Sex Addiction Treatment

Understanding & Educating About Sex Addiction

I understand addiction on many personal levels, and it has affected me and those around me. In studying multiple addictions, I realized almost everybody in our culture struggles with addiction, whether being an addict or having close personal relationships with an addict.

Living with addiction is like walking a tightrope, trying to balance life on restricted terms, always needing to self-medicate – with whatever substance or activity – to feel better. Freeing oneself of addiction is climbing down off the tightrope and being able to plant your feet firmly on solid ground. After planting your feet, my goal is to help you walk with determination, dignity, and grace. And to figure out what your goals are and how to achieve them.

As a certified sex addiction therapist, I help people understand addiction as a disease rather than a moral issue.  I help the addict see that they don't choose to become an addict, that addiction is like any other disease.  I educate about sex addiction and multiple addictions.

I treat both the addicted and the spouses, families, and friends of the addicted and treat both from a place of complete empathy, compassion, and non-judgement.

  • Multiple Addictions

  • Couples & Family Therapy

  • Therapy for Spouses/Partners

  • Mindfulness-Based Therapy

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"Sexual addiction is best described as a progressive intimacy disorder characterized by compulsive sexual thoughts and acts.  Like all addictions, its negative impact on the addict, and on family members increases as the disorder progresses. Over time, the addict usually has to intensify the addictive behavior to achieve the same results.

For some sex addicts, behavior does not progress beyond compulsive masturbation of the extensive use of pornography or phone or computer sex services.  For others, addiction can involve illegal activities such as exhibitionism, voyeurism, obscene phone calls, child molestation, or rape."

-Psychocentral.com