Rebuilding Trust with Carol The Coach

goCarol the Coach will be interviewing Beronica Valli who is the Creator of the Soberful Program. She believesing to be talking about the Soberful program and The Five Pillars of Sustainable Sobriety. The five pillars hold up our sobriety- they are personal development for sober people.  the five pillars are: Movement, Connection, Balance, Process and Growth. We practice these in our lives as our...

Is there a difference between men and women who suffer from sex addiction? Tonight, Carol Sheets is interviewing Amy Smith, the founder of Worth Recovery. She started podcasting about her experiences in sex addiction recovery in January 2016 and has hosted full day workshops for women in recovery in Salt Lake City, Seattle, Atlanta, and Buffalo. She offer supports groups and additional educational...

Johua Nichols believes that in the early stages or recovery, unfaithful partners experience hostility or aggression from their injured partners primarily because (1) they don’t trust new experiences or behaviors from their partners; and (2) they are tired of hurting.  But, “reflection aggression” isn’t really seen until after the crises have settled down and the addicts are gaining momentum in rec...

Sexual addiction afffects marriages and can result in therapeutic separations and divorce. In reality about half of US marriages fail and most of them involve children. One-fourth of those children of divorce are traumatized by the continual acrimony between their parents. Tonight, Carol the coach will be interviewing Dr. Larry Walman Ph. D. who is a clinical, forensic psychologist, consultan and...

This is a repeat of a show I did in 2018 talking  about what exploitive sexual addiction.d

  Hilarie Barry will be talking about her mission to, along with her husband Joe, talk about the courageous decision to share their story of infidelity. She will be talking about the pain of discovery, the emotional rollercoaster of partner betrayal and PTSD. She will also be sharing with Carol the Coach the realization and understanding that her husband wanted to get well, and he needed her help!...

There is a new therapy model that is taking the country by storm. In her new book, Altogether You: Experiencing Personal and Spiritual Transformation with Internal Family Systems Therapy, Jenna Riermersma helps clients to make sense of their pasts. Jenna explains that "IFS is a way of understanding ourselves that takes into account that we all have different parts." IFS helps us relate t...

Carol the Coach interviews Carl Thomas who believes we need to reframe our conversations around the issues of addiction and focus more on the importance of healing the individual rather than the “evils” of and the sex industry. Over 8+ years of experience in this field and he has never seen a man find true & lasting freedom simply by controlling his environment. He believes that all the filter...

The body and the brain want to heal. Many times talk therapy is not enough to heal the trauma that may have resulted in sexual addiction or trauma betrayal. Tonight, we will look at a documentary following two people using two different somatic therapies, EMDR, and transromational bodywork to overcome their past traumas. The Light, a documentary produced and directed by Bradley Mason features fell...

It is mindboggling to know how to talk to kids. The parent child relationship is an intimate one, and as a clinician that works with families impacted by sex addiction, Dr. Piper Grant will discuss the importance, and how to talk to your children about sexual addiction. She will discuss what factors will need to be considered in order to assess appropriateness of a disclosure, how to have the conv...

Sexual betrayal trauma is devastating and takes a long time to recover from.  Couples can survive infidelity, sex addiction and betrayal trauma.  As you know Carol the Coach believes that here are certain things that the person who did the betraying must do to help his or her partner heal and there are tell-tale signs of recovery that the partner can look to help build trust and help him or  her t...

There are many helpful treatments that can alter the urges and cravings of a sex addict. Concurrently, hypnosis has been used as an adjunct therapy for the limiting belliefs that both addicts and their partners have as a result of the sexual addiction, Tonight, Carol the Coach interviews Elena Mosaner MS who is a certified hypnotherapist, ICF certified coach, author, and member of the National Gui...

Tonight Carol the Coach will be interviewing Rich Badami who will be talking about how mindfulness, meditation and breathwork can calm anxiety and stress. She has an event called "Freedom From Trauma - Powerful and Profound Practices to Heal Trauma and Consciously Create the Body, Mind, Spirit You Truly Desire. Listen in as we discuss the power of thought and how it can transform trauma.

Men are not the only ones who struggle with addiction and other sexually destructive behaviors. Women struggle, too. And in recent years a growing number of women are struggling with online and sex addiction. Often it is harder for women who want help with these struggles to find it. Most resources seem to be geared towards men, so even seeking help adds a distinct type of “shame” for women who wa...

For the last ten years, Brianne, had a secret she  kept from all but a handful of people — I'm a recovering sex and love addict. When she learned to to share her secret, she has been able to change my life and, in the process, help other people to find peace in theirs. 
In March, Brianne Davis,wrote her  first article for the HuffPost; I'm A Sex And Love Addict. Here's How I Realized I...

Sometimes, couples seem to be at an impasse as to how to heal from sexual betrayal. Tonight, Carol the Coach will talk to Allana Pratt, Intimacy Coach about the work that she advocates to get couples to move beyond the anger by raising their vibrational energy to increase their sense of intimacy and compassion.

Tonight, Carol the Coach interviews Steve Devlin, EdM. PhD, who explains that most of his professional career (1984-2007) was spent as a university-based researcher examining trends in aging, higher education, and deinstitutionalization.  By all measures his career was on a successful path.  Yet, throughout most of his adult life, he was accompanied by an addictive personality.  In July 2007 he hi...

Happy Labor Day! This is a repeat of a 1012 show on abandonment.

Tonight, Carol the Coach, will Debra L. Kaplan who is an expert on sex, money, and power in relationships. Debra is a CSAT who also had a history of working on Wall Street. It is no surprise that she sees many couples who have had sex addiction and still battle being in a controlling relationhip that results in feeling exploitive. Battle of the Titans is a book about power and how to masterfully b...

Tonight Carol the Coach interviews Patrick Hentsch who developed the Holistic Recovery Model which addresses the fact that living in recovery must mean much more than being abstinent (not doing certain behaviors) or being sober (having clear thoughts andemotions). It is about how we respond to our clear thoughts and emotions and allow them to guide us towards our authentic and integrated existence...

  Carol will be speaking with Tim Kiernon who will be speaking about the importance of intensive treatment of sexual addiction and compulsivity for both the addict and the spouse/ partner. It is widely known that the more treatment the addict receives, the higher likelihood of sustained recovery. Tim runs A Better Lifetime Center for Hope and Healing. The Center is beginning a hybrid therapy and c...

Tonight, Carol the Carol, will be interviewing Judy Kelly, who is a CSAT, and has found it extremely helpful to use the Help. Her. Heal. book to assist addicts in helping their partners heal. She has made the techniques her own and has the  men do additional activities to reinforce the need for on-going partner sensitive activites and shame resilience.  She even has added a 5th type of communicati...

Boundaries in Sex Addiction Recovery are essential to preventing relapse. Dr. Crystal Hollenbeck is a Certified Sex Addiction Therapist, an AASECT Certified Sex Therapist, an APSATS Certified Clinical Partner Specialist, and a Certified EMDR Therapist. She is going to define what boundaries are and the important role they play in Sex Addiction Recovery for the addict. She will discuss 15 Boundarie...

Carol the Coach is interviewing Rebecca Maestas, LMSW, CCPS-c who uses a Couple Centered Recovery Model with her "2 Connect " groups. She has developed two groups that provide a Help. Her. Heal foundation including having the partners attend sessions at the end of the group for relational repair. The partners can seperately atttend a group to promote their healing and prepare them for th...

Arrest is one of the most terrifying moment of your life.  Family members may be shocked, numb, or in denial.  It is  difficult to come to terms with and when the arrest is for a sexual crime, there is additional shame and stigma.  This experience can lead us to isolation and loneliness. Prison CONversation was created to deal with the shame and isolation of criminal charges and imprisoment. Tonig...