Sexual Addiction:Strength/Hope/Recovery

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.

Carol the Coach will be interviewing Deborah Schweiger-Whalen LCSW, CSAT about how sex addicts have trouble being able to meet their basic needs which can result in difficulties with other basic needs like eating. She will be discussing the patterns she has seen with her clients and be discussing sexual bullimia which many people suffer from when they have a sexual addiction. If you or someone you love is struggling with eating disorders and sexual addiction...this is the show for you!  Process addictions are tough and you need all the information to make healthy choices that will guide you into recovery!

Dr. Black is a renowned author and trainer internationally recognized for her pioneering and contemporary work with family systems and addictive disorders.  Since the 1970's, Dr. Black's work has encompassed the impact of addiction on young and adult children. She has offered models of intervention and treatment related to family violence, multi-addictions, relapse, anger, depression and women's issues. Dr. Black designs and presents training workshops and seminars to professional audiences in the field of family service, mental health, addiction and correctional services. She has authored numerous books and educational videos for use with addicted clients and the families affected by addiction. Dr. Black’s latest book is Intimate Treason: Healing the Trauma for Partners Confronting Sex Addiction.     During the program Dr. Black will talk about her work over the past 35 years and discuss with listeners the relationship between trauma in the family and addictive disorders. So often, people think of trauma as an incident or experience; Dr. Black will explain the distinction between what are called “big T” and “little t” traumas focusing specifically on the impact they have on children and the ramifications of the trauma in adult life. Recognizing that people often become addicted to not just substances, but also to behavioral processes, she will help listeners recognize the similarities and distinctions. Dr. Black will also offer direction to the family member still in the throes of being impacted by an active addiction.  Carol Juergensen Sheets is a certified sexual addictions counselor and was trained by Dr. Patrick Carnes who has been instrumental in developing programs and clinical skill sets that promote recovery,

Elana Clark-Faler, LCSW, CSAT-S, CGP is a nationa  speaker and sex expert on African-American relationships and has been featured in Ebony magazine.  In this show she will be sharing why the African-American women who come see her struggle with sex and love addiction. Her website www.recoveryhelpnow.com will help people understand the diffferences of sex and love addiction and what resources are available for love and sex addicts. Sexual Addiction can be managed if you utilize a variety of resources. This radio show teaches you the recovery tasks needed to work through the shame that accompanies this compulsion. Carol the Coach has worked with 1000's of clients who have fought this disorder and learned how to manage it and live fully optimal lives. Listen to her as she shares her wisdom and interviews the experts in her field. Carol Juergensen Sheets is a certified sexual addictions counselor and was trained by Dr. Patrick Carnes who has been instrumental in developing programs and clinical skill sets that promote recovery,

Debra L. Kaplan will be talking about her book For Love and Money: Exploring Sexual and Financial Exploitation in Relationships. She will help us to understand how sex and money get fused in a relationship and how it can be used to manipulate and control.If you have ever felt controled by sex and money...this show is a must for you! Sexual Addiction can be managed if you utilize a variety of resources. This radio show teaches you the recovery tasks needed to work through the shame that accompanies this compulsion. Carol the Coach has worked with 1000's of clients who have fought this disorder and learned how to manage it and live fully optimal lives. Listen to her as she shares her wisdom and interviews the experts in her field. Carol Juergensen Sheets is a certified sexual addictions counselor and was trained by Dr. Patrick Carnes who has been instrumental in developing programs and clinical skill sets that promote recovery,

Have you ever wondered if as a sex addict, your relationship with your mother, has stifled having a healthy relationhip with your partner???  Or are you a partner of a sex addict who feels confused and lost as to how to proceed in your life? You aren't sure about boundaries, or your own needs and you constantly feel on the back burner? Listen as Dr. Ken Adams talks about 2 intensive workshops that hinders people's abilities to have healthy relationships. In his workshop for men that have enmeshed relationships with their mother, he will talk about how that process creates an erotic template that often times fuses with anger and guilt. This intensive will teach you how to develop strategies to help them to break free from ianappropriate loyalties and learn to live within healthy committments. He will also be talking about the Intensives that he will be leading for spouses and partners of sex addicts. He will teach partners how to establish boundaries, develop goals for sel-care and move towards developing strategies for handling intense emotional, physical, and spiritual symptoms of trauma. If you want to boost your recovery you will need to listen to show. Sexual Addiction can be managed if you utilize a variety of resources. This radio show teaches you the recovery tasks needed to work through the shame that accompanies this compulsion. Carol the Coach has worked with 1000's of clients who have fought this disorder and learned how to manage it and live fully optimal lives. Listen to her as she shares her wisdom and interviews the experts in her field. Carol Juergensen Sheets is a certified sexual addictions counselor and was trained by Dr. Patrick Carnes who has been instrumental in developing programs and clinical skill sets that promote recovery,

Sexual Addiction can be managed if you utilize a variety of resources. This radio show teaches you the recovery tasks needed to work through the shame that accompanies this compulsion. Carol the Coach has worked with 1000's of clients who have fought this disorder and learned how to manage it and live fully optimal lives. Listen to her as she shares her wisdom and interviews the experts in her field. Carol Juergensen Sheets is a certified sexual addictions counselor and was trained by Dr. Patrick Carnes who has been instrumental in developing programs and clinical skill sets that promote recovery,

Sexual Addiction can be managed if you utilize a variety of resources. This radio show teaches you the recovery tasks needed to work through the shame that accompanies this compulsion. Carol the Coach has worked with 1000's of clients who have fought this disorder and learned how to manage it and live fully optimal lives. Listen to her as she shares her wisdom and interviews the experts in her field. Carol Juergensen Sheets is a certified sexual addictions counselor and was trained by Dr. Patrick Carnes who has been instrumental in developing programs and clinical skill sets that promote recovery,

Let's face it ..... letting go of control can be really tough when you are working a 12 Step program.Kicking in your recovery program takes a concerted plan of action...but it also requires  a mindset. Listen as Andy, a recovering sex addict, talks about how his recovery  was expediated when he realized that he needed to work on surrender.Sexual Addiction can be managed if you utilize a variety of resources....Listen as Andy shares his story and how the art of letting go made all the difference in the world. . This radio show teaches you the recovery tasks needed to work through the shame that accompanies this compulsion. Carol the Coach has worked with 1000's of clients who have fought this disorder and learned how to manage it and live fully optimal lives. Listen to her as she shares her wisdom and interviews the experts in her field. Carol Juergensen Sheets is a certified sexual addictions counselor and was trained by Dr. Patrick Carnes who has been instrumental in developing programs and clinical skill sets that promote recovery,

Debra L. Kaplan will be talking about her book For Love and Money: Exploring Sexual and Financial Exploitation in Relationships. She will help us to understand how sex and money get fused in a relationship and how it can be used to manipulate and control. If you have ever felt controled by sex and money...this show is a must for you!  Sexual Addiction can be managed if you utilize a variety of resources. This radio show teaches you the recovery tasks needed to work through the shame that accompanies this compulsion. Carol the Coach has worked with 1000's of clients who have fought this disorder and learned how to manage it and live fully optimal lives. Listen to her as she shares her wisdom and interviews the experts in her field. Carol Juergensen Sheets is a certified sexual addictions counselor and was trained by Dr. Patrick Carnes who has been instrumental in developing programs and clinical skill sets that promote recovery,