Has your life been turned upside down by sexual behavior? Whether it is your partner’s behavior or your own, there is a road to recovery. If you are working on yourself individually and really wanting to change your sexual behavior, recovery usually goes in this order: 1) Structure...
Our brain generates thousands of thoughts each day, including the internal dialogue that runs in our heads. It turns out the tone of our internal dialogue has a significant impact on our mood and well-being. For example, how many times after we make a simple mistake, do we say...
Ever wonder why people care so much about winning? Maybe you’ve been so upset when you lost or when your team lost. I think it’s appropriate to give this a slightly deeper look, especially as something like the Superbowl approaches. Dr. Robert Miller developed the Win/Lose...
Daniel has had a hard day at work. He couldn’t wait to get home. He fought through hours of traffic but he finally made it home. He pulled into the garage, shut off the car, and went into the house. Sitting at the kitchen table, his wife Karen sits, eyes red and puffy, with mascara...
Whether you’ve been in group therapy before or not, there are good aspects of group work in counseling for you and others. Group therapy differs from 12-steps or lay led groups in the main regard that they are led by a therapist and incorporate aspects of therapy into group work with...
Holidays are a time of frivolity and fun. Perhaps none are quite like the Fourth of July where the warmth of the summer sun and backyard BBQ combine. By continually celebrating our independence, we keep those history lessons in mind and want to continue the freedom that the...
Whether you’re a man or a woman, an addict or partner, or just searching for help and understanding, then you could benefit from group therapy. Having led groups of men of all ages in group therapy, I’ve seen first-hand the unique benefits group therapy can bring. There’s...
The word addiction gets through around a lot in our lives. From the media, to pop culture, to psychology. Sometimes people might not know exactly what they mean by addiction. How do you tell the difference between a nail-biting habit, and something that’s crossed a very serious...
Recently the World Health Organization (WHO) added “Compulsive Sexual Behavior” to their list of diagnoses in the June update of the International Classifications of Diseases. This marks a huge milestone in the world of sex addiction treatment. Sexual addiction has remained a...
In the early days of sex addiction treatment, clinicians took a copy + paste approach from successful substance abuse treatment protocols and applied it to sex addiction treatment. While some of this was (and remains) helpful for treating addiction, it unfortunately misunderstood and ultimately...
