Mending a Shattered Heart:
Subtitle: A Guide for Partners of Sex Addicts
Edition: 1st
Publisher: Gentle Path Press
Published: February 20, 2008
Number of pages: 207
ISBN-13: 9780977440061
First sentence: If you're reading this book, chances are your heart has been shattered.
Description: Product Description
Where do I go from here? You are not alone. Thousands of unsuspecting people wake up every day to discover their loved one, the one person that they are supposed to trust completely, has been living a life of lies and deceit because they suffer from a disease - a disease called sex addiction. Stefanie Carnes brings together several authors to guide the reader through an assortment of topics like, How Do I Handle This? and, What Do I Tell the Kids?


About the Editor
Dr. Stefanie Carnes, Ph.D., CSAT, is the director of family services, research and intensive workshops at Pine Grove, an inpatient treatment center in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. In this capacity, she supervises and manages the family therapy services for numerous programs, including the drug and alcohol rehabilitation unit, the sexual addiction program and the eating disorders program. In her role as research director, she oversees all research projects at Pine Grove. Dr. Carnes is a licensed marriage and family therapist and an AAMFT-approved supervisor. Dr. Carnes is also a certified sex addiction therapist, with expertise in therapy for couples and families struggling with sexual addiction. She is the author of numerous publications and presents regularly at conferences at both state and national levels.