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Adult Children of Sex Addicts with Carol the Coach
Sexual Addiction:Strength/Hope/Recovery
English - April 03, 2023 18:00 - 49 minutes - 22.1 MB - ★★★★ - 83 ratingsMental Health Health & Fitness self help carol the coach sexual addiction patrick carnes recovery sex addiction carolthecoach partner betrayal caroltheccoach Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Today, Carol the Coach will be interviewing Ken Adams who has co-authored a groundbreaking book A Light in the Dark: The Hidden Legacy of Adult Children of Sex Addicts detailing the unique issues experienced by adult children who grew up with a sexually addicted parent, and offering a path to unburden their shameful legacy and embrace sexuality and intimacy without the intrusion or constraints from the past.
Adult children who grew up with a parent who had a sexual addiction are left confused, ashamed, and mistrustful regarding the feelings and boundaries surrounding sex, love, and intimacy. Due to the inappropriate sexual behavior of one parent, and the subsequent impact of betrayal on the other parent, these adults carry sexual secrets, have divided loyalties, and are often caught in the middle of their parents’ struggles. Having witnessed (or known of) affairs, walked in on a parent masturbating or viewing ography, received extreme or shameful messages regarding sexuality or gender, experienced sexualized remarks about their bodies, been neglected as a result of the addiction, or were modeled extreme moral values (either too permissive or shaming), these adult children of sex addicts (ACSAs) struggle with their sexuality and longings for love.