Sexual Addiction:Strength/Hope/Recovery

Since 2008 Dr. Michael Barta has been working exclusively with the sexually addicted population and has found that roughly 98% of people he sees  are suffering from sexually compulsive behaviors and also have significant attachment wounds. After seeing this trend, he began studying how attachment affects our brains and our future ability to connect with other people. Sex addiction has long been recognized as an intimacy disorder, meaning that people that suffer from sexual addiction have a very difficult time allowing others into their inner world – they lack the ability to be vulnerable. Tonight, he will speak about the formation of intimacy disorder and the trouble people have with vulnerability and intimacy. He will also address what he does to help these people come “back on-line” so that they can begin to experience intimacy and closeness. Listen as Carol the Coach interview Dr. Barta on this facinating topic! Sexual Addiction is a disorder that requires strategies to assist you in maintaining recovery. This show is to help you access the books, the experts and the people who are managing recovery with The 12 Step Program and Patrick Carnes Recovery Task Model that reinforces the steps you need to take to manage your recovery and take your life through the journey so that you not only conquer the "Addict" but develop into the person you were meant to be! Carol the Coach is a Certified Sexual Addictions Therapist who is ready to take you on the journey and expose you to the experts who will guide you through the steps.

Intimacy is tough for couples who suffer because of a sexual addiction. When eating disorders and sexual addiction occur....it can be tough to treat....Listen as Carol the Coach interviews Heather Lowrey, M.S. who is a Licensed Professional Counselor and Licensed Chemical Dependency Counselor in private practice in Dallas, TX, specializing in intimacy disorders including love and sex addictions, disordered eating and body image, work and financial disorders and phase of life issues, from "Quarterlife Crisis" and beyond. Her counseling experience includes counseling survivors of sexual trauma at The Family Place and Victims Outreach in Dallas, TX, as well as facilitating eating disorder groups for women at The Renfrew Center of Texas. In her practice, Heather counsels men and women struggling with sex and love addiction, working with both addicts and partner.Sexual Addiction is a disorder that requires strategies to assist you in maintaining recovery. This show is to help you access the books, the experts and the people who are managing recovery with The 12 Step Program and Patrick Carnes Recovery Task Model that reinforces the steps you need to take to manage your recovery and take your life through the journey so that you not only conquer the "Addict" but develop into the person you were meant to be! Carol the Coach is a Certified Sexual Addictions Therapist who is ready to take you on the journey and expose you to the experts who will guide you through the steps.

Would you like a natural way to help curb the cravings and urges of Sexual Addiction, Listen as Carol the Coach interviews Dr. Jon G. Caldwell, DO, PhD,who is a board certified psychiatrist who specializes in the treatment of adults who have experienced relational trauma and addictive behaviors.  He currently works as a lead psychiatrist at The Meadows treatment center in Wickenburg, Arizona and he is an Assistant Clinical Professor at the University of Arizona, Department of Psychiatry.  His theoretical perspectives are heavily influenced by his PhD training at the University of California at Davis, where he began researching how early childhood maltreatment and insecure attachment relationships affect cognitive, emotional and social functioning.  His clinical approach has become increasingly flavored by the timeless teachings of the contemplative traditions and by the application of mindfulness and self-compassion.  Dr. Caldwell has published a number of articles on child maltreatment, attachment theory, emotion regulation and mindfulness and he is a noted international speaker and trainer on these and other topics.Sexual Addiction is a disorder that requires strategies to assist you in maintaining recovery. This show is to help you access the books, the experts and the people who are managing recovery with The 12 Step Program and Patrick Carnes Recovery Task Model that reinforces the steps you need to take to manage your recovery and take your life through the journey so that you not only conquer the "Addict" but develop into the person you were meant to be! Carol the Coach is a Certified Sexual Addictions Therapist who is ready to take you on the journey and expose you to the experts who will guide you through the steps.

Sexual Addiction always carries shame. Workshop expert Timothy D. Stein, Co-founder of Willow Tree Counseling in Santa Rosa, CA. talks about how how trama is often times recorded in the nervous system and why sex addicts would reenact that trauma over and over again until it is processed. He believes that intensive trauma workshops are often the most effective form of treatment in helping the addict to reprocess the trauma and work through the shame that feeds sexual addiction. Sexual Addiction is a disorder that requires strategies to assist you in maintaining recovery. This show is to help you access the books, the experts and the people who are managing recovery with The 12 Step Program and Patrick Carnes Recovery Task Model that reinforces the steps you need to take to manage your recovery and take your life through the journey so that you not only conquer the "Addict" but develop into the person you were meant to be! Carol the Coach is a Certified Sexual Addictions Therapist who is ready to take you on the journey and expose you to the experts who will guide you through the steps.

Carol the Coach will be interviewing Dr. Charles Rawlings who dispells the myths of marriage and relationships in"It Really Is That Complicated". When Sexual addiction has infiltrated a relationship it can be difficult to know what has distorted the marriage and what might be inherently distorted regardless of the obstacles that occur in any relationhip. Listen as Dr. Rawlings talks about how we can recalibrate our relationships into healthier ones. Sexual Addiction is a disorder that requires strategies to assist you in maintaining recovery. This show is to help you access the books, the experts and the people who are managing recovery with The 12 Step Program and Patrick Carnes Recovery Task Model that reinforces the steps you need to take to manage your recovery and take your life through the journey so that you not only conquer the "Addict" but develop into the person you were meant to be! Carol the Coach is a Certified Sexual Addictions Therapist who is ready to take you on the journey and expose you to the experts who will guide you through the steps.

Sexual Addiction breeds conflict and as a result I am airing an old show about how you can deal with conflict. Conflict is normal, natural and necessary but sexual addiction adds an extra element to conflict as your partner probably feels betrayed and angry witgh you. This show will help you to cope with the anger and get past the shame to rebuild the relationship.

Teresa Maples, MS, is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor, and Certified Sexual Addiction Therapist, YourTango Expert. She will be joining Carol the Coach and discussing an educational healing process she has developed for partners who have experienced sexual betrayal.   If you have been experiencing an emotional roller-coaster ride after finding out about your partner’s infidelity or sexual addiction? Then this radio show is for you. Partners of sex addicts and sexual betrayal experience many of the same symptoms as those who have experience being in battle in a war, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. It is important to recognize that these symptoms would be expected given you have lived through a traumatic experience, the betrayal. You are not crazy.   In this interview, Teresa will talk about the symptoms many partners experience and that there is hope that you can heal from these symptoms.  She will also share information about her free webinar that is coming up on March 10, 2014 where you can actually experience one of the tools she teaches to help you heal from your symptoms. Reserve your seat   If you want more information, reserve your seat at Teresa’s next free webinar Surviving to Thriving, help for women who have discovered her partner has cheated.

Trying to decide what intervention may offer you the best bang for your buck can be tough. You may have wondered whether an intensive program can help and may feel confused about all your options. Carol the Coach will be interviewing Greg Woodhill, MFT, CSAT who will talking about the value of doing intensives. He works for The Center for Healthy Sex in Los Angeles, CA which offers customized Intensive Out-Patient Programs for males, females, and partners. The  intensive for male and female sex addicts is an eleven-day program which  deliberately limits to no more than four people. This insures that each person gets quality care and attention and leaves the program with sound recovery skills and a felt sense of the issues they need to continue working on when they return to your care. It  also offers a one-week program for partners  that customize to their needs. Greg explains, "The Task Centered Approach remains the cornerstone of our work but all of our clinicians take a psychobiological approach to treatment. We work with the clients regulatory capacities from the beginning of treatment, engaging them in very gentle trauma work. The client’s regulatory capacities inform how far we can work into the affective system while keeping them on track with their recovery." Listen to this show if you want clarification as to whether you or your partner need this level of care.

Group work is not just an added benefit to recovery efforts...It can be pivitol to  your success as an addict. Listen as Carol the Coach talks about why group work is so important and what you can do to ensure recovery success by joining a therapeutic group for sexual addiction. Sexual adddiction causes alot of internal and external conflict.  Carol the Coach teaches how to manage the conflict that naturally occurs outside of the group environment and why men find it so helpful to assist other group members in finding a success formula that works for them.

There are many types of treatment for Sexual Addiction. Carol the Coach interviews Alexis Polles who works with a variety of people on the management of their sexual addiction. She is an avocate of using 3 day intensives with couples as she believes there are many benefits that occur that supplement individual therapy. This show will help you to find out about the services that can benefit you and your partner and keep you informed on the recovery tools out there to insure your success! Sexual Addiction is a disorder that requires strategies to assist you in maintaining recovery. This show is to help you access the books, the experts and the people who are managing recovery with The 12 Step Program and Patrick Carnes Recovery Task Model that reinforces the steps you need to take to manage your recovery and take your life through the journey so that you not only conquer the "Addict" but develop into the person you were meant to be! Carol the Coach is a Certified Sexual Addictions Therapist who is ready to take you on the journey and expose you to the experts who will guide you through the steps.