Carol Juergenen Sheets and Allan J. Katz have created a workbook/roadmap for rebuilding relationships damaged by sexual addiction and other forms of infidelity. With a focus on empathy – understanding what the betrayed partner is feeling; the exercises in this guidebook will help sex addicts rebuild lost trust and intimacy. This is a recipe for healing a broken relationship.
First and foremost: I read this book as a recovering porn addict with an almost non-existent love life. Just for context.
This is definitely a book to keep handy to read from it every once in a while, it has some useful emotional management techniques.
The reason why I can’t give 5 stars is not because this book being good or bad, but rather, because the book has shown me I still have a looooong way to go in recovery, especially emotionally. I know well that, if I were to have a partner right now, the relationship’s ending would be imminent simply because I am that poor at managing her triggers, and at regulating my own emotions.
Hopefully, if I ever find love someday, I will be a good partner for her, who will make her feel actually loved. Until then, this book remains a good indication for me.