If you are struggling with addiction or compulsive behaviors, and they have begun to consistently harm your life, your job, and your relationships, you may need intensive therapeutic treatment to heal and recover. Many people choose to attend inpatient programs...
I will premise this op-ed with a brief introduction of myself. My name is Danielle Osterlind. I am a wife, a mother, a Master’s level educated professional woman with an MBA in Organizational Psychology and a small business owner of a marriage and family therapy...
A common statement I hear when working with people recovering from sex addiction is, “I couldn’t have done it without my group. It’s been the most important part of my recovery.” The idea of attending a therapy group for sex addiction or porn addiction can seem...
Many partners of sex addicts have difficulty trusting their “gut instincts” that something is wrong in their relationship. If unfamiliar with what sex addiction looks like, they may never have been concerned about the addict’s behavior during the relationship’s...
It may have happened in a flash. You picked up your partner’s iPhone only to discover a torrent of sexually suggestive emails and chats. In the first moment you are not sure what you have seen. “Is this…”, you ask yourself. A moment later it starts to sink in and you...
Sex Addiction – Signs and Symptoms Sex Addiction is defined as persistent and escalating pattern or patterns of sexual behaviors acted out despite increasingly negative consequences to self or others. A person struggling with sex addiction has a continued...
