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Mending A Shattered Heart: A Guide for Partners of Sex Addicts is a book (ISBN 0-9774400-6-0) edited by Stefanie Carnes, Ph.D. It was published by Gentle Path Press in 2008.

The book offers proactive, empathetic advice on what to do after discovering a partner or spouse is a sex addict. Carnes brings together several authors to guide the reader through an assortment of questions, including "Should I stay or should I leave?" and "What should I tell the kids?"

Carnes lives in West Palm Beach, FL. She has experience working individually with clients and facilitating psycho-educational groups on co-occurring disorders, substance abuse, trauma, grief and loss, and addiction. She is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, and is certified through the International Institute for Trauma and Addiction Professionals (IITAP) as a sex addiction therapist and supervisor.