Patrick Carnes
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Patrick Carnes, Ph.D., is the Executive Director at A Gentle Path Program for the treatment of sexual and addictive disorders at Pine Grove in Hattiesburg, Mississippi.
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[edit] Other roles
Carnes is a speaker and writer on sexual addiction and recovery.
He is the co-editor of Sexual Addiction and Compulsivity: The Journal of Treatment and Prevention, the official journal of the National Council of Sexual Addiction/Compulsivity, an organization for which he also serves as a board member.
Carnes also serves on the national advisory board of the American Academy of Health Care Providers for addictive disorders.
[edit] Assessment tool
Carnes has developed the Sexual Addiction Screening Test (SAST), an assessment tool to help professionals determine whether a sexual addiction is present.
[edit] Works
- The Betrayal Bond: Breaking Free of Exploitive Relationships
- Don't Call It Love : Recovery from Sexual Addiction
- Out of the Shadows : Understanding Sexual Addiction
- A Gentle Path Through the Twelve Steps : The Classic Guide for All People in the Process of Recovery
- Sexual Anorexia : Overcoming Sexual Self-Hatred
- Contrary to Love : Helping the Sexual Addict
- Facing the Shadow: Starting Sexual and Relationship Recovery: A Gentle Path Workbook for Beginning Recovery from Sex Addiction
- The Clinical Management of Sex Addiction
- In the Shadows of the Net: Breaking Free of Compulsive Online Sexual Behavior (co-author)