International Institute of Trauma and Addiction Professionals (IITAP): www.iitap.com
(for help finding a Certified Sexual Addiction Therapist near you)
The Association of Partners of Sex Addict Trauma Specialists (APSATS) (For help finding a therapist for spouses/partners near you)
Self Assessment Test: Am I addicted to Porn?
Self Assessment Survey: Signs that your husband is addicted to porn.
Christian Certified Sexual Addition Therapist - Mark Makinney
Listen to episodes with Mark:
What Every Pastor Needs To Know About Porn Addiction
Man to Man: Why Should I Get Into Recovery
Join a Support Group for Partners
Listen to Lyschel Burket interview
Listen to Cat Etherington interview
Listen to Gigi Hopkins interview
Listen to Melissa Ruff interview
Join a Support Group for Addicts
Naked Truth Recovery www.nakedtruthrecovery.com
Husband Material www.husbandmaterial.com
Listen to Drew Boa Interview
LiveFree Community www.livefreecommunity.org
Pure Desire Ministries: www.puredesire.org
Be Broken Ministries: https://2.bebroken.com/
Brush Fires: https://www.brushfiresfoundation.org/
Faithful and True: www.faithfulandtrue.com
Pure Life Ministries: www.purelifeministries.org
Proven Men: www.provenmen.org
Couples Support
Naked Truth Recovery www.nakedtruthrecovery.com
Listen to Cat Etherington interview
Restored 2 More www.restored2more.com
Listen to Charity and Clinton Munoz interview
Join a Support Group for Female Addicts
Beggars Daughter: www.beggarsdaughter.com
She Recovery: www.sherecovery.com
Bethesda Workshops: www.bethesdaworkshops.org
Further Resources for Female Porn Addiction
Beggar's Daughter by Jessica Harris, 2016.
Dirty Girls Come Clean by Crystal Renaud, Moody Publishers, 2011.
No Stones: Women Redeemed from Sexual Addiction by Marnie C Ferree. IVP Books, 2010.
Women, Sex, and Addiction by C Kasl
Fantasy Addiction
Lacy Addicted to Love: Recovery, Empowerment and Finding Your True Self by Lacy Bentley
Listen to Lacy Bentley interview
Recommended Books For Spouses/Partners of Porn/Sex Addicts
Makinney, Rosie Fight For Love
Listen to Rosie read the intro and Chapter 1
Listen to the Team discuss the book
Steffens and Means. Your Sexually Addicted Spouse
Listen to Barbara Steffens interview
Carnes, Stefanie. Mending a Shattered Heart: a Guide for Partners of Sex Addicts. Gentle Path Press,
2011.
Carnes Stefanie. Facing Heartbreak: Steps to Recovery for Partners of Sex Addicts
Tiede Vicki When Your Husband Is Addicted to Pornography: Healing Your Wounded Heart
Palmer, Vicki Tidwell. Moving beyond Betrayal: the 5-Step Boundary Solution for Partners of Sex Addicts. Central Recovery Press, 2016.
Conquest, Wendy. Letters to a Sex Addict: the Journey through Grief and Betrayal. CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2013.
Corcoran, Maurita. A House Interrupted: a Wife's Story of Recovering from Her Husband's Sex Addiction. Gentle Path Press, 2011.
Carnes, Patrick, M. Laaser and D. Laaser. Open Hearts: Renewing Relations with Recovery, Romance and Reality
Laaser, Debra. Shattered Vows
Schaff, Wilson. Escape from Intimacy
Recommended Books on Broken Sexuality
Wray Gregoire, Sheila The Great Sex Rescue
Slattery, Juli Rethinking Sexuality
Listen to Juli's interview
Books on healing from Sexual/Porn Addiction
Carnes Patrick, Out of the Shadows: Understanding Sexual Addiction
Carnes Patrick, Facing the Shadow [3rd Edition]: Starting Sexual and Relationship Recovery
Stringer Jay, Unwanted: How Sexual Brokenness Reveals Our Way to Healing
Boa Drew Redeemed Sexuality: 12 Sessions for Healing and Transformation in Community
Books on Codependency
Mellody, Pia. Facing Codependence. HarperSanFrancisco, 2003.
Beattie, Melody. Codependent No More ; &, Beyond Codependency. MJF Books, 1992.
Schneider, Jennifer P. Back from Betrayal: Recovering from His Affairs. Recovery Resources Press, 2005.
Protecting our Kids
Media Savvy Moms Podcast - MUST LISTEN for parents!
Parents Aware This website has everything to need to protect your child from porn and coach them through their struggles. Listen to Parents Aware inteview
Good Pictures Bad Pictures: Porn-Proofing Today's Young Kids.Jenson, Kristen A., and Debbie Fox. Glen Cove Press, 2018.
Good Pictures Bad Pictures Junior Edition: Porn-Proofing for Today's Kids. Jenson, Kristen A., and Debbie Fox. Passion Fruit Press, 2016.
Fight the New Drug: www.fightthenewdrug.org (terrific resources for educating your children/teens about porn. Free 3 part documentary to stream. Great guide how to talk to your kids)
Brain Heart World Documentary from Fight The New Drug - MUST SEE DOCUMENTARY for parents and kids over 12. Free to screen for individuals.
Fortify Online support for Teens who struggle with sexual complusivity
Culture Reframed: www.culturereframed.org (helping parents and other adults build kids’ resilience to hypersexualized media and porn)
Google Safety Center For Families: www.google.com/safetycenter/families/start
Protect Young Eyes: www.protectyoungeyes.com, (great information on how to choose the right technological solution for your family)
ProtectKids.com: www.protectkids.com (great information on protection for your kids)
Netsmartz Workshop: www.netsmartz.org (resources for dealing with sexual predators)
Cyberbully: cyberbully.org (resources for helping kids dealing with an online bully)
Filters: Net Nanny, CovenantEyes, OpenDNS, Google SafeSearch
Resources For Parents
How Porn Hijacks the Brain
Wilson, Gary. Your Brain on Porn Internet Pornography and the Emerging Science of Addiction. Commonwealth Publishing, 2017.
Struthers, William M. Wired for Intimacy: How Pornography Hijacks the Male Brain. IVP Books, 2009.
Your Brain on Porn: www.yourbrainonporn.com (Incredible collection of scientific research about the effects of internet porn on the brain) Click on this link to here the video Mindy was talking about in Episode 1 of the podcast.
Fighting back against Sexual Exploitation
Fradd, Matt. The Porn Myth: Exposing the Reality behind the Fantasy of Pornography. Ignatius Press, 2017.
National Coalition on Sexual Exploitation: www.endsexualexploitation.org (leading national organization exposing the links between all forms of sexual exploitation such as child sexual abuse, prostitution, sex trafficking and the public health crisis of pornography)
Enough is Enough: www.enough.org (national organization campaigning to make the internet safer for families and children)
Podcasts Recommendations From Our Support Group
Fight For Love with Rosie Makinney
Restored2More with Charity and Clinton Munoz
Betrayal Trauma SOS with Jeni Brockbank
The Betrayed, The Addict, and The Expert with Ashlynn Mitchell
Java with Juli with Dr Juli Slattery
Helping Couples Heal with Duane Osterlind & Marnie Breecker
Porn, Betrayal, Sex and The Experts with Steve Moore & Mark Kastleman
Consider Before Consuming by Fight The New Drug
Media Savvy Moms by Parents Aware
Rise Up Restored by Rise Up Restored
Bare Marriage with Sheila Gregoire
Flying Free by Natalie Hoffman
Pure Sex Radio by Jonathan Daugherty
Undone Redone Tray and Mel interview Philip Yancey, Randy Alcorn, Steve Brown, Dan Allend
Restoring the Soul by Michael John Cusick
Pure Victory by Braden Hafner and Matt Cline
Pure Desire by Pure Desire Ministries
Beauty After Betrayal coming soon by Jenni Rochelle Bradburn