Unwanted, Jay Stringer
Unwanted, Jay Stringer
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Unwanted
How Sexual Brokenness Reveals Our Way to Healing

Author: Jay Stringer

Narrator: Adam Verner

Unabridged: 7 hr 17 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 01/29/2019

Synopsis

Unwanted: How Sexual Brokenness Reveals Our Way to Healing is a ground–breaking resource that explores the "why" behind self–destructive sexual choices. The book is based on research from over 3,800 men and women seeking freedom from unwanted sexual behavior, be that the use of pornography, an affair, or buying sex.

Jay Stringer's original research found that unwanted sexual behavior can be both shaped by and predicted based on the parts of our story—past and present—that remain unaddressed. When we pay attention to our unwanted sexual desires and identify the unique reasons that trigger them, the path of healing is revealed.

Although many of us feel ashamed and unwanted after years of sexual brokenness, the book invites the listener to see that behavior as the very location God can most powerfully work in their lives. Counselors, pastors, and accountability partners of those who experience sexual shame will also find in this book the deep spiritual and psychological guidance they need to effectively minister to the sexually broken around them.

Contains mature themes.

About Jay Stringer

Jay Stringer is a therapist, minister, and researcher who guides people to freedom from unwanted sexual behavior (the use of pornography, infidelity, buying sex) by helping them to understand the unique reasons that bring them to it in the first place.

His first book, Unwanted: How Sexual Brokenness Reveals Our Way to Healing is based on a multi-year research project on over 3,800 men and women. The research showed that unwanted sexual behavior is not random. It is both shaped and predicted by the parts of our story that remain unaddressed. The research is one of the most comprehensive studies on the subject and Stringer is hopeful it will equip people to find freedom in a way they have not been equipped before.

He holds an MDiv and master in counseling psychology from the Seattle School of Theology and Psychology. He has also received post-graduate training under Dr. Patrick Carnes and Dr. Dan Allender while serving as a Senior Fellow at the Allender Center.

He lives in Seattle, Washington with his wife and two children. He'd love to surf far more than he does.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Josh on September 04, 2018

WOW, this book is OUTSTANDING!!! Once I started to read, I didn't want to put it down, and I finished it in just a few days. Jay Stringer takes the conversation about sexual brokenness FAR BEYOND all the books I've read on this topic, all the online recovery programs I've seen, all the podcasts & Yo......more

Goodreads review by Ben on November 23, 2018

Having become acquainted with Jay Stringer, I was able to receive a copy of his book Unwanted: How Sexual Brokenness Reveals Our Way to Healing. It is published by NavPress. It can be purchased from Hearts and Minds Books, which is where I first learned of this book. Let's just be honest: I did not w......more

Goodreads review by Colin on December 12, 2020

There will be longer and more thorough reviews out there. I'll save you some time and say that if you've landed on this review, you want to read this book. It redefined so many categories for me. It has been the first book I've read that talks about sexuality in a whole sense not just a pure/impure......more

Goodreads review by Joshua on July 18, 2022

Jay Stringer wants his readers to better understand how their past shaped their present struggles with sin. That is an admirable goal, and there are aspects of Stringer's book that are helpful. His survey data does reveal certain common patterns. Understanding those patterns may bring some clarity.......more

Goodreads review by John on September 04, 2018

A few Sundays ago our pastor shared that when you see something that temps you sexually, turn away and say, "I reject that." I've been trying to "reject that" for over 20 years and my heart hasn't made much progress in long term, transformational change when it comes to how I view sex, sexuality, my......more

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