Sexual Addiction Therapists in Madison, CT
Are you looking for an experienced therapist? I work with a range of issues. Behavioral problems, work/ family balance, grief, marital/ relationship issues, family therapy, parent-child, infidelity, sexual issues, alcohol/ drug abuse, domestic violence, depression, anxiety/ panic, emotional/ mental disorders, financial difficulties, life transitions, loss, PTSD, anger management and issues within judicial systems. Acknowledge the problem...Experience the solution. I love my work and problem solving with clients. My work strives to achieve a healthy lifestyle for my clients. I help clients achieve their behavioral goals within the brief compass of six to ten sessions.
Are you looking for an experienced therapist? I work with a range of issues. Behavioral problems, work/ family balance, grief, marital/ relationship issues, family therapy, parent-child, infidelity, sexual issues, alcohol/ drug abuse, domestic violence, depression, anxiety/ panic, emotional/ mental disorders, financial difficulties, life transitions, loss, PTSD, anger management and issues within judicial systems. Acknowledge the problem...Experience the solution. I love my work and problem solving with clients. My work strives to achieve a healthy lifestyle for my clients. I help clients achieve their behavioral goals within the brief compass of six to ten sessions.
Have the people around you told you that you need therapy? Are you experiencing a life transition? Have you been wondering if you're in the right relationship or have been considering cheating? Would you like a better understanding of why you make the choices you do? I work with individuals around life transitions and feelings of being stuck. I specialize in working with men around the transition to parenthood and other parenting related stressors such as infertility and miscarriage but have extensive experience with individuals of many different populations.
Have the people around you told you that you need therapy? Are you experiencing a life transition? Have you been wondering if you're in the right relationship or have been considering cheating? Would you like a better understanding of why you make the choices you do? I work with individuals around life transitions and feelings of being stuck. I specialize in working with men around the transition to parenthood and other parenting related stressors such as infertility and miscarriage but have extensive experience with individuals of many different populations.
Creative Hearts Counseling, LLC
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW, ADS
Verified Verified
Serves Area
Waitlist for new clients
Do you suffer low self-esteem because you have difficulty maintaining daily responsibilities at school, work, or home? Do you struggle with sitting for long periods or staying on task? Do you sometimes feel as though you are "controlled" by strong waves of emotion or anger? Maybe you're discovering trouble in your relationships with others due to forgetfulness, time management, impulsiveness, substance abuse, or general communication issues.
Do you suffer low self-esteem because you have difficulty maintaining daily responsibilities at school, work, or home? Do you struggle with sitting for long periods or staying on task? Do you sometimes feel as though you are "controlled" by strong waves of emotion or anger? Maybe you're discovering trouble in your relationships with others due to forgetfulness, time management, impulsiveness, substance abuse, or general communication issues.
Tony Karajanis
Marriage & Family Therapist, JD, LMFT
Verified Verified
3 Endorsed
Serves Area
Waitlist for new clients
Seeking therapy is an important step on your journey to promoting healthy change and positive growth in your life. You are many things, and take on many roles in your life. I believe positive change does not occur from an outside source, but comes from your own strength and resilience, as well as a better understanding of who you are. My role is to guide and challenge you on your journey of re-connecting to your own potential and power so you can achieve change in yourself and your life. With current COVID-19 concerns regarding public health & safety, please know I offer online/video counseling sessions for new & existing clients.
Seeking therapy is an important step on your journey to promoting healthy change and positive growth in your life. You are many things, and take on many roles in your life. I believe positive change does not occur from an outside source, but comes from your own strength and resilience, as well as a better understanding of who you are. My role is to guide and challenge you on your journey of re-connecting to your own potential and power so you can achieve change in yourself and your life. With current COVID-19 concerns regarding public health & safety, please know I offer online/video counseling sessions for new & existing clients.
Are you struggling to feel truly connected in your relationships? Do you find yourself overwhelmed by feelings of guilt, shame, or frustration when it comes to intimacy? Perhaps you're longing for emotional closeness but don’t know how to get there, or you're simply searching for a deeper sense of inner peace. Whatever you're experiencing, you deserve a safe space to explore these feelings with compassion and without judgment. Together, we can work toward healing, growth, and the peace you're longing for. Let’s embark on this journey, so you can experience the joy and connection you deserve.
Are you struggling to feel truly connected in your relationships? Do you find yourself overwhelmed by feelings of guilt, shame, or frustration when it comes to intimacy? Perhaps you're longing for emotional closeness but don’t know how to get there, or you're simply searching for a deeper sense of inner peace. Whatever you're experiencing, you deserve a safe space to explore these feelings with compassion and without judgment. Together, we can work toward healing, growth, and the peace you're longing for. Let’s embark on this journey, so you can experience the joy and connection you deserve.
Kathleen DeMino
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, DSW, LCSW, LADC
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Serves Area
Making an informed choice in selection of your therapist is your first step in achieving your goals. In the field for 25+ years, I am licensed both as a Clinical Social Worker and a Drug and Alcohol Counselor with post-graduate training in Marriage and Family Therapy. As a Substance Abuse Counselor, I am flexible and work with persons seeking abstinence as well as those working toward harm reduction. Certified as a School Social Worker to work with children with special needs, I can assist in navigating the Educational System and can collaborate with family and school around issues impacting performance or socialization with peer.
Making an informed choice in selection of your therapist is your first step in achieving your goals. In the field for 25+ years, I am licensed both as a Clinical Social Worker and a Drug and Alcohol Counselor with post-graduate training in Marriage and Family Therapy. As a Substance Abuse Counselor, I am flexible and work with persons seeking abstinence as well as those working toward harm reduction. Certified as a School Social Worker to work with children with special needs, I can assist in navigating the Educational System and can collaborate with family and school around issues impacting performance or socialization with peer.
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Certified Sex Addiction Therapist (CSAT) helping men struggling with sexual addiction and/or porn addiction stop their compulsive sexual behavior and live healthy productive lives.
I offer personally tailored sexual addiction coaching program designed to help you stop problematic sexual behavior while healing the underlying issues that cause the acting out behavior.
Certified Sex Addiction Therapist (CSAT) helping men struggling with sexual addiction and/or porn addiction stop their compulsive sexual behavior and live healthy productive lives.
I offer personally tailored sexual addiction coaching program designed to help you stop problematic sexual behavior while healing the underlying issues that cause the acting out behavior.
Sexual Addiction Sex Misbehavior Absolute Expert
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW, SOTS
Verified Verified
Serves Area
Sexual addiction elite level expert 28 years 45k hours sexual misbehavior specialist psychotherapy provided.
My clients are high functioning successful men accustomed to superior services who want to stop the sexual addiction, infidelity / cheating , and paid sex behaviors. I know the distorted thinking and how to correct that thinking. Due to my specialized expertise I have been interviewed by Rolling Stone Magazine on "virtual companions" and their outcomes.
Sexual addiction elite level expert 28 years 45k hours sexual misbehavior specialist psychotherapy provided.
My clients are high functioning successful men accustomed to superior services who want to stop the sexual addiction, infidelity / cheating , and paid sex behaviors. I know the distorted thinking and how to correct that thinking. Due to my specialized expertise I have been interviewed by Rolling Stone Magazine on "virtual companions" and their outcomes.
I work with individuals struggling with anxiety, depression, anger and sexual addiction.
Marriage is at base about friendship. Doing all the things that friends do. Only more so. The overflow of friendship is intimacy - touch, soft words, cuddling. And the overflow of intimacy is a sexual relationship. I am experienced in helping couples at any or all of these three levels.
I work with individuals struggling with anxiety, depression, anger and sexual addiction.
Marriage is at base about friendship. Doing all the things that friends do. Only more so. The overflow of friendship is intimacy - touch, soft words, cuddling. And the overflow of intimacy is a sexual relationship. I am experienced in helping couples at any or all of these three levels.
Core Psychotherapy Counseling Services, LLC
Licensed Professional Counselor, MA, LPC
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Online Only
I specialized in treating a variety of issues including, trauma, sexual abuse, sexual addiction, depression, anxiety, anger management, family violence prevention, parenting education, substance abuse, coping skills, and antisocial disorder.
I have over ten years of experience working with adults and adolescents. Building resiliency in children and adults is essential for me. I have the drive and passion for helping people in need. I enjoy working with different clients from all walks of life. My goal is to help clients create a better version of themselves. I use cognitive behavioral therapy, person-centered therapy, and narrative therapy approach. Once you can change your thinking patterns, you can change your behaviors, resulting in a better outcome.
I specialized in treating a variety of issues including, trauma, sexual abuse, sexual addiction, depression, anxiety, anger management, family violence prevention, parenting education, substance abuse, coping skills, and antisocial disorder.
I have over ten years of experience working with adults and adolescents. Building resiliency in children and adults is essential for me. I have the drive and passion for helping people in need. I enjoy working with different clients from all walks of life. My goal is to help clients create a better version of themselves. I use cognitive behavioral therapy, person-centered therapy, and narrative therapy approach. Once you can change your thinking patterns, you can change your behaviors, resulting in a better outcome.
Dr. D Ray Sirry
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, MSW/PhD, LCSW, ACSW
Verified Verified
Woodbridge, CT 06525
Life’s journey has many paths—It can become a struggle, or even a crisis, for any of us. If you need help, come, talk confidentially with me. I listen well. You will find me to be non-judgmental. I welcome all people—couples, families, adults, seniors and children from 8 to 18. Meeting you would be my pleasure. Helping you would be my mission. With more Han 50 years of social work experience, including an Appointment by President George H. W. Bush to serve as Commissioner of the Children’s Bureau, my work experience, rarely matched, helps me help you, as do my PhD education and life experience,
Life’s journey has many paths—It can become a struggle, or even a crisis, for any of us. If you need help, come, talk confidentially with me. I listen well. You will find me to be non-judgmental. I welcome all people—couples, families, adults, seniors and children from 8 to 18. Meeting you would be my pleasure. Helping you would be my mission. With more Han 50 years of social work experience, including an Appointment by President George H. W. Bush to serve as Commissioner of the Children’s Bureau, my work experience, rarely matched, helps me help you, as do my PhD education and life experience,
My passion is to help people rebuild their relationship with God; to thrive in sobriety. I have extensive experience with individuals that struggle with addictive and compulsive behaviors such as: sex, pornography, drugs, alcohol, codependent relationships, etc. Over the past few years, I obtained more specialized education to specifically assist with sex, pornography and lust addiction through the work of Dr. Patrick Carnes Ph.D; a pioneer in the field of sex addiction. His work combined with a method to heal relational/attachment wounds, called "IFS", is the best strategy that I have found for recovery.
My passion is to help people rebuild their relationship with God; to thrive in sobriety. I have extensive experience with individuals that struggle with addictive and compulsive behaviors such as: sex, pornography, drugs, alcohol, codependent relationships, etc. Over the past few years, I obtained more specialized education to specifically assist with sex, pornography and lust addiction through the work of Dr. Patrick Carnes Ph.D; a pioneer in the field of sex addiction. His work combined with a method to heal relational/attachment wounds, called "IFS", is the best strategy that I have found for recovery.
Are you struggling with shame, distress, or anxiety related to your sexuality or porn use? Do you feel stuck in cycles of secrecy, guilt, or self-judgment, unsure of how to navigate your desires in a way that aligns with your values and well-being? I am Kelsey, a trauma-informed sex therapist practicing in the state of New York and Connecticut. I work with individuals and couples experiencing sex- and intimacy-related issues, such as communication challenges, shame, desire discrepancy, ED, pelvic pain, and infidelity, as well as individuals seeking treatment for processing trauma.
Are you struggling with shame, distress, or anxiety related to your sexuality or porn use? Do you feel stuck in cycles of secrecy, guilt, or self-judgment, unsure of how to navigate your desires in a way that aligns with your values and well-being? I am Kelsey, a trauma-informed sex therapist practicing in the state of New York and Connecticut. I work with individuals and couples experiencing sex- and intimacy-related issues, such as communication challenges, shame, desire discrepancy, ED, pelvic pain, and infidelity, as well as individuals seeking treatment for processing trauma.
You deserve to wake up each day feeling better — more grounded, more hopeful, and more connected to yourself and those around you. If you're open-minded, goal-oriented, and ready to engage in therapy, I’m here to support you. My approach centers on creating a space where you feel safe, seen, and empowered to take meaningful steps toward the life you want.
You deserve to wake up each day feeling better — more grounded, more hopeful, and more connected to yourself and those around you. If you're open-minded, goal-oriented, and ready to engage in therapy, I’m here to support you. My approach centers on creating a space where you feel safe, seen, and empowered to take meaningful steps toward the life you want.
Every one of us are complex beings, influenced by our parents, the prevailing culture, our peers, and the social institutions we encounter. We are also carrying the weight of traumatic experiences both small and great. Integrative therapy with a relational focus helps the client develop and realize their true selves, devoid of unwanted influences. This therapy is a journey built on trust and mutual respect. In couples work, we learn how past family scripts effect the marriage. Often times, family members pass these family mantras to their children unknowingly, which results in their depression and anxiety.
Every one of us are complex beings, influenced by our parents, the prevailing culture, our peers, and the social institutions we encounter. We are also carrying the weight of traumatic experiences both small and great. Integrative therapy with a relational focus helps the client develop and realize their true selves, devoid of unwanted influences. This therapy is a journey built on trust and mutual respect. In couples work, we learn how past family scripts effect the marriage. Often times, family members pass these family mantras to their children unknowingly, which results in their depression and anxiety.
Do you struggle with negative feelings about yourself? Or frequently compare yourself to others, always feeling less than? Or feel overwhelmed easily, flooded with constant worries that you can't rid your mind of? Do you find yourself in chronic cycles of addictive behavior (overeating, binging & purging, overusing alcohol or drugs, overspending. etc.) followed by feelings of guilt, shame, and depression? Are you always talking to yourself with "shoulds" or "what ifs"? Do you have low interest/motivation and find yourself avoiding responsibilities, self care or tasks that would actually make you feel good about yourself? I can help you!
Do you struggle with negative feelings about yourself? Or frequently compare yourself to others, always feeling less than? Or feel overwhelmed easily, flooded with constant worries that you can't rid your mind of? Do you find yourself in chronic cycles of addictive behavior (overeating, binging & purging, overusing alcohol or drugs, overspending. etc.) followed by feelings of guilt, shame, and depression? Are you always talking to yourself with "shoulds" or "what ifs"? Do you have low interest/motivation and find yourself avoiding responsibilities, self care or tasks that would actually make you feel good about yourself? I can help you!
Are you a divorced parent struggling to make a parenting plan that meets your children’s needs? Does every conversation with your ex end in an argument? Do you want to find a way to co-parent effectively but feel exhausted by the divorce process? When you’re divorcing and have children, making decisions about parenting time and duties can be daunting. You have to have these conversations with someone you struggle to communicate with. You and your former spouse can create new, fulfilling lives while raising happy, healthy children with the proper support.
Are you a divorced parent struggling to make a parenting plan that meets your children’s needs? Does every conversation with your ex end in an argument? Do you want to find a way to co-parent effectively but feel exhausted by the divorce process? When you’re divorcing and have children, making decisions about parenting time and duties can be daunting. You have to have these conversations with someone you struggle to communicate with. You and your former spouse can create new, fulfilling lives while raising happy, healthy children with the proper support.
Dan Anderson
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LMSW, LCSW, CST
Verified Verified
3 Endorsed
New Haven, CT 06510
Life can be painful; we often lose sight of ourselves and the things that matter to us most while we try to manage our distress the best we can. As your therapist I will help you find your path to a fulfilling, authentic, and meaningful life, even when faced with the suffering that life undoubtedly brings. I believe therapy should be a safe and affirming space for you to explore the context of your troubles, recognize your strengths, and find a path to healing, connection, and value.
Life can be painful; we often lose sight of ourselves and the things that matter to us most while we try to manage our distress the best we can. As your therapist I will help you find your path to a fulfilling, authentic, and meaningful life, even when faced with the suffering that life undoubtedly brings. I believe therapy should be a safe and affirming space for you to explore the context of your troubles, recognize your strengths, and find a path to healing, connection, and value.
"Real change, enduring change, happens one step at a time" - Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Change will look different for everyone, especially depending on the goals you have set for yourself. Sometimes, the realization that there are other possibilities (and that hope for a better future can even exist) is the very first step. Maybe you have realized that you are ready to explore your potential and to develop more insight into how you are engaging with the world around you. I would be honored to guide you on this journey to increase clarity, self-awareness, and empowerment.
"Real change, enduring change, happens one step at a time" - Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Change will look different for everyone, especially depending on the goals you have set for yourself. Sometimes, the realization that there are other possibilities (and that hope for a better future can even exist) is the very first step. Maybe you have realized that you are ready to explore your potential and to develop more insight into how you are engaging with the world around you. I would be honored to guide you on this journey to increase clarity, self-awareness, and empowerment.
Strategy Counseling & Coaching LLC
Licensed Professional Counselor, MS, LPC, NBCC
Verified Verified
Hamden, CT 06517
First and foremost, thank you for taking such a brave step as we understand that vulnerability is not easy. I commend you. Now, why are you ACTUALLY here? Often a question thought but rarely asked. Even more so, the answer is rarely discovered. Therapy is derived from the meaning "to heal". As we understand, healing looks different to everyone. Therefore on your journey, it is important to Uncover, Recover and/or Discover those parts of your wonderful self that may be lost or damaged do to actions or beliefs of others or yourself.
First and foremost, thank you for taking such a brave step as we understand that vulnerability is not easy. I commend you. Now, why are you ACTUALLY here? Often a question thought but rarely asked. Even more so, the answer is rarely discovered. Therapy is derived from the meaning "to heal". As we understand, healing looks different to everyone. Therefore on your journey, it is important to Uncover, Recover and/or Discover those parts of your wonderful self that may be lost or damaged do to actions or beliefs of others or yourself.
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Sexual Addiction Therapists
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.