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Since so many people have strong feelings about affairs, it is very important to be picky when choosing professional help. It also pays to be selective about advice from friends and relatives who want to help. Friends have some wonderful resources and some not so wonderful ones. Find out why your friend thinks a particular resource is a good one for you. Skip the resources who focus on punishment and revenge. Instead, look for resources who will help you be your best. Click here for information on how to locate those therapists, religious resources, mediators and lawyers and who can give you the help you need.
Books Websites .
Beattie, Melody, (1992). Co-Dependent No More. Hazelden
Bercht, Anne, (2004). My Husband’s Affair Became the BEST Thing That Ever Happened to Me. Victoria, BC, Canada: Trafford Publishing.
Bradshaw, John, (1988). Bradshaw on the Family. Deerfield Beach, FL: Health Communications, Inc.
Brown, Emily M., (1999). Affairs: A Guide to Working Through the Repercussions of Infidelity. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
Brown, Emily M., (2001) Patterns of Infidelity and Their Treatment, (Second Edition). New York: Brunner/Routledge.
Carnes, P. (1991). Don’t Call It Love. Minneapolis, MN: CompCare Publishers.
Crawford, Alan Pell. (2000). Unwise Passions. New York: Simon and Schuster. (An historical novel).
DeAngelis, Barbara. (1992). Are You the One For Me? New York: Bantam.
Fisher, Helen, (1992). Anatomy of Love: The Natural History of Monogamy, Adultery and Divorce. New York: Norton.
Glass, Shirley P. And Jean C. Staeheli (2003). Not ”Just Friends”. New York: The Free Press.
Gottman, John. and Joan DeClaire. (2001). The Relationship Cure. New York: Crown.
Lerner, Harriet Goldhor (1993). The Dance of Deception. New York: HarperCollins.
Lewis, Thomas, Fari Amini, and Richard Lannon. (2000). A General Theory of Love. New York: Random House.
Smedes, Lewis B. (1996). The Art of Forgiving. New York: Ballantine Books.
Spring, Janis Abrahms. (1996). After the Affair. New York: HarperCollins.
Vaughan, Peggy (2003). The Monogamy Myth, Third Edition. New York: Newmarket Press.
www.affairs-help.com
Help for those involved in an affair and for mental health professionals:
Types of affairs, self-assessment tool, bulletin boards, and related information.
Emily Brown’s website.
www.dearpeggy.com
Help in recovering from the devastating emotional impact of extramarital
affairs,
offered by relationship experts, Peggy Vaughan and James Vaughan,
Ph.D. ...
www.marriagesrestored.com
Guidance for rebuilding and renewing your marriage after an affair. Includes a religious perspective.
www.passionatelife.ca
First-hand information about surviving an affair and coming out the better for it.
www.TherapistLocator.net
A directory provided by the American Association for Marriage and Family
Therapy to help in locating an experienced marriage and family therapist
in your area. Also provides information about a variety of problems
facing today's families.
www.sa.org
Sexaholics Anonymous (SA) is a fellowship of men and women who
share their experience, strength, and hope with each other so that they may
solve their common problem. SA is not a sex or group therapy and offers no
treatment -- it is a program of recovery for those who want to stop their
sexually self-destructive thinking and behavior. SA's support group philosophy
is taken directly from the Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions of Alcoholics
Anonymous.
www.sexaa.org
Sex Addicts Anonymous, SAA, is a fellowship of men and women
who share their experience, strength and hope with each other so they may
overcome their sexual addiction and help others recover from sexual addiction
or dependency.
www.slaafws.org
Sex and Love Addicts Anonymous is a Twelve Step - Twelve Tradition
oriented fellowship based on the model pioneered by Alcoholics Anonymous.
www.themeadows.org
The premier organization offering a comprehensive inpatient treatment program
for sexual addiction with extensive aftercare assistance. The treatment
philosophy was developed by Patrick Carnes and Pia Mellody.
