Sexual Addiction:Strength/Hope/Recovery

IFS is a higly effective and compassionate way of understanding all human behavior and it can help the addict understand his acting out. Carol the Coach is interviewing Jenna Riemersma who is an IFS expert. She will be sharing how the SA and PA can both benefit from the techniques and insights of IFS.

Many clients want to get to the root of why and how did they develop sexual addiction. Tonight Carol the Coach will be interviewing Shawn Kispert who is an expert at helping sex addicts determine what were the negative things that they thought and said to themselves that led them to find behaviors that would reinforce their beliefs. Shawn will explain how EMDR can change the maladaptive thoughts that feed the addiction.

Want to try an alternative treatment that can help you manage the urges and cravings of sex addiction? Tonight, Carol the Coach talks to Colleen Klein, LCSW and CSAT who practices EFT, the Emotional Freedom Teechnique that focuses on tapping on the meridians of the body with her clients to reduce or eliminate psychological and physical symptoms that can trigger SA.

There is all types of help out there to support Sex Addiction recovery. Tonight, Carol the Coach will be interviewing Dave E. who will be describing his "rock bottom" and what finally led him into solid recovery. He, like Patrick Carnes believes, that you have to go through suffering, true transformation and find the "real self." Listen as Dave shares his story aout real life and real life-giving connections to God, his authentic self and to reality.

Carol the Coach is interviewing the prolific Dr. Rob Weiss, author of 6 books including Prodependence: Moving Beyond Codependency. Rob is going to be talking about the effects of the #MeToo movement and how a healthy dialogue is the start of reframing what needs to happen to respect each other in healthy ways.

Carol the Coach will be interviewing Mari Lee, the internationally and nationally recognized co-author of "Facing Heartbreak: Steps to Recovery for Partners of Sex Addicts"  and "Healing Betrayal: First Healing Steps for Partners of Sex and Addicts." Mari believes that  intentional self care is essential for partners of sex addicts. Listen as they discuss the 12 tenets to follow while dealing with the aftermath of sexual addiction.

If you are looking for an intensive followed by an on-line program to assist the coupleship in healing, than this is the show for you! Carol the Coach will be interviewing Marnie Breecker and Duane Osterlind who have co-created the Helping Couples Heal Program that involves a 3 day intensive followed by an intensive online support resource to assist couples in their healing. This ongoing psychoeducational support is instrumental in helping couples heal!

Dr. Rob Weiss has started a movement that eliminates the word Codependency and it is called Prodependence. He is the author of Prodependence: Moving Beyond Codependency. We know longer want to pathologize Partners by saying that they are Co-addicts or Co-Dependents. Partners had no idea that their spouse was an addict and therefore they should not be seen as defective or sick. It is time to honor a partner who wants to work through the addiction that has ravaged the family. Kim Buck CSAT, MAPC, LPC, is developing a workbook that will change the way we look at partners and the addict that they love. Listen as Carol the Coach, along with Kim Buck helps to change this trajectory and honor the partner!

One of the greatest tools you have in recovery is using your thinking to reframe the struggles of your life. Listen as Carol the Coach interview author, Johnnie Calloway who wrpte Dragons to Butterflies is a specialist in using the mind to activate potential. He is a certified mind coach and will teach you how to forgive the unforgivable, find peace in the chaos of life and discover self-love.

Do you sometimes wonder if you are addicted to love? Listen as Carol the Coach interviews Lacy Alajna Bentley who is an expert on Love Addiction. In her new released book Addicted to Love she describes the recovery tools necessary to combat this addiction and live the life you deserve.