Overview

George Collins, M.A., a former sex addict and practicing sex addiction counselor for over 20 years, and Paldrom Collins, a former Buddhist nun and current sex addiction counselor, present a refreshing new approach for couples struggling with the issue of sexually compulsive behaviors such as excessive pornography and masturbation, frequenting prostitutes or strip clubs, serial affairs, and other acting out behaviors.

The book covers such topics:

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• Getting Past the Shock
• Rebuilding Your Relationship
• Working with Shame and Blame
• Undefended Honesty
• Working with Strong Feelings and Emotions
• Building Intimacy.

The book takes readers by the hand and gently and compassionately leads them from the pain and disillusionment of a relationship shattered and betrayed through a forest of confusing past and present influences toward a future based on trust, vulnerability, and the joy of true intimacy.

Couples can learn to:

• explore barriers to relationship trust and intimacy
• become comfortable with undefended honesty
• discover their role in the mutual dance of relationship
• learn to express themselves honestly and responsibly
• rebuild trust, discover how vulnerability fosters intimacy
• reconnect with their partner to restore a relationship that is even stronger and more intimate than before.

If your relationship has been rocked by sexually compulsive behavior, this book will provide you and your partner with concrete tools and guidelines to not only save your relationship, but take it to new depths of understanding, love, and connectionr.

Comments

"As a sex addictions and couples counselor for many years, I can attest that this book is an invaluable addition to the literature and paves new ground in showing couples how to overcome difficulties to achieve more joyous, intimate, and rewarding lives, both in their relationships and as individuals."
- Faye Reitman, MFT, Seattle, Washington