Vicki Tidwell Palmer

Moving Beyond Betrayal

The 5-Step Boundary Solution for Partners of Sex Addicts

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Produktbeschreibung

For anyone affected by a partner's sex addiction or other addictive behavior, who wants to heal and thrive after betrayal.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: CENTRAL RECOVERY PR
• Seitenzahl: 200
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. Mai 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 226mm x 152mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 295g
• ISBN-13: 9781942094142
• ISBN-10: 1942094140
• Artikelnr.: 43897464

Autorenporträt

Vicki Tidwell Palmer is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW), Certified Sex Addiction Therapist (CSAT), and Somatic Experiencing® Practitioner (SEP) in private practice in Houston, Texas. In addition to her training with the International Institute of Trauma and Addiction Professionals (IITAP) and the Somatic Experiencing® Trauma Institute (SETI), Vicki has trained extensively with Pia Mellody, one of the pioneers in the treatment of childhood trauma, boundaries, and love addiction, a condition often associated with partners of addicts. She is the author of the blog for partners Survival Strategies for Partners of Sex Addicts (vickitidwellpalmer.com/blog).

Inhaltsangabe

Table of Contents A Word about Pronouns Acknowledgments Introduction
Chapter One: Your Future Is Not Your Past The Courageous Journey The
Transformational Power of Boundaries The Fog of Addiction Partners of Sex
Addicts: Co-Addicts or Trauma Survivors? The Way Out Chapter Two: Not All
Forms of Addiction Are Created Equal: What You Need to Know About Sex
Addiction The ABCs of Addiction What Sets Sex Addiction Apart The Sex
Addiction "Excuse” Basics of First-Year Sex Addiction Recovery Recovery
"Slips” and Relapses How Partners Are Impacted Your Self-Care in Early
Discovery Chapter Three: First Things First: How to Recognize a Good
Boundary When You See One The Human Urge Toward Safety Boundaries Are
Everywhere Common Misconceptions and Myths about Boundaries The Five
Boundaries Boundaries at the Extremes What Are Boundary Violations?
Non-negotiable Relationship Boundaries What Good Boundaries Can Do for You
Common Boundaries Set by Partners of Sex Addicts Chapter Four: Boundary
Solution Step 1: Knowing and Owning Your Reality Why You've Struggled to
Know Your Reality How Deception Creates Trauma and Distorts Your Reality
How to Identify Your Reality in Three Steps What About Intuition? Reality
Checking EXERCISE: Boundary Solution Step 1 Chapter Five: Boundary Solution
Step 2: Getting Your Needs Met Knowing Your Needs The "Honesty Problem” in
Early Recovery from Sex Addiction Tolerating the Intolerable A Partner's
Bill of Rights Creating a Vision of Needs Fulfilled EXERCISE: Boundary
Solution Step 2 Chapter Six: Boundary Solution Step 3: Identifying Your
Power Center Power, Authentic Power, and Power Over How Partners Lose Power
Vanish the Victim Collaborative Transparency Your Higher Power Identify
Your Power Center EXERCISE: Boundary Solution Step 3 Chapter Seven:
Boundary Solution Step 4: Creating and Implementing Your Action Plan The
Four Possible Actions Contracts and Expectations Demands, Ultimatums, and
Requests How to Make Effective Requests Best Practices for Presenting a
Request Partner's Challenges to Taking Action Implementing Your Action Plan
Examples of Requests Made by Partners of Sex Addicts Your Partner's Rights
when Receiving a Request EXERCISE: Boundary Solution Step 4 Chapter Eight:
Boundary Solution Step 5: Evaluate Your Results: Mission Accomplished . . .
or Not: When Boundaries Are Broken Celebrate Your Success! When You Don't
Get the Outcome You Wanted The Boundary Was Broken . . . What Now? Your
Options for Handling Broken Agreements and Boundary Violations Self-Care,
Consequences, and Punishment Commit-with Confidence-to Your Consequence
EXERCISE: Boundary Solution Step 5 Chapter Nine: Speed Bumps, Roadblocks,
and Crash Landings: Hidden Barriers to Boundary Work and What to Do about
Them Esteem and Worth Difficulty with Emotional Regulation Family and
Financial Considerations Addiction or Untreated Mental Health Concerns
Overvaluing the Relationship or the Addict (Love Addiction) Family of
Origin and Preexisting Adult Trauma Secrets Situations of Domestic Abuse
Chapter Ten: Burning Is Learning: How Your New Boundary Muscle Will Keep
You Strong and Serene for a Lifetime Chapter Eleven: Partners Beyond
Betrayal: Trust, Gratitude, and Forgiveness Will I Ever Trust Again?
Gratitude Forgiveness Appendix 5-Step Boundary Solution Clarifier Boundary
Evaluation How to Take a Relational Time-Out in Six Steps Listening Format
Needs Inventory Overview of the Boundary System Stages of Healing for
Partners of Sex Addicts Suggested Recovery Check-In Items for Sex Addicts
and Their Partners Talking Format and Request Adverse Childhood Experiences
(ACEs) Love Addiction Test Recommended Reading Additional Resources Author
Resources and Programs