Three Perspectives on Sex Addiction: The Addict, The Partner, and The Therapist

About this episode

The episode explores the complexities of sex addiction recovery through the perspectives of an addict, their partner, and a therapist.

Send us Fan Mail The most dangerous part of process addiction often isn’t what people can see, it’s what shame does in the dark. We sit down as a host, a betrayed partner, and a clinical forensic psychologist to map the real terrain of sex addiction recovery, betrayal trauma, and the moment families realize that weekly therapy and willpower aren’t enough. If inpatient rehab sounds “extreme,” we unpack why treatment can still be life or death when the risk is spiraling secrecy, escalating beha...

People in this episode

Host: host

Guests: clinical forensic psychologist, betrayed partner

Topics covered

• sex addiction
• betrayal trauma
• therapy
• recovery
• process addiction

Keywords

• sex addiction
• betrayal trauma
• therapy
• recovery
• shame
• process addiction
• inpatient rehab

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