You are the partner of a sex addict – wife, girlfriend, husband, boyfriend. Your spouse is or is not in a recovery program. Either situation is stressful. You fear relapse. You experience grief and anger. You are trying to put…
What are the 6 Best Gifts Sex Addicts can give their Partners? Not diamonds or gold. Not cruises or luxuries. The best presents sex addicts can give their partners are actually gifts for the sex addicts themselves as well as…
1 out of 6 men are sexually abused as children. Research shows that a large percentage of sexually addicted and other addicted men were sexually abused and/or abused in some other way as children. Addiction becomes a way to cope with…
Depression is insidious. It can sneak up on you so slowly that you don’t even realize what is happening. Or it can begin suddenly. You don’t even remember when you started to feel bad…but you know you do. It can…
It’s difficult to talk about problematic sexual behaviors. As a Certified Sex Addiction Therapist, I am always looking for tools to help constructive discussions happen. I want to share with you a free two part video made by The Society for…
Mending A Shattered Heart: A Guide For Partners of Sex Addicts, Second Edition edited by Stefanie Carnes, PhD is a rich resource for partners of sex addicts needing information and guidance to help them deal with their overwhelming and traumatizing situations….
Chris Lee’s November 25, 2011 Newsweek article “The Sex Addiction Epidemic“and MSNBC interview describe the destructiveness of sex addiction. It wrecks marriages, destroys careers, and saps self-worth. Yet Americans are being diagnosed as sex addicts in record numbers. Inside an…
The silence has been deafening. When the drama of Anthony Weiner’s Cybersex Sexting Scandal was unfolding, we saw daily updates and images. Denial…deception…acknowledgement…resignation from his job. The questions were continuous. What will Anthony Weiner’s wife Huma Abedin do? Will she stay…
I was interviewed by Jane Pribek for an article in the Wisconsin Law Journal on the topic of Sex Addiction. I appreciate the Wisconsin Law Journal’s interest in educating lawyers about this complex subject that they are encountering in their legal practices…
Partners of Sex Addicts have specific treatment needs to help them deal with the trauma, distress and complications of being a partner of a sexually compulsive person. In this upcoming workshop in Houston, Texas on April 30, 2011, partners of…