Healing the Wounds of Sexual Addiction
Zondervan (Verlag)
978-0-310-25657-1 (ISBN)
Hope--real hope--for recovery is within reach. This book goes beyond cliché answers and offers meaningful, spiritual, and practical steps to healing and freedom from sexual addiction--or any addiction.
With today's rampant availability of Internet pornography, sexual addiction has become a national epidemic that affects an increasing number of Christians, even pastors and priests. As devastating as any drug habit, it brings heartbreak and despair to those it entangles. But there is help for men and women caught in sexual addiction's downward spiral.
This book offers a path that leads beyond compulsive thoughts and behaviors to healing and transformation. Speaking from his own experience with sexual addiction and recovery, Dr. Mark Laaser is sensitive to the shame of sexual addiction without minimizing its sinfulness. He traces the roots of the problem, discusses its patterns and impact, and maps out a biblical approach to self-control and sexual integrity.
Whether you know someone with a sexual addiction or struggle yourself, Healing the Wounds of Sexual Addiction points the way to understanding, wholeness, and holiness.
Spanish edition also available; previously titled Faithful and True.
Mark Laaser, MDiv, PhD, is the founder of Faithful & True, a Christian-based counseling center in Minneapolis, specializing in sexual addiction. Dr. Laaser is regarded as the leading sexual addiction authority in the Christian counseling community. He is author of many books, including Healing the Wounds of Sexual Addiction, Becoming a Man of Valor, Taking Every Thought Captive, and The 7 Principles of Highly Accountable Men.
Contents
Foreword to the Second Edition: Faithful and True 7
Foreword to the First Edition: The Secret Sin 9
Acknowledgments 11
There Is Hope 13
Part 1: What Is Sexual Addiction?
1. Sexual Addiction and Sin 23
2. Building-Block Behaviors of Sex Addicts 28
3. Types of Sexual Addiction 36
4. Understanding and Identifying the Characteristics
of Sexual Addiction 45
Part 2: The Roots of Sexual Addiction
5. Unhealthy Family Dynamics 73
6. Family Abuse 92
7. How Sex Addicts Cope with Abuse 109
Part 3: Healing the Wounds of Sexual Addiction
8. The Journey of Healing 121
9. Confronting the Sex Addict 140
10. Treatment Issues in Sexual Addiction 148
11. Healing for Couples 170
Part 4: Healing the Wounds of the Church
12. Sexually Addicted Pastors and Priests 193
13. Healing for Congregations 208
Conclusion 222
Notes 225
Resources 228
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 2.8.2004 |
|---|---|
| Vorwort | Gary Smalley/Patrick Carnes Ph.D. |
| Verlagsort | Grand Rapids |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 134 x 203 mm |
| Gewicht | 213 g |
| Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Sexualität / Partnerschaft |
| Religion / Theologie ► Christentum ► Moraltheologie / Sozialethik | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-310-25657-7 / 0310256577 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-310-25657-1 / 9780310256571 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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