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...
It has been said that all addictions are intimacy disorders. Addicts want intimacy in relationships, but they are driven by and settle for intensity. Many of my clients who identify as sex addicts grew up in households in which they did not receive comfort or connection as a child. As...
When you discover that your partner is a sex addict, it is normal to be flooded with questions. Your partner has had a life apart from you, a life of secrets in which he or she has betrayed your relationship. He has been lying to you and now he is being honest (you hope!). You are...
How many times in your relationship have you tried to have a conversation about an important topic when the conversation began veering out of control and over the top? It certainly has happened to me and my spouse often enough that we have adopted a way of handling things by calling a...
Sexual addiction or compulsivity is a very insidious disease. Not only does it take over the life of the one directly affected, the addict, it also has dramatic impact on their partner. More often than not, the addict in recovery receives all the attention, financial resources and...
