Sexual Addiction:Strength/Hope/Recovery

Tonight, Carol the Coach will be interviewing Alex, whose father was a sex addict. Her discovery occurred when she was contacted by his mistress and given the gory details of their affair. This is a story of the collateral damage that can occur as a result of sex addiction. Alex candidly shares her story of the betrayal and how she had to figure out how to be a child again and to love her dad regardless of the intimate, destructive decisions he had made in his life that affected both she, her mother, and nearly everyone in their lives.

Carol the Coach interviews Charlene Benson, who wrote Unstuck Move from Powerless to Empowered in your Relationships. The "Relationship Coach" wants you to understand the hidden reasons that drive your behaviors and ditch old patterns and embrace a healthier way of loving and experencing love. She will talk to you about the powerful pathways to help you avoid giving up in defeat or getting stuck at an impasse. Relationships can be tough so let Charlene make it a bit easier!

Tonight, Carol the Coach will be interviewing Dr. David Fawcett who is a social worker and clinical sexologist. He is Vice President for Clinical Programming at Seeking Integrity and is seen as an expert on gay men. drug use and high rsk sexual behavior. His book Lust, Men and Meth: A Gay Man's Guide to Sex and Recovery is considered a recovery must in working with gay men. Listen as he talks about how Chem Sex, which is the pairing of drugs and sexual behavior,  is becoming epidemic among gays and heterosexuals.

Sex addiction worsens when trauma goes undetected or untreated. This is a prepeat of a show that helps the SA understand about trauma.

Ambiguous Grief is a term that can be applied to all types of grief that do not have a hard definition for the change in a relationship.Tonight, Carol the Coach will be talking to Sophia Caudie who has a new model and book that talks about how difficult it may be to recognize and grieve the loss. She hopes that discussing it tonight will help clients understand how to work on the mourning that accompanies it.

Secrets, manipulations and addiction prevent the partner from trusting the spouse again. Tonight, I will be chatting with Geoff Steurer who is going to be talking about how the sex addict can make the unfaithful partner feel better and  find effective trust-building efforts focused on caring for the  betrayed partner as an individual worthy of respect.

Carol the Coach will be interview Cat Clark who has done a 4 book series about both she and her husband Frank and the transitions that have occured because of partner betrayal. Her immune system was dramatically compromised and so she talks with couples and partners as to what she did to minimize the damage and restore her serenity,

We are all pioneers in the field of sex addiction. Yet many therapists don't agree on whether sex addiction even exists. There are so many questions. Tonight Carol the Coach interviews Michael Salas from Vantage Point Dallas Counselling who weighs in on the controversy. He helps therapists to understand and treat compulsive sexual behavior. He says that when the therapist community struggles to find a balanced consensus on the topic, it can be difficult for people with CPSB and their partners choose the right help. He says that when the therapist who helps clients to unpack their own narratives, establish their own boundaries  and identify the labels that best fit them...It will promotes more authentic, open discussions that help the client come to their own conclusions.

One of the challenges after 6-12 months of sobriety for individuals is handling their emotional life. After all, one reason why addictions start is to avoid feeling emotions to begin with.Our guest Jan M. Bergstrom, who wrote Gifts from a Challenging Childhood; Creating a Practice for Becoming Your Healthiest Self, believes that individuals have to to heal from family of origin trauma. In our show, she will help us understand how to re-parent our historical parts.

Carol the Coach will be interviewing a partner who has had to readjust her whole life as a result of sexual addiction. Here how she coped and found strength as she began to depend solely on her self and safe people within her environment.