve greater self-acceptance; heal
betrayal; reimagine and re-create relationships; cultivate
compassion for others; renew creative expressions; and
find purpose in your suffering.
The shadow knows why good people
sometimes do bad things. Romancing the shadow and learning
to read the messages it encodes in daily life can deepen
your consciousness, imagination, and soul.
Don't Let Your Emotions Run Your
Life: How Dialectical Behavior Therapy Can Put You in
Control
by Scott E. Spradlin, Foreword
by Cynthia Sanderson
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Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
is a therapeutic technique designed to counter extreme
emotional reactions — before they lead to overwhelming
anger, depression, anxiety, and stress-related ailments.
An eclectic mix of cognitive-behavioral techniques,
skills training, Zen, and existentialism, DBT helps
readers pay attention to their emotions, assess their
blocks to controlling them, become less judgmental of
themselves when they lose control, and ultimately eliminate
overpowering feelings. Worksheets and assessment exercises
round out this breakthrough program. |
