I am a grateful Sex Addict

A client recently developed a new gratitude list now that he has just over 100 days of sobriety working my program. When we started working together his comment was "I hate the word addict. I am not one of those guys you see sitting next to a dumpster with a needle in...

Dealing with His Disclosure

What is disclosure and how do we do it? When we talk about disclosure we are referring to the process in which a person struggling with sexual addiction tells others about his/her sexual behaviors. Although there are many scenarios in which a person's sexual behaviors...

Unseen and unnoticed: women and sex addiction

The distinction between acceptable sexual behaviour and addictive sexual behaviour can be difficult to determine. However, all addictions have common traits at their core. These include an obsession and constant preoccupation with the addictive substance or behaviour,...

What is Sex Addiction?

For some people, sex addiction can be highly dangerous and result in considerable difficulties with relationships. Like drug or alcohol dependence, it has the potential to negatively impact a person’s physical and mental health, personal relationships, quality of...

6 Ways You Can Make A Spiritual Connection

Throughout history, Native American tribes taught that we are all made of three parts – the mind, the body, and the spirit/soul. They believed that if one of the three were out of balance, the other two would suffer and so the tribal members made a daily...