Sex Therapy - Madison Wisconsin - Sex Addiction Therapy
Depression is insidious. It can sneak up on you so slowly that you don't even realize what is happening. Or it can begin suddenly. You don't even remember when you started to feel bad…but you know you do. It can start in response to a stressful or traumatic event. Or there may be Read More
How do you tell when you are experiencing the temporary blahs due to winter – changes in sunlight, cold weather and post holiday let down – or a more serious depression such as Seasonal Affective Disorder?
In his book Winter Blues:
You are the partner of a sex addict – wife, girlfriend, husband, boyfriend. Your spouse is or is not in a recovery program. Either situation is stressful.
You fear relapse. You experience grief and anger. You are trying to put together the pieces of your life. Then the holiday season approaches. Vacation. Time off. Family. Read More
You are a Sex Addict in Recovery. Good for you. You are working a solid recovery program including therapy, 12 Step groups, a sponsor and a supportive community. You are making progress. Sober on your inner circle behaviors. Taking care of yourself and by extension your partner and family.
Here comes December. Holidays. Vacation. Family. Read More
1 out of 6 men are sexually abused as children. Research shows that a large percentage of sexually addicted and other addicted men were sexually abused and/or abused in some other way as children. Addiction becomes a way to cope with the pain of the abuse.
Shame, humiliation, fear and misplaced beliefs stop men from talking Read More
This is the final segment of the four part series of interviews that Barbara Steffens, Ph.D, LPCC, co-author of Your Sexually Addicted Spouse: How Partners Can Cope and Heal with Marsha Means, MA, did with JoAnn Russell, RN, MS at www.marriedtoasexaddict.com.
In this interview Barbara touches on a variety of relevant issues involved in the process Read More
This is the third of four interviews Barbara Steffens, Ph.D, LPCC, co-author of Your Sexually Addicted Spouse: How Partners Can Cope and Heal with Marsha Means, MA, did with JoAnn Russell, RN, MS at www.marriedtoasexaddict.com.
In this third interview, Barbara addresses issues including the trauma partners experience both on disclosure and living with a sex addict Read More
Here is the second of four interviews Barbara Steffens, Ph.D, LPCC, co-author of Your Sexually Addicted Spouse: How Partners Can Cope and Heal with Marsha Means, MA, did with JoAnn Russell, RN, MS at www.marriedtoasexaddict.com. In this segment, Barbara continues to discuss how partners worlds are shaken when they learn about their spouses sex addiction. Read More
Barbara Steffens, Ph.D, LPCC, who co-authored Your Sexually Addicted Spouse: How Partners Can Cope and Heal with Marsha Means, MA, was interviewed by JoAnn Russell, RN, MS in a four part series at JoAnn's informative website, www.MarriedToASexAddict.com. Both Barbara and JoAnn have graciously given me permission to offer this series of audio interviews to Read More
At www.marriedtoasexaddict.com, JoAnn Russell, RN, MS offers a safe space where partners and spouses of sex addicts can tell their stories and get support from a community of people with similar experiences who both give and receive support through the sharing of these very personal stories. JoAnn describes the site as providing "Resources and Support Read More
I am a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, Sex Therapist, Psychotherapist and Certified Sex Addiction Therapist providing counseling to the Madison, Wisconsin area for over twenty years. Read More About Shari Cohn
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