Intimate Treason
Healing the Trauma for Partners Confronting Sex Addiction
1st Edition
Published on 18. September 2012
200 pages
978-1-937612-01-6 (ISBN)
Description
A self-help manual for partners affected by sex addiction
Those who act out sexually, whether through pornography, cybersex, prostitutes, voyeurism, and/or multiple affairs, leave their partners reeling in rage, incredible shame, and isolation. In this taboo-shattering and practical guidebook, partners affected by sex addiction can learn to develop healthy boundaries and make positive changes in their lives. The skills-building exercises presented are designed to help partners better understand the disease of addiction and how it is affecting their relationship. Intimate Treason provides a path to healing that gives voice to partners' truths as they travel on their own journey of recovery.
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Content
Introduction
Chapter I: Claiming Your Reality
1. Telling your Story
2. My Suspicions Realized
3. The Word
4. The Ripple Effect
5. Managing Triggers
6. Bottom Line: Non Negotiable Boundaries
7. Deciding Whom To Tell
8. Seeking Help Through Connections
Chapter II: Turning inward
1. Vision for Self
2. Living in Limbo
3. Defining Trauma Responses
4. Grief with Partners
5. My Losses
6. Letters to My Self
7. Feelings
8. Emotions The Body
9. Personal Strengths
Chapter III: My Part of the Dance
A. Emotional Problems
1. Emotional Regulation
2. Stepping out of Reaction Into Action
3. Unraveling the Myths of Control
4. My Relationship to Anger
5. The Myth of Perfectionism
B. Perception Problems
1. Coping or Defending: The Paradox of Denying Reality
2. Remove the Veil
3. Protecting the Illusion
4. Cloudy to Clear: Transforming Distorted Thinking
5. Magical Thinking: Challenging the Fantasy
6. Stepping Out of The Victim
7. Tolerating the Unacceptable
C. Behavioral Problems
1. My Risky Behaviors
2. Relationship & Love Addiction
3. Co-Morbidity
Chapter IV: Recognizing Childhood Influences
1. Family of Origin Influences
2. Abandonment Repeated
3. Trauma Repetition
4. Family Tree
5. Family of Origin Feelings
6. Family of Origin Needs
7. Trust: Trusting Own Perception
8. Family of Origin Boundaries
9. Willingness to Explore More
Chapter V: Taking Charge of Your Own Life
1. Disclosure
2. Boundaries
3. Decision to Stay or Leave
4. Communication
5. Arrested Grief
6. Integrating Sexuality Back into the Relationship: Healthy Sexuality
7. Children
8. Healthy Intimacy Begins to be Explored
Chapter VI: Moving Forward
1. Forgiveness pieces
2. Spirituality
3. Recovery plans
4. Living Day-to-Day: Goals for Myself: Self-care Daily Sheet
Chapter I: Claiming Your Reality
1. Telling your Story
2. My Suspicions Realized
3. The Word
4. The Ripple Effect
5. Managing Triggers
6. Bottom Line: Non Negotiable Boundaries
7. Deciding Whom To Tell
8. Seeking Help Through Connections
Chapter II: Turning inward
1. Vision for Self
2. Living in Limbo
3. Defining Trauma Responses
4. Grief with Partners
5. My Losses
6. Letters to My Self
7. Feelings
8. Emotions The Body
9. Personal Strengths
Chapter III: My Part of the Dance
A. Emotional Problems
1. Emotional Regulation
2. Stepping out of Reaction Into Action
3. Unraveling the Myths of Control
4. My Relationship to Anger
5. The Myth of Perfectionism
B. Perception Problems
1. Coping or Defending: The Paradox of Denying Reality
2. Remove the Veil
3. Protecting the Illusion
4. Cloudy to Clear: Transforming Distorted Thinking
5. Magical Thinking: Challenging the Fantasy
6. Stepping Out of The Victim
7. Tolerating the Unacceptable
C. Behavioral Problems
1. My Risky Behaviors
2. Relationship & Love Addiction
3. Co-Morbidity
Chapter IV: Recognizing Childhood Influences
1. Family of Origin Influences
2. Abandonment Repeated
3. Trauma Repetition
4. Family Tree
5. Family of Origin Feelings
6. Family of Origin Needs
7. Trust: Trusting Own Perception
8. Family of Origin Boundaries
9. Willingness to Explore More
Chapter V: Taking Charge of Your Own Life
1. Disclosure
2. Boundaries
3. Decision to Stay or Leave
4. Communication
5. Arrested Grief
6. Integrating Sexuality Back into the Relationship: Healthy Sexuality
7. Children
8. Healthy Intimacy Begins to be Explored
Chapter VI: Moving Forward
1. Forgiveness pieces
2. Spirituality
3. Recovery plans
4. Living Day-to-Day: Goals for Myself: Self-care Daily Sheet
