Integrity Starts Here A Catholic Approach To Restoring Sexual Integrity Second Edition

Pornography addiction is an epidemic in America affecting millions-and Catholics are not immune. Pornography is damaging marriages, families, careers, and personal lives, and it's affecting people's relationships with God. Fortunately, there is hope. People can find lasting freedom from pornography use! In this second edition of Integrity Starts Here! Dr. Kleponis lays out his seven-point plan for recovery-a plan that has proven highly effective in helping people overcome pornography addiction. This easy-to-implement guide provides more tools and resources to achieve long-term recovery from pornography addiction, and can be used individually, or with a therapist, coach, or group.

Pornography addiction is an epidemic worldwide. Millions of people are affected by it. While there have been numerous secular and Protestant programs for recovery, until now none have existed for Catholics. In this workbook, Dr. Peter Kleponis presents his Integrity Starts Here program. This proven recovery program for pornography addiction is the first one to combine modern psychology with Catholic spirituality. With this workbook, Catholic readers will embark on the journey of creating their own customized recovery program that incorporates their Catholic faith in God, which can lead to lasting sobriety, healing, growth and change.

Alarming numbers of men, women, and teens struggle with frequent or habitual pornography use today. Among them are many faithful Catholics desperate for hope and healing. In Integrity Restored: Helping Catholic Families Win the Battle Against Pornography, clinical therapist Dr. Peter Kleponis equips readers to embark on a path of recovery.Drawing heavily from Catholic teaching on human sexuality, Kleponis provides resources and insight for parents, educators, pastors, and all struggling to overcome an addiction to pornography.In this newly updated edition, Kleponis looks at new technologies, apps, and services that pose the biggest threat to Catholics today.About the AuthorPeter Kleponis is a licensed clinical therapist and assistant director of Comprehensive Counseling Services in West Conshohocken, PA. He specializes in marriage and family therapy, pastoral counseling, and pornography addiction recovery. Dr. Kleponis travels throughout the country raising awareness of pornography addiction and offering hope for healing.

Alarming numbers of men, women, and teens struggle with frequent or habitual pornography use today. Among them are many faithful Catholics desperate for hope and healing. In Integrity Restored: Helping Catholic Families Win the Battle Against Pornography, clinical therapist Dr. Peter Kleponis equips readers to embark on a path of recovery. Drawing heavily from Catholic teaching on human sexuality, Kleponis provides resources and insight for parents, educators, pastors, and all struggling to overcome an addiction to pornography. In this newly updated edition, Kleponis looks at new technologies, apps, and services that pose the biggest threat to Catholics today.

“Those who refuse to forgive become prisoners of the past.”— Pope Saint John Paul II Discovering a pornography addiction is traumatic — but knowing about it is necessary for true healing and recovery to begin. In Restoring Trust, licensed clinical therapist Peter C. Kleponis, Ph.D., SATP-C, co-founder of IntegrityRestored.com and creater of the Integrity Starts Here! recovery program, provides an authentically Catholic approach to understanding and recovering from pornography addiction — whether you, your spouse, or both are addicted. Drawing on real-life case studies, teachings of the Church, and Scripture, this book will show you how healing, recovery, and restoration are possible for each of you personally and for your marriage. Past mistakes and hurts, no matter how deep, do not have to rule your future. With the right tools, and relying on God’s grace, you can restore trust in your relationship and achieve lasting freedom.

God gave women the ability to create and nurture life. During pregnancy, a woman makes room in her mind, body, and heart for another person-one who requires love and support to survive. While these are noble qualities, giving too much can have negative effects. In A Catholic Woman's Guide to Recovery from Codependence, Brenda Daly, PhD, LCSW, explores the dark side of a woman's natural tendency to nurture and support: a soul sickness known as codependence. In caring for an alcoholic partner, for example, a woman may shift imperceptibly from caregiver to enabler. Just as her partner comes to depend on alcohol, so can a woman depend on supporting her sick partner, forming a codependent relationship that benefits no one. Daly writes that codependence often arises from a woman's low self-esteem-an obsession with external forces and a diminishment of the self. In her book, Daly uses scripture and meditations to help women escape the spiritual prison of codependence and turn their great capacity for love toward God-for to love God is to love oneself.

Why is it such a struggle for us to surrender everything to God? What does surrendering to God even look like and how are we supposed to do it? Why is it so hard for us to live the life that Jesus died to give us? Is life really supposed to be one constant struggle after another? One of the hardest things to do in life is to let go, giving God everything and never looking back. Laying it all down, never picking it up is the only way we can walk through this dark unfair world shinning and burning brightly for Jesus. Wanting control over our lives is the struggle that many Christians face and the turmoil of that fight is constantly lurking deep in our hearts. For many know what to do, but few actually do it: surrender. When a person holds onto frustration, bitterness, and the injustices of life their pain slowly evolves into chains that hold him down, disabling him to walk through life with peace, love, joy, and compassion. The only way to truly live is to die to our selfish nature every day and cast all of our burdens at the feet of Jesus.

If you have trouble sticking to programs and plans, take thirty days to prepare yourself to easily accomplish any program or goal you desire. The process in this book can potentially change your life, and once the ride starts there is no turning back. By applying the simple principles that I call Saturation Busters you can feel taller, smarter, richer, and more loved than ever before. Why is it that some people can breeze to their goals while others struggle? Many have tried every type of self-help book or motivational book, but none seem to work. Its simple: People that accomplish believe they can. Thats the only difference. So, how do you get there? Its easy and its fun, and once you get the momentum going you are unstoppable! First, we will take sometime to examine our beginningsboth evolutionary and our own lives. We will explore the natural instincts and reflexes that can hold us back from our goals and objectives. Next, we will spend time highlighting the environment and events of your life that stand in the way of unlimited success. Many of the ideas will be so obvious they will make you laugh. Others will seem trivial because of the immunity we seem to have developed. But they are all components that get in the way of our belief in ourselves and our ability to achieve. The path to true joy and health is through a cleansed psyche. The Saturation Busters will feel like diving into a cool pond after a hike in the desert. All you need is a little courage, and in thirty days this process will transform your life. You can have it all!