Recovery Start Kit

Books for Partner’s of Sex Addicts

• Mending a Shattered Heart: A Guide for Partners of Sex Addicts by Stephanie Carnes, Ph.D.
• Don’t Call It Love By Patrick Carnes, Ph.D.
• Sex, Lies, & Forgiveness: Couples Speak on Healing from Sex Addiction By Jennifer Schneider, M.D. and Burt Schneider
• Back from Betrayal: Recovering from His Affairs By Jennifer Schneider, M.D. and Burt Schneider
• Healing the Shame that Binds You By John Bradshaw
• Confronting Your Spouse’s Pornography Problem By Rory C. Reid & Dan Gray
• A House Interrupted By Maurita Corcoran
• Open Hearts by Debra Laaser, Mark Lasser, and Patrick Carnes

Sex Addiction Treatment Books

• Out of the Shadows: Understanding Sexual Addiction By Patrick Carnes, Ph.D.
• Facing the Shadow: Starting Sexual and Relationship Recovery By Patrick Carnes, Ph.D.
• Recovery Zone Volume 1 By Patrick Carnes, Ph.D.
• Recovery Start Kit
• Thirty Days to Hope & Freedom from Sexual Addiction: The Essential Guide to Daily Recovery By Milton Magness, D. Min.
• When He’s Married to Mom: How to Help Mother-Enmeshed Men Open Their Hearts to True Love and Commitment By Kenneth Adams
• Silently Seduced By Kenneth Adams
• The Porn Trap: The Essential Guide to Overcoming Problems Caused by Pornography By Wendy Maltz & Larry Maltz
• Not “Just Friends“: Rebuilding Trust and Recovering Your Insanity After Infidelity By Shirley P. Glass and Jean Coppock Staeheli
• After the Affair: Healing the Pain and Rebuilding Trust When a Partner has Been Unfaithful By Janis Abrahms Spring, Ph.D. and Michael Spring
• Getting Past the Affair: A Program to Help You Cope, Heal and Move On – Together or Apart By Douglas K. Snyder, Ph.D., Donald H Baucom Ph.D. & Kristina Coop Gordon, Ph.D.
• Infidelity: A Survival Guide By Don-david Lusterman Ph.D.
• How to Help Your Spouse Heal from Your Affair: A Compact Manual for the Unfaithful By Linda J. MacDonald, MS, LMFT
• A Man’s Way through Relationships: Learning to Love and Be Loved by Dan Griffin
• The Impact of Pornography on Children, Youth, and Culture by Cordelia Anderson
• Out of the Doghouse by Robert Weiss
• Out of the Doghouse for Christian Men by Robert Weiss and Marnie Ferree
• Cruise Control by Robert Weiss
• Ready to Heal by Kelly McDaniel
• Always Turned On: Sex in the Digital Age by Robert Weiss and Jennifer Schneider
• Thirty Days to Hope and Freedom by Milton Magness
• The Problem Was Me by Thomas Gagliano, Abraham J. Twerski 
• Clergy Sexual Misconduct by Rob Baker, John Thoburn
• Shadows of the Cross workbook by Craig Cashwell, Pennie Johnson, and Patrick Carnes

Women’s Sex Therapy Books

• Ready to Heal By Kelly McDaniel
• The Courage to Heal: A Guide for Women Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse By Ellen Bass & Laura Davis
• For Women Only: A Revolutionary Guide to Reclaiming Your Sex Life By Jennifer Berman and Laura Berman
• Women, Sex, and Addiction: A Search for Love and Power By Charlotte Davis Kasl, Ph.D.
• The Elusive Orgasm By Vivienne Cass, Ph.D.

Codependency and Love Addiction Books

• Facing Codependency By Pia Mellody
• Codependent No More By Melody Beattie
• Intimacy Factor By Pia Mellody
• The Language of Letting Go By Melody Beattie
• Is It Love or Addiction  By Brenda Schaffer
• Facing Love Addiction By Pia Mellody
• Lonely All The Time By Ralph Earle, Ph.D. & Gregory Crow

Couples Therapy Books

• Erotic Intelligence: Igniting Hot, Healthy Sex While in Recovery from Sexual Addiction By Alexandra Katehakis, MFT
• Love and War in Intimate Relationships by Marion Solomon & Stan Tatkin
• Intimacy & Desire by David Schnarch
• Passionate Marriage by David Schnarch
• Mating in Captivity: Reconciling the Erotic and the Domestic By Esther Perel
• Lean On Me: The Power of Positive Dependency In Intimate Relationships By Dr. Marion Solomon

Books on Divorce

• Should I Stay or Should I Go? How Controlled Separation Can Save Your Marriage By Lee Raffel MSW
• Too Good to Leave, Too Bad to Stay By Mia Kirshenbaum
• Contemplating Divorce: A Step-by-Step Guide to Deciding Whether to Stay or Go By Susan Gadoua
• The Truth about Children and Divorce: Dealing with the Emotions So You and Your Children Can Thrive By Robert Emery
• Rebuilding: When Your Relationship Ends By Bruce Fisher