Hope--real hope--for recovery is within reach. This book goes beyond cliché answers and offers meaningful, spiritual, and practical steps to healing and freedom from sexual addiction--or any addiction. 
With today's rampant availability of Internet pornography, sexual addiction has become a national epidemic that affects an increasing number of Christians, even pastors and priests. As devastating as any drug habit, it brings heartbreak and despair to those it entangles. But there is help for men and women caught in sexual addiction's downward spiral. 
This book offers a path that leads beyond compulsive thoughts and behaviors to healing and transformation. Speaking from his own experience with sexual addiction and recovery, Dr. Mark Laaser is sensitive to the shame of sexual addiction without minimizing its sinfulness. He traces the roots of the problem, discusses its patterns and impact, and maps out a biblical approach to self-control and sexual integrity. 
Whether you know someone with a sexual addiction or struggle yourself, Healing the Wounds of Sexual Addiction points the way to understanding, wholeness, and holiness. 
Spanish edition also available; previously titled Faithful and True.

Healing the Wounds of Sexual Addiction

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Laaser, Mark

Addiction & Recovery

Zondervan

A deeper probe into relationships starts with our heart’s desires At last, a “relationship book” that looks past what separates us to examine what connects us! Dr. Mark and Debra Laaser go to the heart of the matter. Instead of focusing on how to sidestep or compensate for perceived differences, they dig deeper, to the core of our souls, to examine how the basic desires and needs of all people make us more alike than different. The Seven Desires of Every Heart explores the common desires God gives you―to be heard, affirmed, blessed, safe, touched, chosen, and included. Using stories, Biblical references, and sound psychological principles, the Laasers explain each desire and show us how we seek it and what it feels like to have it truly fulfilled. You also will learn healthy ways to embody these desires in your relationships. You will be given the tools you need to start repairing and rebuilding relationships and developing new skills for creating emotional and spiritual intimacy.

The Seven Desires of Every Heart

Religion & Spirituality

Laaser, Debra

Christian Books & Bibles

A deeper probe into relationships starts with our heart's desires At last, a 'relationship book' that looks past what separates us to examine what connects us! Dr. Mark and Debra Laaser go to the heart of the matter. Instead of focusing on how to sidestep or compensate for perceived differences, they dig deeper, to the core of our souls, to examine how the basic desires and needs of all people make us more alike than different. The Seven Desires of Every Heart explores the common desires God gives you---to be heard, affirmed, blessed, safe, touched, chosen, and included. Using stories, Biblical references, and sound psychological principles, the Laasers explain each desire and show us how we seek it and what it feels like to have it truly fulfilled. You also will learn healthy ways to embody these desires in your relationships. You will be given the tools you need to start repairing and rebuilding relationships and developing new skills for creating emotional and spiritual intimacy.

This new take on relationships changes everything! By examining the seven desires we all share, Mark &amp; Debra Laaser illustrate how men and women are actually more alike than different. Do you long for ways to
Tune in more closely to your children?
Connect on a deeper level with your spouse?
Strengthen friendships?
Reach a fuller relationship with God?
The Laasers look past what separates us to examine what connects us. Instead of focusing on how to sidestep or compensate for perceived differences, they dig deeper, to the core of our souls, to examine how the basic needs of all people make us more alike than different.
The Seven Desires of Every Heart explores the common desires God has given us ―to be heard, affirmed, blessed, safe, touched, chosen, and included. Using stories, biblical references, and sound psychological principles, the Laasers explain each desire and show us how we seek it and what it feels like to have it truly fulfilled. You will learn healthy ways to embody these desires in your relationships and be given the tools you need to start repairing and rebuilding relationships and developing new skills for creating emotional and spiritual intimacy.

Seven Desires: Looking Past What Separates Us to Learn What Connects Us

Self-Help

Relationships

No matter how many times you have lost the battle--you can "still" win the war!  There's a war going on for the souls of men. It's reached epic levels and is threatening the very fabric of generations--grandfathers, dads, sons, and grandsons.  This war is affecting you and your family. Landmines planted strategically by the enemy that are knocking our men out, destroying their souls, ruining their futures, causing destructive marriage issues, jeopardizing relationships, and taking our sons and daughters captive! The war is an all-out attack on the purpose and pleasure of sexuality as God designed it. "The Fight of Your Life" offers weapons that help you overcome sexual addiction, resist the danger of pornography, enjoy healthy sexuality, and save your marriages, relationships, and families from the enemy's assault.  To win the war, you must fight the battles. Don't give up. Don't lose hope. And don't think for a moment that you have disqualified yourself from the fight. You have not failed "too many times"--you can still win!

The Fight of Your Life

Clinton, Dr. Tim

Destiny Image Incorporated

Este libro ofrece una senda que conduce mas allá de los pensamientos y conductas compulsivas para ofrecer sanidad y transformación. El autor llega hasta las raíces del problema, discute sus patrones e impacto, y esboza un enfoque bíblico del autocontrol y la integridad sexual. Incluye una sección sobre el problema de la adicción sexual en la iglesia, las tendencias culturales y la investigación actual, dando un mayor énfasis al crecimiento espiritual y refiriéndose también a las singular necesidades y situaciones de las mujeres adictas al sexo.

Como Sanar las Heridas de la Adiccion Sexual (Spanish Edition)

Vida

In The Seven Desires of Every Heart, Mark and Debra Laaser show us how men and women, at the core of our souls, are actually more alike than different. Using stories, Biblical references, and sound psychological principles, the Laasers explore human relationships by examining seven desires we all share: to be heard, affirmed, blessed, safe, touched, chosen, and included. Both instructive and inspirational, the book draws a straight line from what we have to what we desire -- underscoring personal identity and growth, healthier ways to meet our desires, building or repairing relationships, and God's intention to satisfy all the desires of our hearts. This book is for spouses longing to connect and communicate on a deeper level, for parents who want to be more attuned to their children, for teachers needing healthy ways to motivate students, for pastors and church leaders struggling to develop greater insight into increasingly diverse congregations, and for everyone seeking a richer and more intimate relationship with God.

Los siete deseos de todo corazón (Spanish Edition)

In this book Marnie C. Ferree offers a unique resource for women struggling with sexual addiction. Taking her book's title from the parable where Jesus extends grace to the woman caught in adultery, Ferree bravely shares her own story of sexual addiction, recalling her years of shame from living a double life and the moment when she ultimately had to tell the truth. But more than just offering her story as a hopeful example of God's transforming power, Ferree distills her clinical expertise on female sexual addiction accessibly and gently, providing a much-needed resource for women struggling with any degree of relational or sexual addiction. Ferree details the roots of addiction in family trauma and offers clear-eyed advice as both a counselor and a "grateful recovering sex addict" on how to achieve sobriety and healing. Written by a counselor who understands the condition from the inside out, No Stones offers practical help for those battling sexual addiction. It also includes a specific chapter for anyone in close relationship with an addict, whether a spouse, family member, or friend, who wants to come alongside women as they seek help. Important for pastors and church leaders, this book will also be a much sought-after resource for Christian counselors and therapists counseling women who grapple with this type of addiction.

No Stones: Women Redeemed from Sexual Addiction

Biographies & Memoirs

Ferree, Marnie C.

Leaders & Notable People

The Captives Free Spouse's Guide is a 21-assignment recovery workbook for spouses of men or women battling sexual addiction. The Captives Free Spouse's Guide is a biblically-based, time-tested, effective tool in assisting spouses to recover from their partner’s sexual addiction – whether the addict is in recovery or not. This workbook is not for women dealing with sexual addiction. This workbook will introduce a new way of looking at recovery and transformation in our lives. While the workbook is easy enough to follow alone, it is highly recommended that it be used in conjunction with a Captives Free support group. By participating in a group, one enters a safe-environment of others on the same journey creating a support structure. The Captives Free Spouse's Guide was edited by Dr. Mark Laaser, the foremost Christian authority on sexual addiction recovery and Debbie, his wife, an experienced spouse of a recovering addict. Melissa Haas facilitates weekly spouse’s groups for women whose husbands struggle with sexual addiction and directs all women’s ministries for HopeQuest. Melissa began her ministry career as a missionary with the International Mission Board in Kenya where she and her husband Troy served for six years. Their departure from the mission field marked the beginning of a journey of healing and restoration that has become a living testimony to the grace and power of God. Since 2002, Melissa has been sharing her story and walking with other women on the journey of grace and truth. Melissa graduated from East Texas Baptist University with a degree in Education.

Captives Free Spouse's Guide: A Workbook for Living in Freedom Everyday in Sexual Wholeness and Integrity

Haas, Melissa

“The greatest enemy of sexual wholeness today,” asserts Mark Laaser, Ph.D., “is silence.” A therapist specializing in the field of sexual health, Dr. Laaser has worked with hundreds of adults who suffer the consequences of sexual sin and dysfunction. All of them long to have had meaningful conversations with their parents about sex when they were growing up. Most parents would agree that healthy sexuality should be taught at home rather than left to their children’s teachers, peers, or culture. However, even parents with the best intentions can feel at a loss regarding where to start. In Talking with Your Kids about Sex, Dr. Laaser cuts through the confusion, coaching you through specific, age-appropriate discussions you can have with your son or daughter from early childhood through young adulthood; giving guidance on how to explore and examine your own sexual beliefs and issues; and empowering you to help your child develop a healthy and biblical understanding of sexuality, a glorious gift from God.

Talking to Your Kids About Sex: How to Have a Lifetime of Age-Appropriate Conversations with Your Children About Healthy Sexuality

Random House Publishing Group

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Healing the Wounds of Sexual Addiction

The Seven Desires of Every Heart

The Seven Desires of Every Heart

Seven Desires: Looking Past What Separates Us to Learn What Connects Us

The Fight of Your Life

Como Sanar las Heridas de la Adiccion Sexual (Spanish Edition)

Los siete deseos de todo corazón (Spanish Edition)

No Stones: Women Redeemed from Sexual Addiction

Captives Free Spouse's Guide: A Workbook for Living in Freedom Everyday in Sexual Wholeness and Integrity

Talking to Your Kids About Sex: How to Have a Lifetime of Age-Appropriate Conversations with Your Children About Healthy Sexuality