Rebuilding Trust with Carol The Coach

Clinicians who work with sexual addiction know that the partner of a sex addicted is deeply wounded and often times goes untreated while the addict works diligently towards recovery. Barbara Steffen PhD is the co author of the book Your Sexually Addicted Spouse, How Partners Can Cope and Heal. This book has been revolutionary in changing how we work with partners and is seen as visionary in its ap...

You want to know what tools are available to combat internet ography... Luke Gilkerson is going to be talking about Covenant Eyes which is one of the leaders in internet accountability software programs for your phone, tablet and computer. If you have wondered how to use Internet accountability software, you will get alot of information about this kind of service and how it can be an accountabilit...

Carol the Coach will be interviewing expert Staci Sprout about traumatic experience and grief and transformation.  Post Traumatic Transformation is the sacred process of healing the negative effects of trauma held in one's mind, heart, body, and spirit. It involves learning to stop acting out the trauma story, and instead interpret its language directly to empower the natural grief process. In...

  Dealing with sexual addiction and knowing when to tell the kids can be rough .Children of sex addicts need to know that they are not alone in their suffering, That help is available to them, and that families do get better with treatment.  These children need to know that they did not cause their parent’s sex addiction, nor can they control it or cure it.  In words and pictures, this book convey...

Tonight I will be interviewing Jean Collins-Stuckert who will be talking about a workshop that she is facilitating at the Meadows for women with sexual disorders. She will be talking about the differences in treatment between male and female patients and she will be addressing how they treat women who experience so much sexual shame. She will be addressing why it is so hard for women to seek help...

Child Rearing can be extremely tough in today's digital age. Carol the Coach will be interviewing Hilarie Cash who runs a recovery program for indidviduals who are addicted to gaming and other digital medias. She would like to talk to parents about the appropriate limits on time and content as they are introduced to digital media. This will include video games and other content as well. Listen...

Carol the Coach will be interviewing Kate Morgan who has personal experience with being a partner of a sex addict. Sex addiction invaded Kate Morgan's life almost two decades ago when her husband's secret life was exposed after ten years of marriage. His alarming disclosure instantly threw her world into a 20-month-long storm of chaos, heartbreak, disbelief, and surprisingly--a calming pea...

It can be difficutlt to ascertain whether you use sex to find love or use love to meet your sexual needs....Listen as Patricia talks about her journey into addiction by using both love and sex before she entered the world of sobriety. Carol the Coach will be talking with Patricia to understand how trauma contributed to her need to be loved and accepted. Sexual Addiction is a condition that require...

Sexual Addiction has many faces. Tonight ...Carol the Coach interviews Rebecca who is going to discuss what happened in her life that contributed to her sexual addiction. She will talk about how she discovered that she had the addiction and how it has affected her, her family and the people around her. I am sure it will inspire you to work on your recovery as Rebecca shares how she found the road...

It can be difficutlt to ascertain whether you use sex to find love or use love to meet your sexual needs....Listen as Patricia talks about her journey into addiction by using both love and sex before she entered the world of sobriety. Carol the Coach will be talking with Patricia to understand how trauma contributed to her need to be loved and accepted. Sexual Addiction is a condition that require...

Carol the Coach and Lisa Ferguson talk about what it takes to recover from addiction and how to manage the stress and the anxiety that accompany sexual addiction. Sexual Addiction is a disorder that requires strategies to assist you in maintaining recovery. This show is to help you access the books, the experts and the people who are managing recovery with The 12 Step Program and Patrick Carnes Re...

Carol the Coach interviews Alex Katehakis, CSAT, who has made it her mission to help sex addicts and their partners to find healthy sexuality again. Mirror of Intimacy contains a year's worth of daily reflections that explore and support the range of human sexualities as a divine gift and a human right. The reflections reference a rich array of approaches: attachment theory, mind/body nexus, n...

Sexual Addiction always carries shame. Workshop expert Timothy D. Stein, Co-founder of Willow Tree Counseling in Santa Rosa, CA. talks about how how trauma is often times recorded in the nervous system and why sex addicts would reenact that trauma over and over again until it is processed. He believes that intensive trauma workshops are often the most effective form of treatment in helping the add...

Sexual Addiction is a disorder that requires strategies to assist you in maintaining recovery. This show is to help you access the books, the experts and the people who are managing recovery with The 12 Step Program and Patrick Carnes Recovery Task Model that reinforces the steps you need to take to manage your recovery and take your life through the journey so that you not only conquer the "...

It is not uncommon for sex addicts and their partners to be overwhelmed by their feelings. Carol the Coach interviews Ken Howard who is the founder of Aspen Partnership in Kansas City, Missouri about his practice to help clients identify their feelings and to begin to develop the trust that they so richly deserve. He works with clients to restore their connection and typically uses a very successf...

Sex addicts and partners of sex addicts can have mental illnesses that complicate diagnosis and recovery.  One of these mental illnesses is borderline personality disorder, or BPD.  BPD is commonly associated with sex addiction and makes sex addiction much more difficult to diagnose and treat because the criteria for both diagnoses overlap.  BPD is considered a severe personality disorder often ca...

Intensives can be an integrel part of good recovery. They typically cost less and provide a great basis for change and recovery. Carol the Coach will be interviewing Dr. Michael Howard and Ms. Stefanie Petyak who are staff of the Healing Solutions Counseling Center. They will be talking about Healing Solutions which recently began offering intensives for sex addicts, partners, and couples in recov...

Carol the Coach interviews  Ryan Sallans who transitioned from female to male in 2005. Ryan has made it his mission to help others understand why someone would need to undergo all the emotional, physical and spiritual changes to be authentic. He also talks about the shame and guilt he felt during his childhood, youth, and young adulthood until he was able to actualize his life. A small percentage...

The average age for children to be exposed to internet is age 11. In today's technological age, parents need to be savvy in protecting their children from ography. Carol the Coach interviews Kristen A. Jenson who talks about how parents can talk to their children about ography and more importantly about sexual integrity. Kristen is a pioneer in the field of Kids and Internet as she teamed up w...

Carol the Coach interviews Patti Henry, a psychotherapist of 27 years who found with her work with women that "Men" were in dire need of psychotherapeautic attention. When she figured out that men needed healing she decided to write the book "The Emotionally Unavailable Man: A Blueprint for Healing and she has been working ever since to help couples find their authentic self. Patti...

It is not uncommon for sex addicts and their partners to be overwhelmed by their feelings. Carol the Coach interviews Ken Howard who is the founder of Aspen Partnership in Kansas City, Missouri about his practice to help clients identify their feelings and to begin to develop the trust that they so richly deserve. He works with clients to restore their connection and typically uses a very successf...

Carol the coach is interviewing Paul Ginocchio who is a licensed marriage and family therapist, the producer and a recovering sex addict about his new documentary --- The Courage to Love. He interviews 4 recovering sex addicts including himself who all have a different story but all  suffer from this addiction. The compulsivity and loss of control plagues each one of them as they talk about their...

Partners often times experience PTSD that may have originated in childhood. Other times the trauma is about feeling betrayed by the person that you should be able to trust the most! Listen as Carol the Coach interviews trauma specialists who help the partner to reconfigure their life and redefine their relationship.

Carol the Coach interviews Ken Howard about how to deal with the shame and guilt that naturally occurs with sexual addiction. Most sex addicts, once they get into recovery, want to build trust and so Ken will be identifying the steps necessary to build the trust and let go of the shame and guilt. Carol the Coach helps you to learn how to be more authentic and honest which brings about trust and in...

Do you think that you might need intensive treatment? Carol the Coach interviews "Joey" who went through intensive treatment and wants to share his hope-strength and recovery with our listeners. He talks about the his realization that he needed Intensive Residential Treatment and then he talks about the extra steps that he took to get and stay healthy. It is a big decision to invest in i...