Treating Pornography Addiction: The Essential Tools for Recovery [Paperback]

Ph.D. Kevin B. Skinner (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 1, 2005

This book carefully walks someone struggling with porngraphy through the steps to recovery. This book begins with how pornography becomes a problem in the mind and how it becomes addictive. Then it teaches the reader how to rewrite the patterns in the mind. It closes with the key steps of recovery.

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My hope is back. I feel like a new person. You have laid the foundation for my change. --Thomas--in recovery

From the Publisher

This product has been reviewed by many religious leaders and has been a key to introducing steps to help individuals struggling with pornography. The CD for a spouse has brought much comfort to women who feel betrayed. The parents guide CD is a great starting point for parents who want to help their teen caught in pornography. This package includes 5 hours of great content to help the entire family. --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 176 pages
• Publisher: GrowthClimate (September 1, 2005)
• ISBN-10: 097722080X
• ISBN-13: 978-0977220809
• Product Dimensions: 7.2 x 5 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (20 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #34,880 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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23 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars These tapes turned my husband's life around and saved our marriage..., April 28, 2006

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Victoria (southern Oregon) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Treating Pornography Addiction (Book and CDs) (Paperback)

As a wife in a long-term marriage, I was afraid of losing everything when my husband confessed his secret addiction. It began in his early teens, and he successfully concealed it from everyone for more than forty years.

I had no hope that he could overcome his problem, and I knew I couldn't stay with him if he didn't.

My first impulse was to leave him but then I came across Dr. Skinner's book and tapes on Amazon and ordered them. I listened to the tape for spouses first and felt a weight lift from my shoulders. I understood that this problem was one my husband would have to solve on his own.

The trouble was that he lacked the know-how--until he listened to Dr. Skinner's tapes and read the book. Three months later, he's still listening, still learning, and living the lessons.

It's not enough simply to want to get over a problem that is so complex and deep-rooted. A person needs information, insight, practical skills, and support. Also to be held accountable on a regular basis.

I didn't know any of this until I heard Dr. Skinner's tapes; they teach all of that and much more. It's hard to convey his thorough understanding of 's dark territory and the light he brings to bear on the subject.

What I learned is that even the most addicted man CAN get over this problem, and a marriage CAN survive - but only with the right treatment and both partners' hearts must be willing to make the effort.

Dr. Skinner offers hope and help to all who seek it. I cannot recommend his work highly enough.

42 of 48 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The tools to help me progress in life, April 15, 2006

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Kenneth Kohler - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Treating Pornography Addiction: The Essential Tools for Recovery (Paperback)

Dr. Skinner wrote the keys to overcoming pornography addiction and very helpful exercises to self-evaluate your addiction status. If you do the things asked in this book you will find yourself looking back at memories in your life that have effected you but you did not realize it. It helped me find key insights on why I was drawn to pornography, that it was a synthetic negative replacement of what I was really looking for and that I would be far happier in life pursuing other fulfilling endeavorer.

37 of 42 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Simple and Effective Advice, October 11, 2006

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Kickboxer227 (Orange County, CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Treating Pornography Addiction: The Essential Tools for Recovery (Paperback)

I read this book in one evening. Being the wife of an addict, I have read many books on this topic looking for some sort of sanity. This book has simple advice and tools that are easy to apply for anybody willing to take that next step.