Why “stopping” is not enough

This video is a great example of why we encourage individuals to do their “inside” work while they’re making behavioral changes with their addictions. Individuals who only focus on stopping behaviors (in this guy’s case, losing weight) but fail to address the underlying causes of the addiction, only go back to relapsing. Recovery takes time [...]

The relapse journey

The relapse journey By Geoff Steurer, MS, LMFT I once spoke with a man who had a serious setback in his sexual addiction recovery about the events of his relapse. As we talked about the details, he said something that caught my attention. He said, “it’s amazing how far you can go in just a [...]

Restoring trust after betrayal

Balanced recovery

Geoff Steurer, LMFT, co-author of “Love You, Hate the Porn: Healing a Relationship Damaged by Virtual Infidelity” and founding director of LifeSTAR of St. George discusses how to create a balanced recovery. Healthy recovery from pornography and sexual addiction requires a healthy balance of education, therapy, group support, and self-care. Proper balance ensures that individuals [...]

Healthy sexual intimacy in recovery

New LifeSTAR Phase 3 Women’s Group

Why is Sexual Addiction an Intimacy Disorder?

Todd Frye, Ph.D., runs a sexual addictions provider certification program at MidAmerica Nazarene University. In this video he gets to the heart of the matter: porn addiction is an intimacy disorder. Here are a few of the insights he shares: “Most people who struggle with intimacy struggle with the capacity to acknowledge what’s going on inside of them [...]

Book Review: The Porn Trap by Wendy and Larry Maltz

By Mark Chamberlain, PhD Clinical Director, ARCH Counseling Back in the 1980s, Wendy Maltz and her husband and fellow therapist, Larry, were not that concerned about pornography. Like most in the field, they thought it was essentially harmless. The use of porn was even promoted at professional trainings as a way to help couples reinvigorate [...]

Recovery Apps

Even though smartphones and tablet devices are capable of delivering harmful content, such as pornography, they can also arm recovering men, women, and couples with powerful tools to help them along in their journey. We recognize that many individuals in early recovery choose to rid themselves of smartphones and tablet devices to reduce accessibility to [...]

Falling Back in Love with Your Spouse

Couples who have experienced sexual betrayal often reach a point where they wonder if they can ever feel love again for their spouse. Many go through the necessary steps of healing, forgiveness, acceptance, and other recovery steps, but both feel like their love isn’t what it used to be. Infidelity expert Dave Carder shares some [...]

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