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39. The Love Junkie: Understanding Love Addiction, Intimacy Disorders, and Sexual Anorexia, featuring Shena Tubbs, LPC

January 14, 2019/in /by Natalie Jones

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Shena Tubbs, LPC, CSAT-C, trauma recovery coach, host of the Love Junkie podcast, and owner of Black Girls Heal in Houston, TX joins us today to discuss love addiction, problems with intimacy, and sexual anorexia. Shena Tubbs specializes in working with African American women and helping them understand how their early childhood experiences have shaped their ideas about love, intimacy, and sex.
Resources Mentioned:

Books:
Attached: The New Science of Adult Attachment and How It Can Help You Find and Keep Love by Amir Levine, MD and Rachel Heller, MA

Sexual Anorexia: Overcoming Sexual Self-Hatred by Patrick Carnes, PhD.

Facing Love Addiction: Giving Yourself Power to Change the Way You Love by Pia Melody

Avoidant: How to Love or Leave a Dismissive Partner, by Jeb Kennison

Support:

Sex Addicts Anonymous

Love Addicts Anonymous

Sex and Love Addicts Anonymous

Contact Shena Tubbs, LPC at:

www.blackgirlsheal.org

http://www.shenatubbs.com

http://www.shenathetherapist.com