Deceived: Facing Sexual Betrayal, Lies, and Secrets

By Claudia Black

Book Overview

Renowned lecturer, author, and trainer Claudia Black offers a comprehensive guide to healing and recovery for women whose partners are acting out sexually. Pornography, cybersex, prostitutes, voyeurism, multiple affairs. No matter their "drug" of choice, men who act out sexually leave their partners reeling in fear, rage, incredible shame, and isolation.But there is hope.In Deceived, bestselling author Claudia Black offers women in relationships plagued by sexual betrayal the care and guidance to create a new path of clarity, direction, and confidence. Black uses stories of real women who have been through a wide variety of experiences to help readers develop the understanding and skills to: confront their partnersheighten their personal security by setting nonnegotiable boundariesavoid preoccupation with their partners' problemspractice forgivenesslet go of the uncontrollabletalk to their childrenmake positive changes derived from esteem and integrityDeceived teaches women how to proactively emerge from emotional isolation, shed secrets and shame, and discover their power to incite positive change in their relationships.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1592856985
• ISBN13: 9781592856985
• Release Date: February 2009
• Publisher: Hazelden Publishing & Educational Services
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 1.01 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"