Family & relationships

Your Sexually Addicted Spouse

How Partners Can Cope and Heal

by Barbara Steffens, PhD and Marsha Means, MA

Description

Sexual addiction and compulsive sexual behavior often steal a person's ability to achieve emotional or sexual intimacy. Both addicts and their partners may suffer in isolation, ashamed and afraid, not knowing where to turn for help. Your Sexually Addicted Spouse shatters that stigma and shame and provides understanding and empathy for the addict and his or her spouse. Barbara Steffens' groundbreaking research was the first to show that partners are not codependents but post-traumatic stress victims, while Marsha Means' personal experience provides insights, strategies, and critical steps to recognize, deal with, and heal partners of sexually addicted relationships. Firsthand accounts and stories reveal the impact of this addiction on survivors' lives. Chapters end with "On a Personal Note" questions and propose new paths that lead from trauma to empowerment, health, and hope. 

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Armin Lear’s #1 bestseller in 2022 and 2023. The authors consistently promote this title worldwide and have frequent requests for the title in lanauges other than English, particularly Spanish, French, and German.


Sexual addiction and compulsive sexual behavior often steal a person's ability to achieve emotional or sexual intimacy. Both addicts and their partners may suffer in isolation, not knowing where to turn. This book shatters that stigma and shame.


Partners of sex addicts, historically thought of as “co-addicted,” have often felt misunderstood and as a result, were not able to receive the help they needed. In her groundbreaking study—the first to show partners are not codependents—Dr. Steffens found 70 percent of betrayed individuals experienced significant PTSD following the discovery of repeated sexual infidelity and betrayal.


Publication Date: June 7, 2021


Formats: paperback and eBook


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Bibliographic Information

  • Publisher Armin Lear Press
  • Publication Date June 2021
  • Orginal LanguageEnglish
  • ISBN/Identifier 9781737125594 / 1737125595
  • Publication Country or regionUnited States
  • FormatPaperback
  • Primary Price 17.95 USD
  • Pages347
  • ReadershipGeneral
  • Publish StatusPublished
  • Original Language TitleEnglish
  • Original Language AuthorsEnglish
  • Editionsecond
  • Copyright Year2021
  • Page size6x9 (6x9) inches
  • Biblio Notesa perennial bestseller in English; no translations licensed to date

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