Sexual Health In Recovery

Author : Douglas Braun-Harvey, MA, MFT, CGP, CST
Publisher : Springer Publishing Company
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2009-07-27
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 0826120164

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Sexual Health in Drug and Alcohol Treatment by Douglas Braun-Harvey, MA, MFT, CGP, CST Pdf

"Braun-Harvey's manual deserves to become widely adopted at treatment centers across the United States and beyond. His approach offers an effective method for mitigating the shame that binds people to their addictions. In doing so, it may help pave the way to protracted recovery."--Journal of Groups in Addiction and Recovery "The curriculum...provides a vision for chemical dependency treatment I have attempted to address for many years. This looks like an approach that finally meets this need." --Eli Coleman, PhD Director of the Program in Human Sexuality University of Minnesota "In this new evidence-based curriculum...Doug Braun-Harvey challenges our attitudes and beliefs, as well as our traditional ways of providing treatment....This material on sexual health can help to provide a missing piece for many recovering addicts." --Stephanie S. Covington, PhD, LCSW Author, Women and Addiction: A Gender-Responsive Approach For men and women in addiction recovery, sexual behavior linked with drug or alcohol use is too often the primary reason for relapse. When sexuality is not directly and positively addressed in drug and alcohol treatment, it can result in treatment failure or relapse. This group facilitator's guide introduces a pioneering, evidence-based curriculum, designed to integrate concepts of sexual health, current sex research, and recent developments in relapse prevention research. With this guide, group facilitators can offer clients a positive and safe forum within which to understand and change their sex/drug- linked behaviors. Key Features: Requires no specialized training, and can be integrated into a wide variety of treatment programs with all types of clientele Contains lesson plans on dating and relationships, spirituality and sexuality, non-consensual sex, out-of-control sexual behavior, and more Complete with suggested group activities, guided discussions, questions, role- plays, and more Has been proven to improve client retention and decrease sexual behavioral problems

Author : Douglas Braun-Harvey, MA, MFT, CGP, CST
Publisher : Springer Publishing Company
Page : 150 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2010-12-15
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 0826120180

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Sexual Health in Recovery by Douglas Braun-Harvey, MA, MFT, CGP, CST Pdf

Based on a curriculum that was successfully implemented and evaluated at Stepping Stone, a drug and alcohol treatment program in San Diego, Sexual Health in Recovery offers counselors a chance to understand and integrate basic sexual health principles into their work. Addiction treatment professionals and their clients will then be able to comfortably and safely address sexual issues that may impede recovery-and thus have a greater chance at successful treatment. Key Topics: Assessing a client's sex/drug-linked relapse risk Improving counselor confidence in talking about sexual issues Dealing with out-of-control sexual behavior Understanding how a client's sexual attitudes and values may help or impede recovery Discussing a client's sexual past when it impacts recovery Encouraging client's sexual health while in recovery Helping clients set expectations for sexual relationships while in recovery Overcoming counselor ambivalence about addressing sexual issues in treatment

Author : Raven L. Badger
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2012-07-06
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 9780313396366

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Sexuality and Addiction by Raven L. Badger Pdf

This book provides an understanding of how sexuality and addiction are intertwined, helping those who counsel substance abusers and individuals who have experienced negative sexual messages or experiences to improve their sexual health and enjoyment. This book presents a broad overview of sexual health issues that documents the links between sexuality and substance abuse, and describes how counselors can help individuals who have been impacted by negative sexual experiences can find a way out of the pain that leads them to addiction or back to substance abuse. Using the sexual health model as a framework for discussion, author Raven L. James, PhD, explains how sexual health and substance abuse are often connected, provides examples of real-life experiences, and identifies issues to consider in adopting healthier attitudes and sexual behaviors as well as effective methods for achieving them. Each chapter provides focused content followed by an explanation of the subject's connection to substance abuse. Tips for counselors, sample lesson plans and ideas, tangible tools to use in sexual health groups, and related resources area also included. Whether the reader is personally afflicted, a helper, or a loved one, the information in Sexuality and Addiction: Making Connections, Enhancing Recovery will provide a new perspective on how to help clients improve their sexual self-esteem, find ways to improve sexual relationships with themselves and others, and most of all, to restore hope for sexual health in recovery.

Author : Jennifer Matesa
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2016-09-01
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 9781616496623

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Sex in Recovery by Jennifer Matesa Pdf

Healthy sexuality within the context of recovery is rarely talked about openly, in part because the larger culture restricts the space required to name our experiences in open, honest ways. Matesa gives us that space by bringing the language of recovery to this more hidden part of our healing, allowing us to truly “practice these principles in all our affairs." Sexuality in the context of recovery is rarely talked about openly, in part because our broader culture may inhibit us from sharing our true experiences. For some, the prospect of sober sex feels like uncharted waters—in the past, we’ve rarely had sex without first numbing ourselves with drugs and alcohol. What does it mean to have an intimate relationship in sobriety? Exploring that question deepens our recovery journey.With this groundbreaking work, Jennifer Matesa uncovers the challenges real people encounter when they start taking their clothes off—without drinking or using in order to do so. Providing readers “a meeting between the covers,” Matesa blends first-person accounts bravely shared by diverse members of the recovery community, insights from experts, and her own perspectives. The result is a book that creates a space for a vital, new dialogue about sexuality and intimacy. As we find a common language for this more hidden aspect of our healing, we can truly “practice these principles in all our affairs.”

Author : Weston M. Edwards,Weston M Edwards, Dr
Publisher : Createspace Independent Pub
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2012-12-01
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 1468130420

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Drugs, Sex, and Recovery by Weston M. Edwards,Weston M Edwards, Dr Pdf

Recovery is about living a better life. Picture a life in recovery in which everything fits together like the pieces of a puzzle. Sexuality is a part of that picture--an important piece of the recovery puzzle that many people fail to examine. Sexuality is often fraught with confusion, embarrassment, fear, anxiety, shame, and avoidance. The goal of this workbook is to help you recognize the positive power and role of sexuality in your recovery, thereby creating hope and personal fulfillment in your life. By breaking the daunting subject of sexuality into smaller pieces, the workbook allows you to address sexuality in a safe and healing approach. Topics include healthy sexuality, healing from trauma, types of intimacy, relationships, disclosure of information, spirituality, healthy touch, cultural messages, sexual expression, mental health, body image, sexual functioning and many more. For many readers, this will be the first time you deeply examine sexuality and its connection to your chemical use. As you move through the workbook, questions for reflection are posed to help you examine the relationship between sexuality and your chemical use. Creative exercises move you toward an integrated experience of sexual health. I encourage you to discover, accept, and care for your true sexual self by embarking on this work.

Author : Douglas Braun-Harvey, MA, MFT, CGP, CST,Michael A. Vigorito, LMFT, LCPC, CGP
Publisher : Springer Publishing Company
Page : 432 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2015-11-05
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780826196767

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Treating Out of Control Sexual Behavior by Douglas Braun-Harvey, MA, MFT, CGP, CST,Michael A. Vigorito, LMFT, LCPC, CGP Pdf

Out of control sexual behavior ñ referred to variously as "sex addiction", "sexual compulsivity", and "hypersexuality", among other terms, has been a controversial and attention-getting issue since it first captured both public and professional attention over 30 years ago. Previous discussions of this behavior have been grounded in conceptualizing it as a pathologized, medical issue on par with substance abuse addictions, or, in backlash, as simply irresponsible behavior indicating weakness in the individual. In keeping with the call from many leaders in the mental health and sexual health areas to move beyond these two polarized conceptualizations of these sexual behavior problems, the authors present a model for working with clients in both group and individual treatment settings. Based on their experience with hundreds of clients, this book provides a comprehensive and practical conceptualization of out of control sexual behavior framed as a sexual health problem within a larger model of human behavior, not a psychiatric or addictive disorder. The book includes step-by-step tools for assessment, treatment planning as well as treatment implementation. It describes a process for professionals to guide clients to define and be accountable for their own personal vision of sexual health as the foundation on which they regain sexual behavior control. The authors provide rich and varied composite case examples based on 20 years of clinical experience that demonstrate clinician sexual health treatment conversations and tools, as well as stories of hope and guidance so essential to individuals wanting to understand how sexual health can be the essential ally in changing their sexual behavior.

Author : Germayne Tizzano
Publisher : Views From a Tree House, Incorporated
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2018-06-28
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 164184146X

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Sanctuary for Change by Germayne Tizzano Pdf

Sanctuary for Change (Facilitator Guide and Participant Workbook) is an innovative and engaging curriculum designed to help at-risk women make informed choices about their sexual health. This comprehensive and structured curriculum aims to educate women with histories of trauma to promote healthy sexual choices and to enable women to develop an individualized program of sexual health recovery.The Sanctuary program is user-friendly and offers a step-by-step Facilitator Guide and an accompanying Participant Workbook; the flexibility of an entire 32-hour program or an individual 2-hour program on a selected topic or combination of topics, along with creative small-group exercises, hands-on activities, and self-reflective tools.Over 100 Interactive Exercises to Promote Women's Healthy Sexuality including. . .14 Exercises Aimed at Enhancing Trust and Appreciating Differences19 Activities Affirming and Inspiring Positive Body Image10 Strategies Exploring One's Sexuality - Values, Attitudes, and Behaviors15 Opportunities to Acquiring Safer Sex Practices31 Exercises Promoting Healthy Relationships25 Activities Enhancing Communication and Risk Reduction Skills in Sexual Intimacy25 Opportunities Celebrating One's Authentic Self

Author : Germayne Tizzano
Publisher : Views From a Tree House, Incorporated
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2018-06-22
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1641840218

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Sanctuary for Change by Germayne Tizzano Pdf

Sanctuary for Change (Facilitator Guide and Participant Workbook) is an innovative and engaging curriculum designed to help at-risk women make informed choices about their sexual health. This comprehensive and structured curriculum aims to educate women with histories of trauma to promote healthy sexual choices and to enable women to develop an individualized program of sexual health recovery. The Sanctuary program is user-friendly and offers a step-by-step Facilitator Guide and an accompanying Participant Workbook; the flexibility of an entire 32-hour program or an individual 2-hour program on a selected topic or combination of topics, along with creative small-group exercises, hands-on activities, and self-reflective tools. Over 100 Interactive Exercises to Promote Women's Healthy Sexuality including. . . 14 Exercises Aimed at Enhancing Trust and Appreciating Differences 19 Activities Affirming and Inspiring Positive Body Image 10 Strategies Exploring One's Sexuality - Values, Attitudes, and Behaviors 15 Opportunities to Acquiring Safer Sex Practices 31 Exercises Promoting Healthy Relationships 25 Activities Enhancing Communication and Risk Reduction Skills in Sexual Intimacy 25 Opportunities Celebrating One's Authentic Self

Author : Germayne Tizzano
Publisher : Views From a Tree House, Incorporated
Page : 140 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2018-06-22
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1641840226

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Sanctuary for Change by Germayne Tizzano Pdf

Sanctuary for Change (Facilitator Guide and Participant Workbook) is an innovative and engaging curriculum designed to help at-risk women make informed choices about their sexual health. This comprehensive and structured curriculum aims to educate women with histories of trauma to promote healthy sexual choices and to enable women to develop an individualized program of sexual health recovery. The Sanctuary program is user-friendly and offers a step-by-step Facilitator Guide and an accompanying Participant Workbook; the flexibility of an entire 32-hour program or an individual 2-hour program on a selected topic or combination of topics, along with creative small-group exercises, hands-on activities, and self-reflective tools. Over 100 Interactive Exercises to Promote Women's Healthy Sexuality including. . . 14 Exercises Aimed at Enhancing Trust and Appreciating Differences 19 Activities Affirming and Inspiring Positive Body Image 10 Strategies Exploring One's Sexuality - Values, Attitudes, and Behaviors 15 Opportunities to Acquiring Safer Sex Practices 31 Exercises Promoting Healthy Relationships 25 Activities Enhancing Communication and Risk Reduction Skills in Sexual Intimacy 25 Opportunities Celebrating One's Authentic Self

Author : Josephine C. Auger
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : Indians of North America
ISBN : 0991944151

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My People's Blood by Josephine C. Auger Pdf

Author : National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Board on Behavioral, Cognitive, and Sensory Sciences,Committee on the Science of Changing Behavioral Health Social Norms
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 171 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2016-09-03
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780309439121

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Ending Discrimination Against People with Mental and Substance Use Disorders by National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Board on Behavioral, Cognitive, and Sensory Sciences,Committee on the Science of Changing Behavioral Health Social Norms Pdf

Estimates indicate that as many as 1 in 4 Americans will experience a mental health problem or will misuse alcohol or drugs in their lifetimes. These disorders are among the most highly stigmatized health conditions in the United States, and they remain barriers to full participation in society in areas as basic as education, housing, and employment. Improving the lives of people with mental health and substance abuse disorders has been a priority in the United States for more than 50 years. The Community Mental Health Act of 1963 is considered a major turning point in America's efforts to improve behavioral healthcare. It ushered in an era of optimism and hope and laid the groundwork for the consumer movement and new models of recovery. The consumer movement gave voice to people with mental and substance use disorders and brought their perspectives and experience into national discussions about mental health. However over the same 50-year period, positive change in American public attitudes and beliefs about mental and substance use disorders has lagged behind these advances. Stigma is a complex social phenomenon based on a relationship between an attribute and a stereotype that assigns undesirable labels, qualities, and behaviors to a person with that attribute. Labeled individuals are then socially devalued, which leads to inequality and discrimination. This report contributes to national efforts to understand and change attitudes, beliefs and behaviors that can lead to stigma and discrimination. Changing stigma in a lasting way will require coordinated efforts, which are based on the best possible evidence, supported at the national level with multiyear funding, and planned and implemented by an effective coalition of representative stakeholders. Ending Discrimination Against People with Mental and Substance Use Disorders: The Evidence for Stigma Change explores stigma and discrimination faced by individuals with mental or substance use disorders and recommends effective strategies for reducing stigma and encouraging people to seek treatment and other supportive services. It offers a set of conclusions and recommendations about successful stigma change strategies and the research needed to inform and evaluate these efforts in the United States.

Author : Alexandra Katehakis
Publisher : Health Communications, Inc.
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2010-05-03
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 9780757314377

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Erotic Intelligence by Alexandra Katehakis Pdf

ENJOYABLE, EXCITING SEX IS POSSIBLE AFTER SEX ADDICTION In the journey to sexual sobriety, many sex addicts find themselves wondering, 'How am I going to have a normal relationship?' or 'Will it be possible to repair my marriage now that I've confessed my destructive behavior?' and 'Will I ever have great sex again?' 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's 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

Author : Anonymous
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2010-08-04
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 9781592859757

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Hope and Recovery by Anonymous Pdf

Hope and Recovery guides and supports the life-transforming move from self-defeating and destructive sexual behavior to healthy, affirming sexuality. A remarkable work, Hope and Recovery guides and supports the life-transforming move from self-defeating and destructive sexual behavior to healthy, affirming sexuality. This widely acclaimed contribution to addiction literature applies the Twelve Step Program of Alcoholics Anonymous to the complex problem of sex addiction.

Author : Sexual Compulsives Anonymous
Publisher : SCA International Service Org.
Page : 110 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 9780962796654

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Sexual Compulsives Anonymous: A Program of Recovery - 2nd Edition by Sexual Compulsives Anonymous Pdf

"The Little Blue Book" describes the program of SCA. It is written by members and includes the 12 Steps/12 Traditions adapted from Alcoholics Anonymous, 14 Characteristics we have in common, The Tools that Help us Get Better and chapters on Sobriety / Recovery Plans, Sponsorship, Service, what happens at Meetings, how to avoid slips, masturbation, shame and a brief history of the program followed by some useful prayers and meeting formats.

Author : Jennifer Matesa
Publisher : Hazelden Publishing
Page : 194 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2014-09-09
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 9781616495374

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The Recovering Body by Jennifer Matesa Pdf

"The Recovering Body offers simple, effective ways for addicts to heal the damage caused by substance abuse. Jennifer Matesa focuses on five areas of healing: through exercise and activity, sleep and rest, nutrition and fuel, sexuality and pleasure, and meditation and awareness"--