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From discovery to recovery

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from discovery to recovery: Emma Dawson terminated her marriage, completed a Master's Degree in Social Work became a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and gained experience in the field. Emma has worked as a social worker in a spychiatric hospital and has experience in family, group and individual out patient therapy.

Dawon not only teaches us much about sexual addiction, it also confirms there a a way out. Sensitively written.

In My Secret Life with a Sex Addict From Discovery to Recovery, Dawson taps into a hidden world of shame, pain, guilt and despair. She then demonstrates how to have freedom from that world, offering hope and personal growth.

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This clinical psychologist's recommended reading list
if your life has suddenly turned upside down
or you are heal from a broken relationship and move on

Life After Divorce

Sharon Wegscheider-Cruse

After discovering the infidelity or sex addiction of a spouse, divorce is often the next step. Divorce is survivable, not only that, it can be quite liberating, freeing you to truly live again.

ISBN: 1558742824

Surviving Separation and Divorce

Lorianne Heff Oberlin, M.S.

When people are in a stressful situation they forget to look after themselves. This book offers some suggestions on how to look after yourself.

ISBN: 1593372760

The Journey from Abandonment

Susan Anderson C.S.W.

There is not a pill to cure the heartbreak of rejection but this book is helpful with those feelings.

ISBN: 0425172287

After the Affair

Janis Abrahms Spring Ph.D.

It is easy to lose your identity when a relationship is breaking up. This book will help you understand and rebuild your identity.

ISBN: 0060928174

Back from Betrayal:Recovering from His Affair

Jennifer P. Schneider, M.D.

The focus is on the issues and concerns of the partner of a sex addict.

ISBN: 0345367863

Beyond Codependency: And Getting Better All the Time.

Melody Beattie

She explores the recovery process, shame and family-of-origin issues in dysfunctional relationships.

ISBN: 0894865838

Your Sexually Addicted Spouse

Barbara Steffins, Ph.D., LPCC

Clinical information can be found in this book.

ISBN: 0882823094

HELP! I'm In Love With A Narcissist

Steven Carter and Julia Sokol

This book provides tools to see the connection between narcissism and addiction.

ISBN: 1590770773

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My Secret Life with a Sex Addict
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Foreword

Life brings us countless joys. What many of our parents didn't tell us is that life also brings many painful tests and wrenching heartbreaks. One of life's most difficult challenges is to encounter sexual addiction in an intimate relationship. Without any familiarity with this disorder, addiction can firmly grip a person, just as it grips the partner. The co-addict becomes addicted to the addict, his behavior and his emotional turmoil, and tries to change and control both him and the confounding beast that rules his life.

The dance begins. "I'll lend all my energy to fix him. I'll improve myself to be more appealing. I'll do whatever it takes to make him happy. Never mind the emotional cost - anything to hold onto him, to avoid looking the beast in the eye, to confront what it might say about me, about him, about our family."

Sexual addiction has been the subject of debate for many years. The fields of psychology and psychiatry did not formally recognize its existence for years. Since sexual addiction was not recognized, sex addicts were not inclined to step forward. Their experience was denied. Thus, the addict was relegated to the shadows feeling alienated, misunderstood, hopeless and ashamed.

And what about the co-dependent spouse? Her secret is even more removed from common awareness. She is left to stand alone, feeling bewildered and inadequate, while languishing in embarrassment and resentment. Clinicians have often said that, while the pain of the addict is immense, few can fully appreciate the frequently greater anguish of the co-addict.

Emma Dawson has stepped forward to break the secrecy that surrounds sexual addiction and co-addiction. Courageously, she reveals her personal struggle to understand how her husband's addiction was not about her and not about any personal inadequacy. Dawson validates the experience of millions of Americans who have lived with sexual addiction. My Secret Life with a Sex Addict lifts the partner guilt that accompanies this insidious disorder and all its accompanying denial. This important book offers both understanding and hope. It will begin the healing process for many. Sensitively written, Dawson's first book not only teaches us much about sexual addiction, it also confirms there is a way out.

Many have suffered, but many have also grown. With every one of life's tests, there is a hidden gift. The task is to discover those treasures that reside within and let the legacy of sexual addiction be one of growth and transformation.

Geral Blanchard, MA, LPC

co-author Sexual Abuse in America: Epidemic of the 21st Century

Surviving Infidelity Books and Resources

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