Episode 177: Sexual Wholeness - Healing from Sex Addiction with Dr. Ryan Hosley

We are in the middle of a Sexual Wholeness series. At Living Wholehearted we are helping leaders live and lead with integrity -  from our professional counseling team (serving clients in Oregon) to our executive coaching, organizational development teams, and wholehearted leadership cohorts (serving leaders nationwide). And regardless of where we are walking with leaders - in the home, work, or community - sexuality is a part of our clients’ stories. Today, we are focusing on the assessment and treatment of sex addiction, a topic that will not be for younger ears. If you have sexual trauma in your story, I also want to warn you that this episode might cause triggers, but if you can hang with us, as we talk in a manner of grace, hope, and practical steps, those triggers might be helpful cues for you in your own journey or in the journey of someone you are walking with today in your leadership. Many don’t know this, but before I transitioned into the executive coaching space, I worked as a marriage and family therapist with leaders. Most of my marriage counseling consists of helping clients recover from sexual betrayal. Now, no one ever came to my office admitting there was a sex addiction. They came because they needed to work on communication. Maybe distance was growing or they wanted to work on their sex life but were unsure where to start. And then…over time, we would discover a hole in the boat—sex addiction. Today, I want to have this conversation with someone I’ve worked with over the years as a co-laborer in the field. Dr. Hosley and I have spent many years helping husbands and wives either heal their marriages or transition out of their marriages, depending on the level of severity of the addiction and willingness of both partners to work toward healing. 

Dr. Ryan Hosley, PsyD, is a Licensed Clinical Psychologist, CSAT (Certified Sex Addiction Therapist), and Addiction Specialist in the Portland, Oregon area. He has been helping men and women and their families find freedom and healing from sex addiction for seventeen years.

To connect with Ryan, visit:

ONLINE 

https://www.drryanhosley.com/

https://www.overcomersway.com/

RECOMMENDED RESOURCES 

Help Her Heal: An Empathy Workbook for Sex Addicts to Help their Partners Heal, by Carol Juergensen 

Sheets, Allan J. Katz (https://a.co/d/9fKzPcT)

The Overcomer's Edge: Strategies for Victorious Living in 13 Key Areas of Life, by Paul Tsika, Dr. Ryan Hosley, Kameo Hosley (https://a.co/d/enWZ1Oo)

Pure Desire Ministries, https://puredesire.org/

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RESOURCES

Shrinking the Integrity Gap 

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Shrinking the Integrity Gap e-Course 

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Courageous: Being Daughters Rooted in Grace

      https://mycourageousgirls.com/shop/p/book-courageous-being-daughters-rooted-in-grace

Dear Mattsons 

      https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLdPzQ_cUwCbRc-MQ40KL3a6ze06CiY38l

Helping Moms Raise Confident Daughters 

      http://cpguides.org

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