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About the Author
Stefanie Carnes, Ph.D. is the President of the International Institute for Trauma and Addiction Professionals and a senior fellow for Meadows Behavioral Healthcare, where she works with addicted clients and their families. She is a licensed marriage and family therapist and an AAMFT approved supervisor. Dr. Carnes is also a clinical sexologist, and certified sex addiction therapist and supervisor, specializing in therapy for couples and families struggling with sexually compulsive behavior. She is the author of numerous publications including her books, Mending a Shattered Heart: A Guide for Partners of Sex Addicts, Facing Heartbreak: Steps to Recovery for Partners of Sex Addicts, and Facing Addiction: Starting Recovery from Alcohol and Drugs.
Product Description
Leading marriage expert Dr. Stefanie Carnes explains her time-tested strategy to help couples conquer fear and restore their trust, intimacy and connection following a betrayal.
There is nothing that can rupture the loving connection between a couple like betrayal. Courageous Love provides a step-by-step guide for repairing your relationship, whether it is damaged by infidelity, pornography, or compulsive and addictive sexual behavior. Dr. Carnes teaches couples how to respond to one another with compassion and empathy and how to hold onto hope for their relationship.
This book is a must read for couples struggling with the aftermath of betrayal. Sexual betrayal is devastating. It shatters the close connection you had with one of the most precious people in your life: your partner. At this moment, while the wound is still fresh, it may be hard to imagine how you and your partner are ever going to put the pieces of the puzzle back together. Whatever it is that you are currently thinking, feeling, and fearing, you should know right now that if you're willing to try to heal yourself and your relationship, you can succeed in that endeavor. If you and your partner are hurting but still genuinely love each other and want to make it work, that type of healing and restoration is possible.
Review
"Sexual betrayal is among the most challenging problems a couple can experience. As they try to recover, they face a host of dynamics that will lead to vicious cycles from which there is no return. Without soft-selling the difficulties involved, this book provides a map to that minefield and is filled with practical guidance and clear examples that can turn these devastating events into opportunities for increased commitment and intimacy." Richard Schwartz, Ph.D., developer of the Internal Family Systems model of psychotherapy
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Dr. Stefanie Carnes has constructed a very practical and balanced view for treating affairs.This book will be helpful for couples who want to directly handle the affair and save the relationship. Its advice is very direct and useful. It's a very handy and must read especially for couples dealing with the crisis of betrayal.-- Dr. John Gottman, Author of The Seven Principles for Making Marriage WorkFinally, a book that focuses on couple healing and recovery after sexual betrayal. Courageous Love provides a great road map for couples healing. I found the case studies and exercises to be very helpful. I can't wait to share this book with my clients.-- Dr. Kevin Skinner, Author of Treating Trauma from Sexual Betrayal: TheEssential Tools for HealingCourageous Love guides couples on how to repair their relationship from the ravages of intimate betrayal. Readers will have the confidence to navigate a painful, difficult, yet necessary process while enriching their goal of restoring trust and healing in their shattered relationship. Therapists will learn how to implement new ways of working with this complicated process and master interventions they had previously been unsure of. Brava to Dr. Stefanie Carnes for her comprehensive and compassionate approach!-- Dr. Alexandra Katehakis, Author of Sexual Reflections: A Workbook for