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About the Author
Peter C. Kleponis, Ph.D., SATP, CSAT-C, is a Licensed Clinical Therapist and Assistant Director of Comprehensive Counseling Services in Conshohocken, Pennsylvania. He holds an M.A. in Clinical-Counseling Psychology and a Ph.D. in General Psychology. Dr. Kleponis has over twenty years of professional experience working with individuals, couples, families, and organizations. He specializes in marriage and family therapy, pastoral counseling, and pornography/sexual addiction recovery. He is Certified in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Sexual Addictions by The American Association of Christian Counselors’ Light University; by Dr. Mark Laaser’s Freedom Begins Here program; and by Dr. Todd Bowman’s SATP program. He is cofounder of www.IntegrityRestored.com.
Dr. Kleponis has been a guest on several EWTN television programs including Women of Grace, Franciscan University Presents, Crossing the Goal, EWTN Bookmark, and @ Home with Jim & Joy. He is also a regular guest on Relevant Radio’s On-Call and Morning Air programs. He travels throughout the United States and internationally, educating people on how to win the battle against pornography through his Fighting Porn in Our Culture … and Winning! program. He is the author of The Pornography Epidemic: A Catholic Approach (2012), Integrity Restored: Helping Catholic Families Win the Battle Against Pornography (2014), Integrity Starts Here! A Catholic Approach to Restoring Sexual Integrity (2016), and Revealed: Exposing the Truth about Pornography (2018). Dr. Kleponis is also founder of the Integrity Starts Here! Catholic recovery program for pornography and sexual addiction. He works with individuals and couples from around the United States and internationally in-person, by phone, and by Skype. For more information, log on to www.PeterKleponis.com.
Dedication
This book is dedicated to all the Catholic couples whose marriages were damaged by pornography addiction, and who persevered in recovery to achieve personal and marital healing and restoration. You are a tremendous witness of hope to all couples who are hurting because of pornography addiction.
Contents
Part I: Understanding and Healing Pornography Addiction
What Pornography Does to Marriages
Defining and Diagnosing Pornography Addiction
The Disease of Pornography Addiction
Recovery for an Addicted Husband or Wife
Part II: Accompanying and Healing Spouses of Pornography Addicts
