Summary: Carol the Coach will be interviewing Deborah Schiller who is the Program Director of Gratitudes at Pine Grove Treatment Center. She will be discussing what going into a residential treatment center is like for an individual who presents with sexual addiction, sexual anorexia, or relationship compulsivity (called by some love addiction). She will discuss the definitions of addictions and the existence of process addictions, such a sex addiction, which is sometime controversial. There are genetic and environmental components to all addictions. These factors as well as thinking problems, emotional disregulation, and ongoing problematic behaviors are taken into consideration when a treatment plan is designed for a residential patient. She will talk about how sexual addiction is diagnosed and what the chance for maintaining a live of recovery is. In contrast she will talk about healthy sexuality which many people struggle with because of their addictions have never been in a sober sexual relationship. 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.
