Irwin Pennsylvania Addiction Counselor Stephen Luther

Irwin Pennsylvania Addiction Counselor Stephen Luther

Grace Wellness Center is a group practice where our counselors all incorporate a faith based counseling approach with sound clinical practice. Our goal is to help people be emotionally, relationally and spiritually healthy. We also have counselors that are trained to deal with addiction and addiction problems. We offer counseling in many convenient locations throughout Western PA and accept most insurance plans.

Burleson Texas Addiction Counselor Malinda Fasol

Burleson Texas Addiction Counselor Malinda Fasol

Malinda Fasol is a licensed professional counselor who serves Johnson and Tarrant Counties. She works with individuals who struggle with chemical dependency and disordered eating. Dr. Fasol leads seminars on body image and disordered eating.

Omaha Nebraska Addiction Counselor Debra Cook

Omaha Nebraska Addiction Counselor Debra Cook

Debra Cook is a private practice, licensed alcohol and drug counselor, certified school counselor, and provisionally licensed mental health practitioner and also is a registered provider for the State of NE. She provides DUI and MIP evaluations, individual and family counseling with a particular focus with adolescents and women. She believes in empowering clients to develop their own recovery and renewal plan using a holistic combination of strategies.

Pleasant Grove Utah Addiction Counselor Dr. Marco Juracan

Pleasant Grove Utah Addiction Counselor Dr. Marco Juracan

Dr. Juracan has been working in the field of addiction for over 10 years. He specializes in treating painkiller/opiate addiction as well as pornography/sex addiction. He is a highly sought-after speaker and presenter for professionals wanting to understand the disease of addiction and how to best help clients recover.

Quincy Massachusetts Addiction Counselor Joyce Dolberg Rowe

Quincy Massachusetts Addiction Counselor Joyce Dolberg Rowe

The Door is Open Counseling Center, Joyce Dolberg Rowe, LMHC Clinical Director and her team of experienced, hand-picked clinicians is here to offer you well over 100 years of collective experience. Together our range of expertise that will meet your emotional needs and goals. We are highly trained in guiding individuals, couples, and families toward their personal and collective goals of living happier, healthier, more meaningful or well-adjusted lives.

Winston Salem North Carolina Addiction Counselor Michael Rivest, Ph.D.

Winston Salem North Carolina Addiction Counselor Michael Rivest, Ph.D.

Dr. Michael Rivest is a certified Sex Therapist and Christian Marriage Counselor in Winston Salem, North Carolina.

He can help you with problems such as: Sexual Addiction, Marital conflicts, Pornography, Masturbation, Internet Sex, Sexual Dysfunction, and difficulties with Marital Sex.

Troy Michigan Addiction Counselor Krystal Kuehn, MA, LPC, LLP, NCC

Troy Michigan Addiction Counselor Krystal Kuehn, MA, LPC, LLP, NCC

Are you experiencing addiction or substance use that is impacting your daily life? You are not alone! There are many people struggling with substance abuse and addiction! Addiction counseling can help you to break free from the grips of addiction. In a safe, caring, accepting environment, you can begin to experience the freedom and peace that come from getting the real help you need.

Today is a new day and there is hope. Things don’t have to keep going the way they are. They can get better. So call 248-649-8050 today. For more information you can visit our website NewDayCounseling.org.

“Our mission is to inspire hope and healing, and offer our support and help to the people with whom we work so that they might live their lives to the fullest with joy, inner peace, confidence, and love for life, self, and others.”

Common Questions About Sexual Addiction

Common Questions About Sexual Addiction

Guest Blog Post by M. Rivest, Ph.D.

I am a Certified Sex Therapist. That means I help people who are having trouble with their sexuality. That could mean anything from sexual enhancement or sexual dysfunction for married couples or problems with sexual addiction.

Many of my clients are sexual addicts. While sexual addiction can be experienced by either gender for the purposes of this article I will use male pronouns and discuss the problems most often experienced by women who are married to sex addicts.

Let us begin with a simple definition. An addiction is an activity that you use, even periodically, to avoid real relationships, problems, or pain. You that know it is wrong, you have tried to stop but can’t, and it is hurting yourself, your relationships, or employment.

The addicts’ wives ask many good questions. I will discuss some of them here.

How does sexual addiction get started? Often the sexual addict gets introduced to sexual behavior too early or has been sexually abused as a child.

Are there different kinds of sexual addiction? There are not different kinds of sexual addiction but there are different levels. Level one consists of masturbation, heterosexual relationships, pornography, strip shows, prostitution. Level two consists of exhibitionism, voyeurism, indecent phone calls, and indecent liberties. Level three consists of child molestation, incest, and rape.

Can the sexual behavior get worse? Yes, the sexual behavior can get worse and often does.

Should I be concerned for my children? Yes. While many sexual addicts will not hurt anyone, they can and I would prefer to be safe than sorry. You cannot safely predict what a person will do. A general watchfulness is important. I also recommend an age appropriate discussion with the children about sexual predators.

How come I have never noticed the sexual behaviors? Generally there are two reasons. First, addicts can be very sneaky. Secondly, many wives don’t want to see or recognize the behaviors. A lot of wives report to me that they had previously discussed with their husbands his sexual problem and thought it was over. They never followed through to see if indeed it was over.

I am an attractive woman. Why am I not enough for him? That is a very common question. The frustrating thing is that no matter how nice, attractive, or sexy you are it does not matter. In the case of an affair, the other woman is often less attractive than the wife. The problem is with him. It is his lack of character, his immaturity, his desire to emotionally run away. A number of wives even do sexy dress up and perform unwelcomed sex acts, and watch the porno moves with their husbands in order to “keep them home.” This will not help even if they tell you it will. It is the addict’s way of using yet one more woman only this time it is their wife.

Is there anything that I could have done to see it coming and prevent this behavior? The best prevention would have been sexual abstinence prior to marriage. I say that because he would have acted very immaturely over that one and you would have known there was a maturity problem. But you are in it now so is there anything you could have done to prevent it? Yes and no. Yes, in that you may not have been as watchful as you could. No, in that it is really his problem not yours.

Is there anything I can do? Yes. You can drag him into counseling. Yes, drag him in if you have to. Any addiction is too important and too devastating to wait for the addict to make up his mind about changing. An addict cannot change on his own. That is a lie he will tell you. Do not believe it.

Will the addiction be cured? I am very cautious about this answer. Remember simply stopping the behavior, even for a long time, does not mean a cure. What I tell my clients is that there is every hope for a more mature husband, a happier marriage, and not living in fear while being watchful.

M. Rivest, Ph.D. is one of the many talented Addiction Counselors on AddictionCounselorsUSA.com

Laguna Hills Addiction Counselor Piper Glasier

Laguna Hills Addiction Counselor Piper Glasier

Dr. Glasier uses a model of treating the personal underlying causes of addictive behavior (alcohol abuse, drug abuse, sexual acting out, cutting, eating disorders) that includes multiple meetings per week following detoxifying (in the case of substances) to access the persistent, painful themes that create anxiety that keep a person using addictive substances or performing addictive acts. She works in conjunction with a holistic medical practitioner who helps restore the body’s physiological balance. The goal is to work in a regulated and consistent manner to understand the motivation behind the addictive behavior, both regarding issues from the past as well as current life challenges – some clients utilize a 12-step program along with the individualized work, others do not.

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