This 6 minute meditation is for Christians in recovery for sexual addiction. It is for those who find business trips and hotels to be particularly dangerous for relapse. This meditation is to help you focus as soon as you enter your hotel room. If you think this is helpful and would like more meditations, please let me know and I will do my best to create them. For example, are there any situations or moods where you need a specific meditation to stay focused in your sex addiction recovery? You may email me at roykimcoaching@gmail.com Please subscribe and tell a friend to support more meditations To listen to this meditation in video form, click here
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This 6 minute meditation is for Christians in recovery for sexual addiction. It can be used as an everyday guide for practicing the presence of God, holding every thought captive, and supplementing your recovery work. If you think this is helpful and would like more meditations, please let me know and I will do my best to create them. For example, are there any situations or moods where you need a specific meditation to stay focused in your sex addiction recovery? You may email me at roykimcoaching@gmail.com Please subscribe and tell a friend to support more meditations To listen to these meditations in video form, click here
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Navigating regular life in a White world as a Black female is a lot in itself. Add sex addiction on top of that, and you have to answer major questions, such as Where do I belong? Is there something even more broken about me than the next person?
In this episode, I have the privilege to speak with Kathy Garland, author of In Search of a Salve: Memoir of a Sex Addict. Some of our talking points:
Kathy's book is a must read! Her memoir will make many of you feel you're not alone. She puts words to many thoughts that we hesitate to utter, but in so doing, releasing the shame word by word. Her contribution as a Black female is essential, and I hope you will support her!
https://www.newreadspub.com/in-search-of-a-salve
Music credit: George Street Shuffle by Kevin Macleod
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It is common and normal for someone to be adversely affected in their sexuality after being betrayed. It's also quite terrible. But there is hope. Christene Lozano (Certified Sex Addiction Therapist and Certified Sex Therapist) joins me to talk about how a partner's sexual betrayal can affect someone's own sexuality. She also provides some tips on how to start healing.
Some of our talking points:
Learn more about Christene: www.merakicounselingservices.com
Learn more about Roy: www.newlegacycounseling.com
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Sex and Love Addiction afflicts men and women alike. Unfortunately society places the bulk of the attention on the men who struggle, leaving women with the question: What about us?
Kim Hudson is my guest today, helping me discuss the topic of female sex and love addiction. She is a Certified Sex Addiction therapist practicing in the Baltimore area.
Here are some of the topics we discuss:
Email Kim:
kimh@roguerivercounseling.com
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Huge questions. Huge topics. Joining me in discussing this horrible event are Edwina Reyes and Christene Lozano. They are Certified Sex Addiction therapists, as well as Asian American women. We offer our contributions to the discussion from a lens under-represented in media and social media.
www.merakicounselingservices.com
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Perhaps you have decided to disclose to your partner (or your partner has given you an ultimatum) the whole truth about your secret behaviors, so that your partner knows everything and does not need to keep searching for answers. How do you go about doing it in the most healthy and helpful way possible?
Thankfully, assistance is at hand. Dan Drake joins me to share about the enormously helpful resource that he and Janice Caudill created. It is a set of workbooks that guide a therapist and couple step by step through the Full Disclosure process. There is no one right way to do it, so the steps include options to consider so that every unique situation has a chance to adjust accordingly.
The primary book we discuss today is called Full Disclosure: How to Share the Truth After Sexual Betrayal. It is a tremendous contribution to the sex addiction field.
Contact Dan: dan@banyantherapy.com
or visit his website www.banyantherapy.com
Contact Roy: roy@newlegacycounseling.com
or visit his website www.newlegacycounseling.com
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Dan Drake, the founder and director of Banyan Therapy Group, joins me to talk about COVID19 and its impact on the recovery path of sexual addicts and their traumatized partners.
Contact Dan at dan@banyantherapy.com, and visit his website: www.banyantherapy.com
Contact Roy at roy@newlegacycounseling.com and visit his website: www.newlegacycounseling.com
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Chris Williams and I discuss the essential yet often frightening topic of intimacy. Some of the questions we cover:
Learn more about Chris' counseling services at www.renovaricounseling.com
Learn more about Roy at www.newlegacycounseling.com
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Whether they realize it or not, at the core of nearly every sex addict are 4 fundamental beliefs:
Keaton Kleiner and I discuss these 4 beliefs and how these beliefs shape the course of a sex addict's life.
http://www.citycarecounseling.org/our-counselors
https://www.newlegacycounseling.com
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Do you know the difference between a sex addict and a sex offender? Sometimes they are one and the same. Other times they are not. My guest on this episode is Charla Thorstad, a sex offender specialist, and she will help shed light on the very important topic of sex offense.
*Note: The website www.saspeakeasy.com will phase out and its contents will be subsumed under www.newlegacycounseling.com.
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Some people have full blown porn and sex addictions. Without proper treatment, they will likely live a life laden with shame and destruction. But what about the other people who don't quite qualify for an addiction? What if their behaviors are "merely problematic?"
I discuss this issue with Heather Seguin of Clear Choice Counseling, who specializes in sex addiction treatment, as well as helping the partners of sex addicts.
Key talking points:
[Editor's note: Heather's practice is now remote serving residents of CA]
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What happens when we combine sex with substance use? Many report that the sexual experience is exponentially better than "normal" sex. It makes sense that once experiencing this combination, one would keep wanting to go back to it.
Andy Park (LMFT and Certified Multiple Addiction Therapist) and I discuss the appeal and tragedy of combining sex and drugs. Some of the topics and questions we cover:
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Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist Tony Ramynke rejoins me to discuss the cost of sex addiction treatment. More importantly, we discuss the potential cost of NOT getting treatment. We also talk about the common occurrence of multiple factors underlying a sex addiction that need to be assessed and treated.
Some of the questions we address in this episode:
Find Tony at www.yourtherapistanthony.com
Find Roy at www.newlegacycounseling.com
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Chris Williams (Licensed Marriage/Family Therapist & Co-Host of New Life Live) rejoins me to discuss how sex addiction is emotional deafness.
Some of the topics we cover:
Contact Chris at www.renovaricounseling.com
Contact Roy at www.newlegacycounseling.com
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Keaton Kleiner (an LMHP in Omaha, Nebraska) and I discuss the difference between coping with life's struggles in what he coins a "lazy versus intentional" way. We find that it's important to know the difference because sex addicts can help themselves recover by learning intentional ways to cope with hardship.
Some of the topics we discuss:
You can find Keaton at www.citycarecounseling.org/keaton-kleiner
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Grace Erickson and I discuss the significance of spirituality when treating sex addiction. Grace is currently one of the few, if not only, Catholic sex addiction therapists in the Seattle area. Some of the issues we talk about in this episode:
Can God love me even if I repeat sexual sins?
The high number of men who lack meaningful friendships.
The deep guilt and shame of sex addicts.
The amazing strengths of our clients.
The real hope that sex addicts have to become sexually healthy.
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Bill Schuilenberg and I discuss the blueprint of sex addiction recovery. We make no bones about the length of the process and what it requires. We also revel in the true hope it offers for men and women who desperately want to overcome their sex addiction.
Some of the questions we discuss are:
Is sex addiction common? What happens during the assessment portion of sex addiction therapy? Why is the relationship between the therapist and the client so important? What is one of the most difficult parts of sex addiction treatment? How effective is group therapy? How long does it take to overcome sex addiction?
Bill practices in Kelowna, British Columbia and his website is: https://www.wacs.ca
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This is such an important question, with many significant implications. Sometimes we want to tell our loved one to relieve our conscience. Sometimes we feel forced to tell. Other times we panic and we will say whatever to protect ourselves, or even our partner. Whatever the reason, there are effective ways to tell our partner, and absolutely ineffective ways to tell our partner. It's crucial to know the difference!
In this episode, I interview Matt Kreiner from Bull City Psychotherapy in Durham, North Carolina. We discuss the ever important concept of the Formal Disclosure. We cover topics and questions such as:
It's our hope that this episode will give you valuable things to consider, that will eventually lead to you making the wisest choice possible.
You can learn more about Matt's work at www.bullcitypsychotherapy.com, or reach him at matt@bullcitypsychotherapy.com
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"I just need to pray more." This is what many Christians struggling with sex addictions think is the key to overcoming their problem. It's also the advice they hear from many well-meaning advisers. The trouble is, praying more almost never makes a sex addiction go away. This leads to greater distress, guilt, shameful thoughts, and twisted feelings about God.
Heather Seguin and Roy discuss this and some of the most common patterns they see in Christians with sex addictions.
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