Pre-Owned Facing the Shadow: Starting Sexual and Relationship Recovery (Paperback) by Patrick J Carnes

9781929866014. New condition. Trade paperback. Language: English. Pages: 290. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 290 p. Contains: Illustrations. This text takes techniques used by thousands of people recovering from sex addiction and shows, in a step-by-step manner, 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, before providing practical, easy-to-follow exercises specifically designed to help understand and address them. Topics covered include: why denial is so powerful and what can be done to counter it; how to face the consequences of behaviour using recovery principles; how to respond to change and crisis; how to manage life without dysfunctional behaviour; and how spirituality and recovery are interwoven.