The first step a person struggling with sex addiction needs to do is end the double life. Having worked in the sex addiction field for over a decade, I can tell you that group therapy is essential for sustained recovery. The recovering addict soon discovers they can't do this alone and need help changing their lives. Begin working with others in a safe and trusting environment (8-10 group members). Begin the process of recovery from sexual addiction. Call us today, and we can walk you through joining a group.
Hosted by Earl Klebe
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW, CSAT
Verified Verified
Group meets in Long Beach, CA 90803
My recovery from my sexual addiction served as the impetus for me to become a therapist.
I am a Certified Sexual Addiction Therapist in Long Beach, California, who works with individuals struggling with compulsive sex or porn use and understand the impact of betrayal trauma on the partner and the relationship. I know how difficult it can be to break free from addictive behavior, and I am directive in my approach to therapy. I utilize a Task Centered approach based on the research of Dr. Patrick Carnes, the leading expert in the field of sexual addiction. Together we will start to repair the damage that has been done and work towards healing.
Take the first courageous step towards overcoming sex addiction and embrace a life of true peace and calm. After years of experience in the field, I can confidently say that group therapy is the key to long-lasting recovery. You'll soon realize that you don't have to face this battle alone. Join a supportive community of 8-10 individuals in a safe and trusting environment, and begin your transformative journey towards liberation from sexual addiction. Give us a call today, and let us guide you through the process of becoming a part of this life-changing group.
Hosted by Duane Osterlind
Marriage & Family Therapist, LMFT, CSAT-S
Verified Verified
Group meets in Long Beach, CA 90803
With a background from California State University Long Beach, certifications as a Certified Sexual Addiction Therapist, and training with Dr.
Are you struggling with the devastation of sex or porn addiction in your relationship? Unsure of the next steps to rebuild trust and save your partnership? You're not alone, and there is hope. I am a licensed marriage and family therapist with over 15 years of experience helping individuals and couples overcome life's most challenging obstacles. Together, we'll work to improve your life and relationships, finding peace and letting go of old patterns that keep you stuck.
This group is a structured, time-limited group that helps group members learn the foundations of sex addiction recovery. Group members are provided with support and tools to begin the recovery process or add to their existing tools.
Hosted by Dan Drake
Marriage & Family Therapist, LMFT, LPCC, CSAT-S, CCPS-S
Verified Verified
Group meets in Studio City, CA 91604
Have your sexual behaviors led to destructive consequences for yourself or your loved ones? Or has a discovery of your partner's secret sexual behaviors left you confused and devastated? There IS a way out. We specialize in providing a safe, non-shaming space where we can work through issues related to sexual addiction / compulsivity and betrayal trauma. We're here to help.
This Men's therapy group is a place for you to gain support and accountability from other men dealing with porn addiction. You will learn tools so that you can experience healthier relationships, find hope and freedom. You will also learn where you are on the map of recovery, how pornography addiction works, techniques for stopping behaviors and how to focus more on life-giving activities in a supportive group environment.
Hosted by Don Diva
Marriage & Family Therapist, MS, LMFT, CSAT, CMAT
Verified Verified
Group meets in Long Beach, CA 90803
I'm best suited to treat relationship problems, depression, father wounds, men with sexual addiction and grief/loss issues.
Are you stuck in unhealthy relationship patterns? Are you coping with the stress of life in destructive ways- by bottling up your feelings or acting out through addiction or in toxic relationships? You do not have to struggle alone. During the different stages of our lives, our relationships, and our family life cycle, we can get stuck in certain places. As your therapist we would work together to help you find what you need so that you can move through these stuck places, experience healthier relationships, find hope and be free from destructive behaviors.
In a world where struggle often goes unseen and the fight for recovery feels like a solo battle, you are not alone. Our Sex Addiction Recovery Workgroup is designed from the ground up to provide a haven for healing, growth, and transformation. Led by Duane Osterlind and his compassionate team, we offer a safe space for survivors of sex addiction, porn addicts, and individuals on the path to recovery. YOu can heal yourself and your relationships. Start now and get the work done! Cost of the group is $198 per month.
Hosted by Duane Osterlind
Marriage & Family Therapist, LMFT, CSAT-S
Verified Verified
Group meets in Long Beach, CA 90803
With a background from California State University Long Beach, certifications as a Certified Sexual Addiction Therapist, and training with Dr.
Are you struggling with the devastation of sex or porn addiction in your relationship? Unsure of the next steps to rebuild trust and save your partnership? You're not alone, and there is hope. I am a licensed marriage and family therapist with over 15 years of experience helping individuals and couples overcome life's most challenging obstacles. Together, we'll work to improve your life and relationships, finding peace and letting go of old patterns that keep you stuck.
This group is co-facilitated by myself and a female colleague. The group offers a place of safety and support for women who are in relationship with a sex addict. We take a trauma approach in the group, understanding that the impact of sexual addiction on a relationship and on a partner is traumatic. Our goal is to help the women in our group receive support, and to empower themselves to thrive.
Hosted by Dan Drake
Marriage & Family Therapist, LMFT, LPCC, CSAT-S, CCPS-S
Verified Verified
Group meets in Studio City, CA 91604
Have your sexual behaviors led to destructive consequences for yourself or your loved ones? Or has a discovery of your partner's secret sexual behaviors left you confused and devastated? There IS a way out. We specialize in providing a safe, non-shaming space where we can work through issues related to sexual addiction / compulsivity and betrayal trauma. We're here to help.
This group helps women comfortably explore the barriers to sex, including physiological, social and psychological. Women support each other as Kimberly discusses the complexities of sexual desire in context of each individuals' sexual development and personal story.
Hosted by Kimberly Resnick Anderson
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW, AASECT
Verified Verified
Group meets in North Hollywood, CA 91601
Everyone has a 'sexual story.' Our culture has a love-hate relationship with sex and sends many mixed messages. I help people explore the legacy of their sexual story and identify the biological, social and psychological barriers to sexual health and satisfaction. I am an AASECT Certified Sex Therapist and Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at UCLA School of Medicine with 30 years of clinical and teaching experience. I developed my own model of talking to clients about sex ("Comfort-Inducing Sexuality Dialogue") that is both comforting and profoundly liberating.
Do you struggle with men's health issues like dysfunction, addiction or simply just wanting to find your way as a man in this increasingly strange world? Join me and your brothers twice a month as we discuss these issues and help provide guidance, solutions and comradery. Beginning May 16th, 2024 and occurring every other week.
My ideal client is, in my experience, someone who benefits from a logical, secular perspective with goals centered around vocational and avocational self-improvement. The issues I work with are broad, but my work is driven by results and forward progress; my ideal client's needs would be focused on results and tangible change through hypnotherapy and mindful practice. Many of my clients tend to be, but are not limited to, the more introverted and those who may have struggled communicating with a traditional therapist in the past.
This group runs on Mondays from 6:00 PM to 7:30 PM and is currently held online via Zoom due to COVID-19. Facilitated by master therapist Darrin Ford, LMFT who has over 20 years of experience in this field. He is founder of Mindful Centers and is author of Awakening to the Sexually Addicted Mind; co-Author of Transforming the Addictive Mind; and co-author of The Recovery Coaching Client Handbook. Darrin is certified as a Mindfulness-Based Addiction and Trauma Therapist Supervisor (MBAT-S) and certified by IITAP as a Sexual Addiction Therapist Supervisor (CSAT-S).
Hosted by Mindful Centers for Addiction and Trauma Therapy
Marriage & Family Therapist, LMFT, CSAT-S, MBAT-CS
Verified Verified
Group meets in Long Beach, CA 90806
Addiction cannot be overcome simply by knowing what it is or acknowledging its presence in your life. Nor can it be squashed by sheer will power. Many of our clients say they have felt that they could "just handle this by themselves," but once they reached out to us and got the help they needed, they realized that even if you can "just handle this alone," no one, including you, should ever have to. By reaching out to us, you are stating you are ready to bring balance back to your life.
The LA men’s sexual addiction group provides a safe, confidential, and shame-free environment for men to share their struggles – and successes – with other men going through similar difficulties. Members will learn accountability to self and others, gain support to work a recovery program, receive insights into past trauma and pain, have opportunities to share their story, and learn how to live a healthy lifestyle.
Hosted by Kevin James Simms
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW, CADC-II, ICADC, CSAT
Verified Verified
Group meets in Los Angeles, CA 90025
Change the story. Change the narrative. Building self esteem comes from doing esteem-able acts. My life experience enables me to offer effective, individualized, client-centered care. I treat a number of mental health disorders and addictions, and provide a safe space to individuals, families, and couples.
Facilitated by my colleagues, Novus clinical Director, Duane Osterlind, LMFT, and Mateo Leonardo, AMFT, many of my clients benefit from the supplemental support offered in this therapist led men's group which is focused on processing sex addiction struggles and compulsive sexual behaviors with a focus on repairing the relationships that have been impacted due to infidelity and betrayal. This group is conducted remotely via Google Meet. It is limited to 8 participants. Weekly attendance is required with a minimum 6 month committment.
Hosted by Krystal Faust
Marriage & Family Therapist Associate, MA, AMFT, ASAT
Verified Verified
Group meets in Long Beach, CA 90803
I have extensive experience treating depression, anxiety, gender issues, compulsive sexual and partner betrayal trauma challenges. As a Carnes and Minwalla trained, partner sensitive therapist, I can help those seeking healing from trauma and abuse. My interest is to help clients going through change, life transitions, and adjustment phases in life that we experience as we age, grow and evolve in our perceptions of ourselves, our gender and sexuality as well as relationships. I am able to provide knowledgeable and compassionate support to the LGBTQ+, kink and alternative lifestyle communities.
For people recovering from the trauma of discovering the infidelity and sexually compulsive behavior of their partners. The group offers therapist-facilitated support from a trauma and empowerment perspective, building resources, and supporting healthy boundary setting. Call for interview - required prior to joining.
Hosted by Martha 'Marty' Simpson
Marriage & Family Therapist, LMFT, CSAT, CPTT
Verified Verified
Group meets in Woodland Hills, CA 91303
Specializing in recovery from infidelity for more than a decade, I see addicts, & partners, and those involved in single affairs. I'm a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist in Woodland Hills, California. I LOVE to work with couples because I believe we heal & transform in healthy relationships! I run weekly groups for betrayed partners with a trauma model and personal empowerment approach. I am often called to teach or present locally and nationally about treating betrayal, problematic sexual behavior & creating secure functioning relationships. Fill out a form on my website and my assistant will schedule a time for us to talk!
Group therapy can be a supplemental therapeutic resource than can help you truly move forward in your healing journey and show you that you are not alone in your struggles. I facilitate a safe and supportive men's sex addiction process group where you can join in with other men in sharing the truthful stories of your struggles with troublesome compulsive behaviors. The members of this group work to share honestly and without judgement while working to help themselves heal and support one another. This is a remote group accessible on Google Meet.
Hosted by Mateo Leonardo
Marriage & Family Therapist Associate, AMFT, ASAT
Verified Verified
Group meets in Long Beach, CA 90803
My ideal client is seeking support for compulsive sexual behaviors or pornography addiction to the point it is negatively affecting their lives. I am fluent in Spanish and help clients and couples struggling with self-confidence issues and relationship frustrations. I am able to work individually, in group therapy and also provide psycho-eduction as part of a comprehensive intensive treatment program if needed. At Novus Mindful Life Institute, I work closely with my colleagues to care for our clients whose lives have been affected by sex addiction, porn addiction and betrayal in at a pace that feels right for you!
Learn how to better communicate, tackle sex and intimacy issues, make your relationship a priority, and develop skills to better handle conflict. Perhaps you've struggled with long-standing issues, and whether to get professional help. You want things to change but don't know how to go about it and just feel stuck. Fighting over money, sex, chores, or parenting; Not making your relationship a priority, Coping with an affair; Feeling alone and disconnected. You are not alone. Learn to feel more connected and secure in your relationships and in who you are. Complementary consultation required to qualify.
Hosted by Reconnect Relationship - Dr. Gilbert Chalepas
Psychologist, PsyD
Verified Verified
Group meets in West Hollywood, CA 90069
Do you often find yourself agreeing to things you don’t like or don't want to do? Have you had enough of being overly accommodating in order to please others at the cost of your own wellbeing, without much of a return? Isn't it time to break this endless cycle and stop pleasing everyone but yourself? I’m here to help. As your psychologist, I’ll provide you with a safe judgment-free space to be vulnerable, where we can discuss your situation and examine your habits that are making it hard for you to stop pleasing others. During our sessions, you can feel heard and empowered to start living your life for yourself, and not others.
My ideal client is a man who is in or wants to be in a relationship. I want to help him to: make sense of his sexual needs and desires ;understand how his unfulfilled sexual needs and desires can turn into obsession; understand why he sometimes channels those needs, desires, and obsessions into pornography; make sense of his internal sexual world and help him to get a grip on his sexuality before he loses everything that he has worked so hard to get; I want to support that man in safely and lovingly exploring sexual intimacy with his partner.
Hosted by Eric Thomas
Marriage & Family Therapist, LMFT, MTh
Verified Verified
Group meets in Monrovia, CA 91016
"The past can hurt. But the way I see my it, you can either run from it, or learn from it." - Rafiki. Learning from and overcoming our past can be mentally, emotionally, and spiritually challenging. However, running from our past mentally, emotionally, and spiritually draining. In my practice, clients are given the warmth and support to confront the past, the tools to overcome the past, as well as the space and grace to learn from the past. My practice is geared toward helping you to put the past in the past and to be present in the present.
A safe and confidential support group for women dealing with relationship issues with a spouse or partner's sex and/or pornography addiction, other addictions, affairs, or infidelity. Group limited to 6 women per 12 week module every Wednesday 7-8:30 PM. Please note that there is typically a wait list for the HEART group. UPDATE: HEART GROUP WILL BE MOVING ONLINE - DATE TBD.
Hosted by Mari A. Lee Lmft Csat
Marriage & Family Therapist, MA, LMFT, CSAT-S, CPTT-S, MBATT-S
Verified Verified
Group meets in Glendora, CA 91741
Are you hiding sexual secrets, infidelity, or porn addiction? Has someone you love betrayed you and left you feeling heart broken? People dealing with sexual compulsivity and sex/porn addiction often feel shame and are uncertain how to make better choices. Betrayed partners are traumatized, angry and deeply hurt. I have helped hurting people heal for 15 years by providing safe and confidential therapy with specific tools as you focus on moving past the grip of sexually destructive choices, or recover from betrayal trauma. You can heal, rebuild trust with your loved ones, and create a healthy life and loving relationships.
The hardest part of recovery is reaching out to other people for help. There are people that can understand, relate and help start you on the process of healing. Begin working with others in a safe and trusting therapeutic environment and begin the process of recovery from sexual addiction. Fees for this group are assessed on a per month basis
Hosted by Joey Pham
Marriage & Family Therapist, MA, LMFT
Verified Verified
Group meets in Long Beach, CA 90803
At time, life provides us with the opportunities that enable us to grow and accomplish. However, at times it also presents itself in the form of a challenge. These life events can take a toll on our mental health and leave us feeling hopeless, unmotivated, lost, and stuck. I am passionate and confident in my ability to make a difference in the life of my clients. Having been through many touch patches myself, I understand well the importance of regaining one's own sense of purpose, strength, and dignity. I have experiences working with both children and adults using individual and family therapy modalities.
If you're looking for a group in which men complain to each other about feeling marginalized in our ever-changing society, this ain't that group. If you're looking for a place to forge supportive and nurturing relationships with other men in order to shed the shame and loneliness of addiction, this is the right group for you. The group is limited to 7 members. Please drop me a line to see if there are openings.
Hosted by Ryan Levin - Sex Therapist (CSAT)
Marriage & Family Therapist, LMFT, CSAT
Verified Verified
Group meets in Los Angeles, CA 90024
Are you excited to chat about your sex addiction, porn addiction & intimacy issues? If you said "yes," you'd be the first. Unfortunately, these issues may be running your life. And that corrosive shame deep in your bones? It's likely rooted in trauma (I'll be shocked if it's not). Fortunately, through attachment work, EMDR & other modalities, we can heal emotional wounds and move you toward recovery & wholeness. I also work with couples because I learned in grad school that, apparently, relationships are hard. There's infidelity, betrayal trauma, mismatched libidos, the fact that your partner talks to his mom nine times a day...
The men's group provides a safe space to talk about and process your struggle with intimacy. Connecting with a partner or getting yourself out there to date can be challenging in this cyber age. Sexual acting out often leads to shame and isolation, yet being seen and heard by other men is vital to healing. This group helps you to explore personal experiences that fuel sexual issues, examine relapse triggers, move beyond/contain trauma, employ self-compassionate mindfulness and shame reduction.
Hosted by Hana Esfandiari
Marriage & Family Therapist, MS , LMFT, CSAT
Verified Verified
Group meets in Los Angeles, CA 90064
"Life is not what it's supposed to be. It's what it is. The way you cope with it is what makes the difference." I am a Licensed Marriage and Family therapist and a Certified Sex Addiction Therapist specializing in relationship and intimacy issues, sex therapy, infidelity, betrayal trauma and sex and porn addiction . I work collaboratively with my clients to facilitate recognition of their strengths so they can actualize self-growth, meet therapy goals, find peace and develop healthy relationships.
Want to reignite the spark in your relationship? Well, you're in luck! I'll will be facilitating a 6-week couples therapy workshop starting in May. The workshop will focus on learning how to strengthen your bond as a couple and create a more fulfilling relationship dynamic - addressing concerns such as: communication skills, trust and security, emotional and physical intimacy, conflict resolution, and much more!
Hosted by Allison Young
Pre-Licensed Professional, ASW
Verified Verified
Group meets in Long Beach, CA 90807
Hello, my name is Allison. As a therapist, I’m passionate about helping people in unfulfilling relationships learn how to build stronger intimate connections. Many of the individuals and couples I work with come to me because they are feeling emotionally and physically out of touch with their partners. My practice focuses on helping those partners communicate effectively and feel more seen, heard, and understood in the relationship. I work from a relational-cultural perspective, aiming to understand each person within the larger systems they exist in, and helping to bridge the gap in communication by getting to the root of conflict.
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Sexual Addiction Support Groups
When should someone seek treatment for sex addiction?
People should seek treatment for sex addiction if they cannot control their sexual thoughts or behaviours to the point that it disrupts their ability to function in daily life, for example by threatening their finances, career, or relationships. This may include spending an excessive amount of time obsessing over sex, planning sex, watching pornography, or masturbating, as well as consistently engaging in risky sexual activities, using sex to escape distressing feelings, or attempting yet failing to control sexual behavior.
What are the most common treatment options for sex addiction?
Psychotherapy is the most common treatment for sex addiction; therapy helps patients better understand their compulsive thoughts and behaviors and develop strategies to manage their desires. Therapy may be supplemented by medications, such as antidepressants, mood stabilizers, anti-androgens, and the alcohol and substance use medication Naltrexone, as well as support groups, such as 12-step programs.
How long does therapy take for sex addiction?
Recovering from compulsive behavior takes time and effort. There’s no precise timeline for treatment, but research suggests 12 therapy sessions may be enough to see change. Treatment for sexual compulsions requires honesty in therapy, a commitment to understanding triggers and developing coping skills, and potential lifestyle changes such as cutting out alcohol or drugs.
What if sex addiction is left untreated?
Compulsive sexual behavior can have serious repercussions if left unaddressed. For example, if sexual obsessions consume the vast majority of a person’s time, they may lose their job. If they can’t stop paying for sex, their finances may suffer. If they’re dishonest in their relationships, their partner may leave them. If they consistently feel shame, they may struggle with anxiety, depression, or loneliness. Therapy can help people develop the tools to manage sexual thoughts and behaviors that feel uncontrollable.