Experts in SA, Codependency and Relationship Issues

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Patrick Carnes

http://www.pinegrovetreatment.com/patrick-carnes.html

A nationally known speaker on addiction and recovery issues. 

He is author of:

Dr. Patrick Carnes’ article, “18.4 Sexual Addiction,” appears in Kaplan & Sadock’s Comprehensive Textbook of Psychiatry (2005).

 

The New York Times suggested his book, Sexual Anorexia: Overcoming Sexual Self-Hatred, “will create a new wave of understanding about sexuality and the dynamics in intimate sexual relationships.” 

 

Dr. Carnes is co-editor of Sexual Addiction and Compulsivity: The Journal of Treatment and Prevention, a Taylor and Francis publication and the official journal of the National Council of Sexual Addiction and Compulsivity.

 

Dr. Patrick Carnes - Executive Director of the Gentle Path program at Pine Grove Behavioral Center in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. 

He is the primary architect of Gentle Path treatment programs for the treatment of sexual and addictive disorders.  He also pioneered the founding of the Certified Sex Addiction Therapist program.  This has evolved into a network of local, regional, and residential programs which specialize in this work.

 

From 1996 until 2004, Dr. Patrick Carnes was Clinical Director for Sexual Disorder Services at The Meadows in Wickenburg, Arizona.  While there, he developed a therapeutic technology based on his landmark study of the recoveries of 1,000 sex addicts.  This work is summarized in Don’t Call It Love, which has been described by The New Age Journal as “the best book on the market about addiction and its costs and consequences.”

 

Previously, Dr. Carnes designed the sexual dependency unit at Golden Valley Health Center in Golden Valley, Minnesota.  This unit was the country’s first in-patient facility for sexual addiction.  Since that time, he has been instrumental in the development of treatment facilities across the country.

 

Dr. Carnes graduated in 1966 from St. John’s University in Collegeville, Minnesota, with a Bachelor of Arts degree.  He received his Master’s degree in 1969 from Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island, and a Ph.D. in counselor education and organizational development from the University of Minnesota in 1980.

 

Dr. Carnes was awarded the distinguished Lifetime Achievement Award of the Society for the Advancement of Sexual Health (SASH).  Each year, SASH (formerly known as NCSA/C) bestows a “Carnes Award” to deserving researchers and clinicians who have made outstanding contributions to the field of sexual medicine.  He also was awarded the 2000 Counselor of the Year Award by AzAADAC in recognition of his contributions to the field of addictions treatment.

 

Dr. Carnes PhD, CAS professional memberships:

 

Video: http://www.pinegrovetreatment.com/gentle_path/gentlepath.wmv

Works/Books

Jennifer P. Schneider

http://www.jenniferschneider.com/articles.html

Jennifer P. Schneider, M.D., Ph.D., is a physician certified in Internal Medicine, Addiction Medicine and Pain Management. She is the author of 8 books and numerous articles in professional journals. She is a compassionate professional committed to educating others in her fields of specialty. She is a nationally recognized expert in two addiction-related fields: addictive sexual disorders and the management of chronic pain with opioids. Aside from her own practice, her professional activities include writing; lecturing at conferences; serving as an expert witness in legal settings; and appearing as a media guest on television and radio.

Author of two books on sex addiction:

David L. Delmonico

http://www.internetbehavior.com/services/consultants.htm

Dr. David Delmonico is an Associate Professor at Duquesne University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Dr. Delmonico conducts research, consultation, and training on topics such as cybersex, cyberoffense, and cybersafety. Dr. Delmonico also lectures on topics such as general Internet psychology and sexually addictive and compulsive behaviors. Dr. Delmonico is co-author of In the Shadows of the Net and Cybersex Unhooked. He has published numerous scholarly articles on a variety of addiction and sexuality topics. Dr. Delmonico is Director of the Online Behavior Research and Education Center (OBREC) at Duquesne University and Editor-in-Chief of the Sexual Addiction & Compulsivity journal

Elizabeth Griffin

http://www.internetbehavior.com/services/consultants.htm

Elizabeth Griffin, MA is a licensed marriage and family therapist with over 18 years experience treating individuals with problematic sexual behavior. Ms. Griffin lectures and consults internationally on the assessment and treatment of individuals, couples, and families struggling with problematic online behaviors, sexually compulsive behaviors, and sexual offense behaviors. Among others, Ms. Griffin has lectured and consulted in legal/forensic, clerical, HR/EAP and educational settings. She co-authored In the Shadows of the Net and Cybersex Unhooked - two texts related to breaking free from problematic online behaviors. Ms. Griffin has also published numerous academic articles on issues related to problematic sexual behavior

Robert Weiss

http://www.sexualrecovery.com/about/director.php

Robert Weiss LCSW, CAS is founder and Executive Director of The Sexual Recovery Institute - Los Angeles, an outpatient sexual addiction treatment center. An acknowledged writer of sexual addiction literature, he is co-author of "Cybersex Exposed: Simple Fantasy to Obsession" (Hazelden 2001), author of "Treating Sexual Addiction" in The Handbook of Addictive Disorders (Wiley and Sons 2004), Cruise Control: Understanding Sex Addiction in Gay Men (Alyson Books) and co-author of the fall 2006 book: Untangling the Web: Sex, Porn and Fantasy Addiction in the Internet Age (Alyson Books). Currently Mr. Weiss serves on the editorial board of The Journal of Sexual Addiction and Compulsivity.

The defining new book about the emerging problem of pornography addition and sex on the Internet. A must have for the person wondering if they might have a problem and also for the people who care about them.

 

 

Gay men live in a world of deeply conflicting messages when it comes to sex. Cruise Control provides understanding, empathy, and encouragement to gay men seeking healthy sexual expression.

 

A timely and telling look at the powerfully addictive mix of Internet use, sexuality, and romantic fantasy, Cybersex Exposed both defines and addresses this emerging problem.

Pia Mellody

http://piamellody.com/

codependence, boundaries, and the effects of childhood trauma on emotional development

Books:

In her first book in over ten years, internationally recognized expert on dependence and recovery Pia Mellody shows us how to break free from harmful relationships and to learn how to attain the intimacy we need and deserve. This invaluable resource helps diagnose the causes of faulty relationships--many of them rooted in childhood--and provides tools for self-healing so that we can move on to establish and maintain healthy relationships. Through Mellody's unique system of boundary practice, developed over her twenty years as a counselor and consultant, you can:
  • Learn effective ground rules to achieve and sustain true intimacy,
  • Attain self-esteem and emotional stability,
  • Understand your strengths and limitations, and
  • Acquire concrete tools for building healthy relationships.
   
Facing Love Addiction In this, Pia's latest book, she describes in detail the dynamics of a co addicted relationship, the symptoms of each partner, and the stages of addiction - from attraction and fantasy to denial and obsession. She provides a practical recovery process of love addicts and their partners. based on Twelve-Step work, exercises and journaling. Pia's clear guidelines will comfort and motivate all those who seek to establish health love realtionships.
Facing Codependence A brilliant new guide to understanding the origins of codependence and the path to recovery by a nationally recognized authority on dependency and addiction. In this fresh new look at codependence, Pia Mellody tracesthe origins of this illness back to childhood, describing a whole range of emotional, spiritual, intellectual, physical, and sexual abuses. Because of these earlier experiences, codependent adults often lack the skills necessary to lead mature lives and have satisfying relationships. Recovery from codependence comes from clearing up the toxic feelings left over from childhood and learning to reparent oneself by intervening on the adult symptoms of codependence. Central to Mellody's concept is the idea of the "precious child" that needs healing within each adult. She creates a framework for identifying codependent behavior and describes an effective approach to recovery that includes both therapy and self-help processes.Designed to be used with her new workbook for codependents, Breaking Free, this is a powerful tool for understanding thenature of codependence.
Breaking Free In her pioneering Facing Codependence, Pia Mellody traced the origins of codependence back to childhood and a wide range of emotional, spiritual, intellectual, physical, and sexual abuses. Now in this innovative new workbook, she presents a step-by-step journal-keeping method for moving toward recovery from codependence. Based on such concepts as the "precious child" and the five core symptoms of codependence, along with the Twelve-Step process of recovery used by Codependents Anonymous, Breaking Free provides strategies and insights for attacking the fundamental problem in codependence the lack of dependence on self. In a three-part approach to recovery, Mellody first shows recovering codependents how to move beyond denial of their childhood history of abuse. She then offers techniques to identify concrete ways in which the symptoms of codependence operate in their lives. Finally, Mellody guides users through the process of identifying and recording specific instances of improvement in their lives as an aid to greater self-awareness and further recovery.

John Bradshaw

http://www.creativegrowth.com/johnbio.htm

John Bradshaw has been called "America's leading personal growth expert." The author of five New York Times bestsellers.

 

John pioneered the concept of the "Inner Child" and brought the term "dysfunctional family" into the mainstream.

Books:

PBS television (partial):

Audiotapes, Videos, DVD's, etc: http://www.bradshawcassettes.com

Terence T. Gorski

http://www.tgorski.com

http://www.behavenet.com/capsules/people/gorskit.htm

 

An internationally recognized expert on substance abuse, mental health, violence, & crime. He is best known for his contributions to relapse prevention, managing chemically dependent offenders, and developing community-based teams for managing the problems of alcohol, drugs, violence, and crime.

He is a prolific author and has published numerous books and articles.

              

 

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