In Changing Course, the best-selling sequel to It Will Never Happen to Me, Claudia Black extends a helping hand to individuals working through the painful experience of being raised with addiction in the family. ""How do you go from living according to the rules - Don't Talk, Don't Trust, Don't Feel - to a life where you are free to talk and trust and feel?"" Dr. Black asks. ""You do this through a process that teaches you to go to the source of those rules, to question them, and to create new rules of your own,"" she explains. Using charts, exercises, checklists, and real-life stories of adult children of alcoholics, Dr. Black guides readers in healing from the fear, shame, and chaos of addiction.

Acute trauma and addictive disorders are often a result of psychological injuries experienced as a child while typically producing long-term and harmful generational consequences on loved ones and other family members. Claudia Black presents a portrait of a broken family system, exploring how addiction and trauma develop in families, their damaging repetition and offers a roadmap for healing.

REPEAT AFTER ME offers help to those who were raised in dysfunctional families characterised by abuse, addiction, other compulsive behaviour or mental illness. This remarkable, self-help workbook, takes the reader through a process of letting go of hurtful beliefs and behaviour. While insight is often the precursor to change, people need to develop skills that make change occur. Adult children tend to repeat the life scripts of their challenged, troubled families as a result of internalised beliefs and behaviour that were either modelled for them or were a part of their survival strategy. Dr. Claudia Black, world-renowned expert on dysfunctional families, articulates a four step process for readers to heal the wounds of their past: 1. Explore their past, for the purpose of coming to terms with the losses and acknowledging the pain associated with past history. 2. Connect the past history to present day life. 3. Identify and challenge internalised beliefs, differentiating between beliefs that are healthy and useful and those that are self-defeating and need to be let go. 4. Learn and practise skills, focusing on the basics such as learning to listen, identifying needs and options, identifying and expressing feelings, defining successes, establishing healthy boundaries, recognising intrusive behaviour, creating healthy rituals, identifying strengths and developing realistic expectations. This is an excellent resource to aid therapists, counsellors and other professionals in their work with clients to help them become aware of how their family system affected them and how they can grow beyond it.

Compulsive pornography use, prostitutes, voyeurism and multiple affairs - no matter their "drug" of choice, men who misbehave sexually leave their partners reeling in fear, rage, incredible shame and isolation. But there is hope. Bestselling author, Claudia Black's revised and updated edition of her classic work DECEIVED 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 partners * heighten their personal security by setting non-negotiable boundaries * avoid preoccupation with their partners' problems * practise forgiveness * let go of the uncontrollable * talk to their children * make positive changes derived from esteem and integrity DECEIVED empowers women to proactively emerge from emotional isolation, shed secrets and discover their power to incite positive change in their relationships.

Alcohol use, drug use, and addiction are challenging topics for parents to discuss with children. These subjects are even more complex, and more urgent, for recovering parents to discuss with their children. Best-selling recovery author Claudia Black introduces readers to five different families and reveals how each of the parents talked with their kids about recovery, relapse, and the child's own vulnerability to addiction. Discussion tips and clearly presented facts help parents focus on key issues. Age-appropriate strategies help reduce children's experimentation with alcohol and other drugs.

Those who act out sexually, whether through pornography, cybersex, prostitutes, voyeurism, and/or multiple affairs, leave their partners reeling in rage, incredible shame, and isolation. This self-help manual is designed to help such partners better understand what is happening in their lives, validate their experiences, and find a path to healing that gives voice to their truth. Claudia Black, PhD is a nationally and internationally recognized expert with experience as a bestselling author. Cara Tripodi, LCSW, CSAT-S is Executive Director of Sexual Trauma and Recovery, Inc. (STAR) in Pennsylvania. Sex addiction is an increasingly discussed topic, frequently making its way into the print, broadcast, and online media. Focused on the recovery of partners of sex addicts. Outlines proactive steps that readers can take to better understand their current circumstances and build healthier relationships and learn how to take care of themselves. Provides valuable psychoeducation and didactic information, as well as skills-building exercises. Written in a style that the lay person can grasp in order to further his or her own recovery process. Useful manual for behavior health professionals to assist the partners of sex addicts seeking counseling/psychotherapy.