Further Resources

Recommended in podcasts

Day 1

Understanding and Treating Sex and Pornography Addiction, by Paula Hall

Day 2

www.yourbrainonporn.com

Day 3

Anger, Rage and Relationships, by Sue Parker Hall

Boosting Self Esteem for Dummies, by Rhena Branch and Rob Willson

Reasons to Stay Alive, by Matt Haig

Rewire Your Anxious Brain, by Catherine Pittman

The Upward Spiral, by Alex Korb

The Anxiety & Depression Workbook, by Michael Tompkins

Day 4

Sex Addiction: A Guide for Couples, by Paula Hall

Sex Addiction: The Partner’s Perspective, by Paula Hall

Day 6

Atomic Habits, by James Clear

Why we sleep, by Matthew Walker

The Clever Guts Diet, by Michael Moseley

Happy Mind, Happy Life by Ranjan Chatterjee

Day 11

Listening to Shame (Brene Brown)

Day 13

www.solvingprocrastination.com

Focus to-do (app)

Forest (app)

Inside the mind of a master procrastinator (TEDtalk)

Day 14

www.Viacharacter.org

The new era of positive psychology (TEDtalk)

Day 33

www.thesurvivorstrust.org

www.safeline.org.uk

www.1in6.org

www.malesurvivor.org

Day 39

Chasing the Scream, by Johann Hari

Everything you think you know about addiction is wrong (TEDtalk)

Day 43

SAA (Sex Addicts Anonymous) – www.SAA-recovery.org

SLAA (Sex and Love Addicts Anonymous) – www.slaauk.org

Day 44

Improve Your Social Skills, by Daniel Wendler

ImproveYourSocialSkills.com

Day 45

The power of vulnerability, (TEDTalk)

Day 47

www.positive psychology.com

15 Minutes to Happiness, by Richard Nicholls

The Happiness Trap, by Russ Harris

Think Like a Monk, by Jay Shetty

Day 48

Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience, by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

Day 49

Atomic Habits, by James Clear

Day 50

What Happened to You?, by Bruce Perry

Day 52

Reasons to Stay Alive, by Matt Haig

Rewire Your Anxious Brain, by Catherine Pittman

The Upward Spiral, by Alex Korb

The Anxiety & Depression Workbook, by Michael Tompkins

Day 53

Anger, Rage and Relationships, by Sue Parker Hall

Managing Anger, by Gael Lindenfield

Day 54

Boosting Self Esteem for Dummies, by Rhena Branch and Rob Willson

Day 58

Boundaries: When to Say Yes and How to Say no, by Cloud Townsend

People Skills, by Robert Bolton

Day 59

Learned Optimism, by Martin Seligman

 

Other general resources

Books on addiction

Understanding and Treating Sex and Pornography Addiction, by Paula Hall

Sex Addiction – The Partner’s Perspective, by Paula Hall

Sex Addiction – A Guide for Couples, by Paula Hall

Answers in the Heart, Daily Meditations by Hazelden Press

Breaking Down the Wall of Silence, by Alice Miller

Chasing the Scream, by Johann Hari

Cruise Control – Understanding Sex Addiction in Gay Men, by Robert Weiss

In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts, by Gabor Mate

I Want to Change My Life, by Steven Melemis

The Biology of Desire, by Marc Lewis

Your brain on porn, by Gary Wilson

 

Books for general self-help

Attached – The New Science of Adult Attachment and How it Can Help You Find and Keep

Good Vibes, Good Life, by Vex King

Help Your Children Cope with your Divorce, Paula Hall

How to Have a Healthy Divorce, Paula Hall

I’m OK, You’re OK, Thomas Harris

Improving Your Relationship for Dummies, Paula Hall

Emotional Intelligence – Why it Can Matter More than IQ, by Daniel Goleman

No More Mr Nice Guy, by Robert Glove

Rewriting the rules – A New Guide to Love, Sex and Relationships, Meg Barker,

The Chimp Paradox, by Steve Peters

The Mindful Brain, by Daniel Siegel

The Subtle Art of Not Giving a Fuck, by Mark Hansoon

What Happened to You, by

Wherever You Go, There You Are, Jon Kabat-Zinn

Why has Nobody Told Me This Before?, by Julie Smith

 

Apps

Remojo – for porn addiction

Fortify – for porn addiction

Covenant Eyes – porn blocker

Qustodio – porn blocker

CALM – for mindfulness

HeadSpace – for mindfulness

 

Therapy, support groups and helplines

For individual and group therapy for sex and porn addiction and support for partners

www.thelaurelcentre.co.uk

For survivors of abuse

www.thesurvivorstrust.org

www.safeline.org.uk

www.1in6.org

www.malesurvivor.org

 

For offending

www.lucyfaithfull.org.uk

www.StopItNow.org

www.StopSO.org.uk

 

For LGTB+

www.switchboard.lgbt

 

For general mental health

www.mind.org.uk

www.rethink.org

www.samaritans.org

www.sane.org

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