Sexual Addiction:Strength/Hope/Recovery

Shame is an automatic response to sexual addiction. Learn more about how shame and trauma are interelated in this informative show.

Carol the Coach will be interviewing Dr. Hedelius who has over 20 years of experience at treating Sexual Addiction. He will explaining what defines Sexual Addiction and what to do if you have this compulsive disorder. He has logged over 20,000 hours of individual therapy sessions with addicts. He is the director of Paradise Creek Recovery Center, a comprehensive treatment facility for sexual addiction. Listen as he explains this complex disorder in simple terms.

Carol the Coach will be interviewing the founder of CONversation who helps families to deal with their loved ones prison sentence and re-entry into the community.

Carol the Coach will be interviewing Jeffrey Zacharias who an expert in treating people who have  sex/trauma/addiction in the LGBT community. He is the Clinical Director of New Hope Recovery Center and believes that treatment for the community requires a specialized approach.

Carol the Coach will be interviewing Dr. Ken Adams a specialist on enmeshment between Sex Addicts and their Mothers.  It is not uncommon for men to be surrogate partners and then act out sexually to reenact the trauma. Listen as Carol finds out more about this family dynamic. The second part of the show we will be learning about the couples intensives that Dr. Adams is offering and organizing at The Meadow and how this can help to rebuild relationships. There is hope out there... find out what Dr.Adams has devised to help addicts and partners find intimacy again.

Values and courage are the requirements to find serenity and sobriety. Listen as Carol the Coach interviews Sara Schulting-Kranz who takes addicts to that place where they find their power to heal themselves and find sobriety. Listen as she discusses how the "hike" helps to empower them to heal the wounds and take their live to the next level!

Resuming normal sex requires "a new normal" because there are so many difficult associations with the sexual act that has been compormised by sexual addiction. Listen as Carol the Coach interviews Dr Janet Hall is one of Australia’s foremost experts in the field of sex therapy and also hypnotherapy. Dr Jan will explain how she uses Hypnosis to help overcome the obstacles to seeking sex therapy and create positive changes in clients. Sex therapists face several major obstacles in delivering their craft including; Resistance to attendance (due to perceived stigma), Discussion difficulty (Due to embarrassment and the social taboo on sex), Scepticism and doubt, Resistance to in vivo practice and homework and Reluctance to admit to failure and incompetence. We will be talking to her about how to overcome the anger, sadness and betrayal that are the natural byproducts to the aftermath of sexual addiction. Hypnosis can be critically important as a tool for overcoming these obstacles. Hypnosis can greatly facilitate permission; reprogram past failure and program for future.

Triggers can be the worst thing imaginable when dealing with a sex addict. Partners of SA say that triggers are the most distressing problems for partners because they can ocur any time and put the partner right into panic and anxiety that feels uncontrollable. Tonight Carol interviews an expert who helps us understand how tirggers can assist a client in knowing what they need to feel safe again. Find out what you can do to control them and feel healthy and in control!

Listen as Carol the Coach interviews Beth Songer a mindfunesl expert who has found much success teaching meditation and mindfullness using the 12 Steps. She asserts that it can increase the recovery process. Carol will find out how mindfulness  meditation reduces stress and helps Addicts and Partners to focus on their recovery.