Women

Articles and Information for Women in Recovery

www.pureintimacy.org This site is from Focus on the Family and is about Recovering the Heart of Sexuality. This is a resource for information about intimacy, sexual addictions, and the theology of sexuality. Topics include; ministry leaders in addiction, parents, couples and homosexuality.

www.dirtygirlsministries.com Articles, interviews and presentations from Crystal Renaud. This is the up and coming resource for women in recovery from sexual addiction.

www.exodusinternational.org A wealth of information, articles, stories and conference listings for women with unwanted same-sex attraction issues.

www.purelifeministries.org Many articles, interviews and commentaries in the FREE RESOURCES page and Questions link from the home page.

Speakers on Women and Sex Addiction

Marnie Ferree

Marnie is a therapist with the Woodmont Hills Counseling Center in Nashville, Tennessee, and the leader of the Bethesda Workshop Ministry. She specializes in sexual recovery, with a specific focus on the treatment of female sexual addiction.

Contact information at: www.bethesdaworkshops.org

Jessica Harris

Speaking topics include Living a Life of Reckless Abandon, Beauty vs. Sex, What do You Really Want?, Sex and the Single Woman. How do You Wait?, and others. Jessica has a passion for opening the door of discussion of women and purity in the church.

Contact information at: www.beggarsdaughter.com

Crystal Renaud

Crystal Renaud helps churches, schools, universities, student groups and conferences understand the issues of pornography addiction. Through hope that comes only through Jesus Christ, she shares her story and provides Biblical and practical tools to prevent and overcome this paralyzing and devastating addiction.

Contact information at: www.dirtygirlsministries.com

Packaged Programs for Women

www.desertstream.org Equiping the body of Christ to minister healing to the sexually and relationally broken, through healing groups and leadership training for the local church. Desert Stream provides anual training events to equip leaders.

Programs include:

Living Waters - Healing from sexual and relationalbrokenness including past sexual abuse, unwanted same sex attractions, self-hatred, and inability to love others. 25 week course.
CrossCurrent - Introduction group exploring God's perspective on sexuality and relationships. 8 week open course. Often repeated throughout the year in sponsoring churches.

www.freedomeveryday.org L.I.F.E. Ministries International offers Christ-centered support group ministries whose mission is to encourage, empower, and equip God's people to live everyday in sexual integrity. L.I.F.E. provides consistently-revised workbook resources, educational multimedia presentations, and support group structure to local churches across the globe. L.I.F.E. offers training for support group leaders as well.

Workbooks:

L.I.F.E. Guide for Women
L.I.F.E. Guide for Young Women

www.puredesire.org Pure Desire offers the materials, training and consulting to start sex addiction recovery groups for women in your church.

Workbook:

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Blogs and Online Communities

www.dirtygirlsministries.com Crystal Renaud's ministry to women struggling with pornography and sexual addiction.

Online Forum
Blog

www.beggarsdaughter.com Jessica Harris' site with blogs from women on sexual addiction.

www.covenanteyes.com Execellent covereage of all kinds of purity issues, including sex addiction in women, from a variety of authors. Very up to date and relevant.

www.xxxchurch.com Purity blogs covering many issues, including sex addiction in women.

Online Support Groups and Programs

www.dirtygirlsministries.com Every week Dirty Girls Ministries receives emails from women who are looking for a group in their area (with no luck) or are too embarrassed to join one in person.

To help meet this immediate need, Dirty Girls Ministries provides online recovery groups for women struggling from porn and sex addiction. Groups are available to women who are 16 years of age and older only.

www.reachtruth.com Online mentoring program for men or women who struggle with unwanted same-sex attractions. Two options available: 1 - enlist your own mentor and use program to guide recovery (advice on finding a mentor on site). 2 - request a mentor from Reach Truth. Second option includes a fee for mentoring service.

www.settingcaptivesfree.com Online courses for sex addiction recovery in many languages. 60 day online course, with a live accountability partner that checks up on you, is free. More tools available for fee.

www.x3pure.com The Pure Online Workshop for Single Girls is an online workshop that helps you begin the recovery process. It provides a plan of attack, a roadmap for recovery for you, and perspectives from several young pastors that speak frankly about these tough issues.