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How Can I Reintegrate Healthy Sex After My Addiction Treatment?

How Can I Reintegrate Healthy Sex After My Addiction Treatment?

FromOvercoming Betrayal & Addiction


How Can I Reintegrate Healthy Sex After My Addiction Treatment?

FromOvercoming Betrayal & Addiction

ratings:
Length:
35 minutes
Released:
May 17, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Dr. Rob and Tami offer some helpful resources for those in recovery who want to reintegrate and reengage in healthy sex.  They also focus on betrayed partners and give them permission to put up boundaries.  For both addicts and their partners, it’s important to understand that support is key to healing.  There are many places and resources to seek help, and you don’t have to go it alone.   TAKEAWAYS: [:24] How do you reintegrate healthy sex after porn addiction treatment?  And what are some books to use as a resource? [3:18] Having an accountability partner or support group is a way to curb obsessive thoughts. [6:44] Can porn addiction cause psychological impotence/erectile dysfunction? [11:45] I’m a betrayed partner whose partner has relapsed again.  What are the pros and cons of living together vs. separately to rebuild trust?   [17:03] There are a number of places where betrayed partners can seek more intensive care; as victims they need support in addition to the addicts. [19:18] As a recovering addict, it doesn’t mean you have to put yourself down but you do have to put in the work to empathize with your partner.  It’s about shifting perspective and attitude.   RESOURCES: Seekingintegrity.com Email Tami: Tami@Seekingintegrity.com Sexandrelationshiphealing.com Intherooms.com Out of the Doghouse: A Step-by-Step Relationship-Saving Guide for Men Caught Cheating, by Robert Weiss Prodependence: Moving Beyond Codependency, by Robert Weiss Sex Addiction 101: A Basic Guide to Healing from Sex, Porn, and Love Addiction, by Robert Weiss Cruise Control: Understanding Sex Addiction in Gay Men, by Robert Weiss The Couple’s Guide to Intimacy:  How Sexual Reintigeration Therapy Can Help Your Relationship Heal, by Dr. Bill Bercaw Lust, Men, and Meth, by David Michael Fawcett What is Sensate Focus and How Does it Work? SRH Online Support Groups
Released:
May 17, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode

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The Overcoming Betrayal and Addiction podcast, featuring Dr. Rob Weiss and Tami VerHelst, presents a conversational Q&A style discussion drawn from listener questions about sex and porn addictions, infidelity, cheating, and hard work required to heal relationship betrayal. Dr. Rob and Tami are very good at engaging people struggling with painful life issues in a useful, respectful way. They also invite you to join them on their live weekly webinar (Mondays, 5 p.m. Pacific at https://bit.ly/DrRobandTami), where they answer questions live Dr. Rob is Chief Clinical Officer for Seeking integrity Treatment Centers. He is a 25-year licensed therapist, a PhD sexologist, and author Sex Addiction 101, Prodependence, and Out of the Doghouse, among other books. Tami is Chief Relationships Officer for Seeking Integrity LLC. Tami brings over 30 years of personal addiction knowledge, helping supply struggling individuals and couples with the resources and direction they need to heal.