No Stones: Women Redeemed from Sexual Addiction

by Marnie C. Ferree, Mark Laaser (Foreword by)

Overview

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,

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780830895816
Publisher:	InterVarsity Press
Publication date:	08/08/2013
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	859 KB

About the Author

Marnie C. Ferree (M.A., Trevecca Nazarene University), is a licensed marriage and family therapist. She is director of Bethesda Workshops in Nashville, a clinical intensive treatment program for sex addicts, co-addicts and couples. Ferree formally worked as a marriage and family therapist at Woodmont Hills Counseling Center in Nashville.

Table of Contents

Foreword by Mark Laaser, Ph.D.
Letter to the Reader from Elizabeth Anne Ferree
Preface
Introduction: Marnie and David Ferree's StoryPart One: The Problem - Woman Caught in Adultery
1 The Secret Sin of Sexual Addiction
2 Messages about Being Female
3 Definition of Addiction
4 Female Presentations of Sex Addiction
5 Consequences and Cycle of Addiction
6 Diagnosis of Sex AddictionPart Two: The Root - Sins of the Fathers and Mothers
7 Unhealthy Families
8 Trauma of Abuse
9 Trauma of Abandonment
10 Long-lasting Effects of Trauma
11 Addicts' Core Beliefs, Emotions and CopingPart Three: The Solution - Woman at the Well
12 Surrender and Sobriety
13 Disclosure to Husband and Children
14 Healthy Relationships
15 Tools of Recovery
16 Healing from Trauma
17 For Husbands and Others (Including Clinicians)
18 Living Happily Ever After
Appendixes
Twelve Steps of Sexaholics Anonymous
Characteristics of a Sex and Love Addict
Resources
Acknowledgments
Notes
About the Author
About Bethesda Workshops