Milton Magness, DMin, MA, LPC, CSAT, is the founder and
director of Hope & Freedom Counseling Services. A Licensed
Professional Counselor and Certified Sex Addiction Therapist, he
served five terms as the president of the Society for the
Advancement of Sexual Health (SASH), the international professional
organization for sexual addiction therapists. Prior to becoming a
therapist he was a pastor for twenty years. He has a Doctor of
Ministry from Luther Rice Seminary, a Master of Arts in Psychology
from Houston Baptist University, and Master of Arts in Religious
Education from Southwestern Seminary. Dr. Magness is the author of
Stop Sex Addiction: Real Hope, True Freedom for Sex Addicts and
Partners, and Thirty Days to Hope & Freedom for Sexual Addicts: the
Essential Guide for Daily Recovery and Relapse Prevention.
Marsha Means, MA, a trained Marriage and Family Therapist,
as well as the founder and director of A Circle of Joy Ministries,
an organization designed to help women impacted by sexual addiction
and address the needs created by this growing problem. In 2000, she
gained international recognition through Prodigals International,
an organization she and her husband founded in the Seattle area to
train and equip therapists, churches, and lay people in providing
help, hope, and healing to those touched by the pain and shame of
sex addiction. Ms. Means is the author of Living With Your
Husband's Secret Wars, and the co-author of Your Sexually Addicted
Spouse: How Partners Can Cope and Heal.
"Dr. Milton Magness and Marsha Means's new book, Real Hope, True
Freedom: Understanding and Coping with Sex Addiction, provides an
important resource for individuals and families caught in the
snares of sexual addiction. Rich with examples taken from the lives
of addicts and their families, supported by the latest scientific
research, attentive to the role of faith and spirituality in
recovery, and organized through a series of candid and frequently
asked questions from those living with sex addiction, this book is
essential material for a wide range of readers, from sex addicts
themselves, to their spouses and families, to those in the pastoral
and counseling professions who seek accessible resources for their
congregants and clients. Ultimately, because this book offers
understanding and insight into an often unspoken yet epidemic
addiction in our society, the reader discovers that real hope and
true freedom can come from breaking the cycle of addiction and
committing to a disciplined and lifelong recovery process."-Mark A.
Heckler, PhD, President, Valparaiso University "In Real Hope, True
Freedom, Milton S. Magness and Marsha Means provide an incredibly
balanced, state-of-the-art book that enriches the field of sex
addiction. Therapists, clergy, and clients are given brain
research, in addition to helpful tools for spiritual and sexual
health, and recovery models that are very practical."-Ralph H.
Earle, MDiv, PhD, Author, President and Founder, Psychological
Counseling Services, Ltd. "There is a tremendous amount of useful
information in Real Hope, True Freedom, much of it presented in
Q&A format--questions posed by individuals dealing with their
own or a loved one's sexual addiction, and answered by the authors.
As such, the book can be read start-to-finish, or piecemeal as
questions arise, allowing individuals with pressing issues to find
an immediate answer before looking at sex addiction as a whole or
at topics that may be more secondary to them. Though Magness and
Means are Christian-based in their approach, the material in this
book applies equally to pretty much anyone dealing with sex
addiction, regardless of his or her belief system."-Robert Weiss,
MSW, Author, Sex Addiction 101: A Basic Guide to Healing from Sex,
Porn, and Love Addiction "No question we live in a sexually
saturated culture. This has contributed to many problems and aided
the deterioration of our homes and lives. What God has intended as
something beautiful, man has tangled into a mess. Dr. Magness is an
expert in helping to untie these knots. As you read this book allow
him to guide you on the path to purity and clarity."-Gregg Matte,
Pastor, Houston's First Baptist Church "Milton and his co-author
Marsha take sex addiction beyond telling the world that sex
addiction is a treatable problem. The book's power lies in
identifying real client questions that appear in treatment and then
answering them in a language both therapist and client can learn
from. Well done."-Brenda Schaeffer, PhD, Author, Is It Love or Is
It Addiction? "Is there hope? Absolutely! Magness and Means provide
much-needed answers to the tough questions every sex addict and
partner ask in the early stages of discovery, disclosure,
treatment, and recovery. Real Hope, True Freedom is an essential
guidebook on the path to healing and wholeness."-Vicki Tidwell
Palmer, LCSW, Author, Moving Beyond Betrayal: The 5-Step Boundary
Solution for Partners of Sex Addicts
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