Sex Addiction Therapy in California

Jeremy Larson, LMFT, LPCC, CSAT

Sex Addiction Therapy

Sex addiction and compulsive sexual behavior can affect relationships, work, emotional health, and a person's sense of integrity. Therapy can provide a structured, confidential place to understand patterns of behavior, identify triggers, develop healthier coping strategies, and work toward lasting behavioral change.

Jeremy Larson, LMFT, LPCC, CSAT provides online sex addiction therapy throughout California for individuals and couples experiencing problematic or compulsive sexual behaviors.

What can sex addiction therapy address?

  • compulsive sexual behavior

  • pornography use

  • masturbation that feels difficult to control

  • compulsive sexual fantasies

  • sexting

  • affairs and infidelity

  • secrecy

  • repeated boundary violations

  • sexual behavior that conflicts with personal values

  • difficulty stopping despite consequences

  • shame and guilt

  • relationship consequences

  • relapse prevention

The First 7 Tasks of Sexual Addiction Recovery

  1. Break Through Denial

    To recognize self delusion, you must make a full disclosure to therapist all forms of sexual acting out. Complete a list of examples of powerlessness and unmanageability. Address thinking errors.

  2. Understand the nature of the illness

    You will develop your knowledge of addiction and recovery by reading at least one book on sexual addiction/anorexia. Complete the First Step. Complete a Sexual History. Complete a Consequences Inventory.

  3. Surrender to the process

    You must know your personal limits by completing a Second Step and Third Step.

  4. Admit damage from behavior

    You must be an expert in self care, crisis avoidance and crisis management by writing a Damage Control Plan and implement it.

  5. Establish sobriety

    You will learn to manage life without dysfunctional sexual behavior. This involves writing a Sobriety Statement. Completing a Celibacy Contract of eight weeks or more. Writing a Relapse Prevention Plan. Completing Fantasy Contamination Exercise

  6. Ensure physical health/integrity

    You must be an expert in physical self care. Complete a physical exam.

  7. Participate in a culture of support

    You must build a functional health support system. This involves attending Twelve Step sex addiction meetings regularly. Attend other Twelve Step meetings as appropriate.

“Abandonment is at the core of addictions. Abandonment causes deep shame. Abandonment by betrayal is worse than mindless neglect."

Patrick J. Carnes

Facing the Shadow 3rd edition book cover

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