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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 [...]

Being there on Valentine’s Day

by Geoff Steurer, MS, LMFT Founding Director LifeSTAR of St. George, UT I don’t know if there is another holiday in our calendar year that creates the types of polarized responses I see during the week leading up to Valentines Day. Comments range from “It’s fun to celebrate love and relationships” to “It forces men [...]