Facing the Shadow: Starting Sexual and Relationship Recovery is an indispensible workbook and guide to beginning the step-by-step, 30-task recovery model pioneered by Dr. Patrick Carnes.

Taking a systematic, hands-on approach, Facing the Shadow explains how to break free of problematic sexual behavior and live a healthier, more fulfilling life. Dr. Carnes sets the stage for the recovery tasks and then provides practical, easy-to-follow exercises specifically designed to help understand and address the issues underlying sexual behavior.

This second edition also adds timely new material on cybersex and the science of arousal. It represents the best practices of thousands of recovering addicts and continues in the pioneering spirit of Out of the Shadows.

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

Patrick J. Carnes, Ph.D., C.A.S., internationally acclaimed as a speaker and authority on addiction treatment, is the author of such best-selling recovery classics as A Gentle Path Through the Twelve Steps, Out of the Shadows, Contrary to Love, and Sexual Anorexia.

Learn more about Dr. Carnes at SexHelp.com, on Facebook, or on YouTube.