The secret sin of sexual addiction -- Messages about being female -- Definition of addiction -- Female presentations of sexual addiction -- Consequences and cycle of addiction -- Diagnosis of sexual addiction -- Unhealthy families -- Trauma of abuse -- Trauma of abandonment -- Long-lasting effects of trauma -- Addicts' core beliefs, emotions, and coping -- Surrender and sobriety -- Disclosure -- Healthy relationships -- Tools of recovery -- Healing from trauma -- For husbands and others (including clinicians) -- Living happily ever after
Summary
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
