The devastating mix of fear, pain and betrayal can lead to obsessive sexual aversion. Tracing the dysfunctions roots in childhood sexual trauma, neglect and abuse, Carnes explores dimensions of sexual health, targeting key issues that let recovery proceed.

In Facing the Shadow, you'll learn:

* Why denial is so powerful and what can be done to break through it
* How to face the consequences of your behaviors using recovery principles
* How to respond to change and crisis due to addiction
* How to manage life without dysfunctional behavior
* How spirituality affects recovery
* What to disclose and to whom
* How sex addiction starts and what does an addict needs to know

In this second edition of Ready to Heal, author Kelly McDaniel walks the reader through an honest and impactful assessment of how women get into these relationships to begin with, and a walk down the road to recovery.

As a sex, marriage, and family therapist, Alexandra Katehakis introduces a successful program for sufferers and their loved ones that will help them hone their erotic intelligence by making sense of the past, creating healthy habits in the present, and looking toward a more intimate relationship that nurtures honesty and closeness. With Katehakis' help, sex addicts can get in touch with their healthy sexual side -- and embrace true intimacy and acceptance in themselves and in their mates.

* Features true stories of people coming to terms with their sexuality on the other side of sex addiction, as well as couples finding a new path to sexual trust and fulfillment
* Helps to build the four cornerstones of intimacy that are essential for healthy relationships

In Deceived, bestselling author Claudia Black offers women in relationships plagued by sexual betrayal the care and guidance to create a new path of clarity, direction, and confidence. Black uses stories of real women who have been through a wide variety of experiences to help readers develop the understanding and skills to:

* confront their partners
* heighten their personal security by setting nonnegotiable boundaries
* avoid preoccupation with their partners' problems
* practice forgiveness
* let go of the uncontrollable
* talk to their children
* make positive changes derived from esteem and integrity

Deceived teaches women how to proactively emerge from emotional isolation, shed secrets and shame, and discover their power to incite positive change in their relationships.