Therapeutic Resources

 

• Therapeutic Resources - US & Canada

Recommended Reading for Recovery

Adult Children Of Alcoholics

• Adult Children of Alcoholics, Janet G. Woititz
• Healthy Parenting: An Empowering Guide for Adult Children, Janet G. Woititz
• How Al-Anon Works for Families & Friends of Alcoholics, Al-Anon Family Group Head Inc.
• It Will Never Happen to Me, Claudia Black
• My Dad Loves Me, My Dad Has a Disease, Claudia Black

Alcoholism And Chemical Dependency

• Alcoholics Anonymous: Big Book, Original Edition
• Alcoholics Anonymous: The Story of How Many Thousands of Men and Women Have Recovered from Alcoholism, AAWS
• Drinking: A Love Story, Caroline Knapp
• Passages Through Recovery: An Action Plan for Preventing Relapse, Terence Gorski
• 12 Stupid Things That Mess Up Recovery: Avoiding Relapse Through Self-Awareness and Right Action

Co-Sex Addiction

• Open Hearts, Patrick Carnes, Mark Laaser, Deborah Laaser
• Back from Betrayal, Jennifer Schneider
• Rebuilding Trust, Jennifer Schneider & Burt Schneider
• Relationships in Recovery, Emily Marlin
• Sex, Lies and Forgiveness, Jennifer Schneider & Burt Schneider
• Women Who Love Sex Addicts, Douglas Weiss & Donna DeBusk

Co-Dependency

• Boundaries: Where You End and I Begin, Anne Katherine
• Codependent No More, Melanie Beattie
• Facing Codependency, Pia Melody & Andrea Mille
• Mending A Shattered Heart: A Guide for Partners of Sex Addicts, Stephanie Carnes
• The Drama of the Gifted Child, Alice Miller

Family Of Origin

• Changing Course, Claudia Black
• Healing the Child Within, Charles Whitfield
• Healing the Shame that Binds You, John Bradshaw
• It Will Never Happen to Me , Claudia Black

Love Addiction

• Facing Love Addiction, Pia Melody

Sex Addiction

• A Gentle Path Through the 12 Steps, Patrick Carnes
• Contrary to Love, Patrick Carnes
• Cybersex Unhooked, David Delmonico & Elizabeth Griffin
• Cruise Control, Rob Weiss
• Disclosing Secrets, Deborah Corley & Jennifer Schneider
• Don't Call it Love, Patrick Carnes
• Facing the Shadow, Patrick Carnes
• In the Shadows of the Net, Patrick Carnes, David Delmonico & Elizabeth Griffin
• Mending a Shattered Heart - A Guide for Partners of Sex Addicts, Stephanie Carnes
• Open Hearts - Renewing Relationships with Recovery, Romance & Reality, Patrick Carnes
• Out of the Shadows, Patrick Carnes
• Ready to Heal - Women Facing Love, Sex & Relationship Issues, Kelly McDaniel
• Sexual Anorexia, Patrick Carnes
• The Clinical Management of Sex Addiction, Patrick Carnes & Kenneth Adams
• Untangling the Web: Sex, Porn and Fantasy Obsession, Robert Weiss, Jennifer Schneider

Sexual Abuse

• The Betrayal Bond, Patrick Carnes
• Silently Seduced, Kenneth Adams
• The Courage to Heal, Laura Bass

Trauma

• Heart Wounds, Tian Dayton
• The Betrayal Bond, Patrick Carnes
• Trauma and Addiction, Tian Dayton
• Waking the Tiger, Peter Levine & Ann Frederick

Books On Depression

• An Unquiet Mind, Kay Redfield Jamison
• I Don’t Want To Talk About It, Terrence Real
• On The Edge of Darkness: Conversations About Conquering Depression, Kathy Cronkite
• The Freedom From Depression Workbook, Frank Minirth, MD
• Speaking of Sadness: Depression, Disconnection, and the Meanings of Illness, David A Karp
• What To Do When Someone You Love is Depressed, Mitch Golant, Susan K. Golant

Books On Anxiety

• Mastery of Your Anxiety and Panic: Workbook, David H. Barlow, Michelle G Craske
• Overcoming Panic, Anxiety, & Phobias: New Strategies to Free Yourself from Worry and Fear, Shirley Babior
• Don’t Panic Third Edition: Taking Control of Anxiety Attacks, Reid Wilson

Links

Sex Addiction/Compulsivity Resources

• Am I a Sex Addict
• Take the Sexual Addiction Screening Test (SAST)
• Sex Addicts Anonymous
• Society for the Advancement of Sexual Health
• Dr. Patrick Carnes resources site
• Gentle Path Press
  
  
   

Co-Dependency

• Codependent No More:Melody Beattie
• Facing Codependency: Pia Melody
• Codependents Anonymous
• ALANON
• COSA
  
   

Dual Diagnosis

• Dual Diagnosis Recovery Network
• Dual Recovery Anonymous
  
   

Twelve Step Resources for Sexual Addiction and Chemical Dependency

• Codependents of Sexual Addicts (COSA)
• Recovering Couple Anonymous (RCA)   
• Sexaholics Anonymous (SA)                                 
• Sex Addicts Anonymous (SAA)                                             
• Sexual Compulsive Anonymous (SCA)  
• Sex and Love Addicts Anonymous (SLAA)
•  Dual Recovery Anonymous (DRA)
• Alcoholics Anonymous (AA)
• Narcotic Anonymous (NA)
• Cocaine Anonymous (CA)